Ben Hogan Quotes

I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play

I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.

Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.

Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?

The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.

This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.

The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.

Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness

If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.

The most important shot in golf is the next one.