Ben Hogan Quotes

The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that's been a bit more erratic.

You should welcome getting older in golf. With greater knowledge of your swing, you, too, can keep improving.

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

My grandpa would take me to the driving range and, I don't know, it didn't take me long to realize I'm a little different with golf. I have an eye for seeing things differently. Somehow I just see shots in my head.

I've seen the bottom and I know the difference between good golf and bad golf.

Feel is the most perplexing part of golf, and probably the most important.

I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people.

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.

Unfortunately, I only have time to play 15 to 20 rounds a year. I'm a 6-handicap but can play to a 16, no problem.

I tried changing my swing because I thought it would make me better. I thought it would make me a world-class golfer. I was a bit naive and I was a bit silly and just got going the wrong way.

Even if you've never picked up a club, or if you've been playing for a long time, there's always something new to learn from playing golf. That's the beauty of the game. You never stop learning.

Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like someone else.

I felt like, by the end of the week in the U.S. Amateur, I was never aiming at a flag; I was just hitting it at slopes and just letting the natural contours take over.

Tiger's a horrible golf teacher.

The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

For me, take Tiger Woods. I always thought he was great, but I never truly understood how good he was until I had the chance to go to Tiger Woods Golf Camp. He taught me how to swing and was hitting the ball, and this dude was unreal.

My point is, there's no sense trying to squeeze something out of your swing if you can let your clubs do the shotmaking for you.

I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.

You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.

There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon if you practice.

My driving and irons are the best part of my game. Growing to be 5-foot-11 has certainly helped.

Pretty it's pretty good for me because I'm over here in the winters. It's really improved my golf game.