The most important shot in golf is the next one. — Ben Hogan

Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots. — Ben Hogan

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

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

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

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

Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own. — Ben Hogan

I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games. — Ben Hogan

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. — Ben Hogan

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

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

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

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

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

I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again. — Ben Hogan

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

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

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

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

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball. — Ben Hogan

Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible–at best it’s an accident. — Ben Hogan

Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there. — Ben Hogan

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. — Ben Hogan

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

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

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. — Ben Hogan