Top 62 Quotes About Ben Hogan: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Ben Hogan

#1. Ben Hogan was not really a big hitter. He was long enough. But Ben Hogan today? Ben Hogan today could not compete at Augusta because he did not have the massive length to compete against the long hitters. Power was always an issue at Augusta, but never so dominant that you couldn't play it.

Jack Nicklaus

#2. As the great golfer Ben Hogan once said, "Golf is a game of luck. And the harder I work, the luckier I get.

Kenneth Bock

#3. The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning ... and Ben Hogan.

Sam Snead

#4. I'd follow Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson anywhere.

Dan Jenkins

#5. Ben Hogan is the most merciless of all the modern golfers.

Gene Sarazen

#6. Much of the fire with him [Ben Hogan] was lit by Byron Nelson, who came from the same town - the same caddie yard - and achieved fame and fortune several years ahead of Ben and who, as a kid, had always been popular and better liked than Ben. No puzzle at all.

Dan Jenkins

#7. Golf took young kids like Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and myself out of the caddie ranks and gave us money and a little bit of fame and let us live in the tall cotton.

Jimmy Demaret

#8. 1960, I was 20 years old, and I was leading the U.S. Open. Now, I wasn't leading by several strokes, but I was leading the U.S. Open and playing with Ben Hogan, had a very good chance to win, nine holes to go, I was leading. I was still leading with six holes to play.

Jack Nicklaus

#9. I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.

Ben Hogan

#10. You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don't make a big deal out of an easy shot.

Ben Hogan

#11. Golf was my life. I didn't want to give it up. So I went to work!

Ben Hogan

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

Ben Hogan

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

Ben Hogan

#14. You wouldn't have had to call a penalty on me, I would've called I on myself'.
9. "I'm the sole judge of my standards".
10. "I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.

Ben Hogan

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

Ben Hogan

#16. Shoot a lower score than everybody else.

Ben Hogan

#17. If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.

Ben Hogan

#18. I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.

Ben Hogan

#19. People have always been telling me what I can't do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That's been one of my driving forces all my life.

Ben Hogan

#20. Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it

Ben Hogan

#21. Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness

Ben Hogan

#22. Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.

Ben Hogan

#23. Good golf begins with a good grip.

Ben Hogan

#24. Hit the ball up to the hole ... You meet a better class of people up there.

Ben Hogan

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

Ben Hogan

#26. A well hit golf shot is a feeling that goes up the shaft, right through your hands and into your heart.

Ben Hogan

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

Ben Hogan

#28. The most important shot in golf is the next one.

Ben Hogan

#29. I don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.

Ben Hogan

#30. I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

Ben Hogan

#31. There are no shortcuts on the quest for perfection.

Ben Hogan

#32. If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

Ben Hogan

#33. I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.

Ben Hogan

#34. I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn't mean it can't be done.

Ben Hogan

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

Ben Hogan

#36. 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

Ben Hogan

#37. I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket.

Ben Hogan

#38. The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.

Ben Hogan

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

Ben Hogan

#40. I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game.

Ben Hogan

#41. I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.

Ben Hogan

#42. Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

Ben Hogan

#43. When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

Ben Hogan

#44. You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.

Ben Hogan

#45. All other things being equal, greens break to the west.

Ben Hogan

#46. If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot 18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course?

Ben Hogan

#47. Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.

Ben Hogan

#48. I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.

Ben Hogan

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

Ben Hogan

#50. You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn't wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I'm hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it's a joy that very few people experience.

Ben Hogan

#51. 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.

Ben Hogan