Ben Hogan
Ben Hogan
William Ben Hoganwas an American professional golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game. Born within six months of two other acknowledged golf greats of the 20th century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is notable for his profound influence on golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth13 August 1912
CityStephenville, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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.
The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
Hitting a golf ball and putting have nothing in common. They're two different games. You work all your life to perfect a repeating swing that will get you to the greens, and then you have to try to do something that is totally unrelated. There shouldn't be any cups, just flag sticks. And then the man who hit the most fairways and greens and got closest to the pins would be the tournament winner.
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.
If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course?
There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
Why Don't you aim more to the right?
I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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.
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.
I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it
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