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 HoganI hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
Ben HoganCertainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. You continually have to ask yourself what club to play, where to aim it, whether to accept a safe par or to try to go for a birdie. You can't play every hole the same way. I never could.
Ben HoganAs you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben HoganThe truth is, the first golf club I owned was an old left-handed, wooden-shafted, rib-faced mashie that a fellow gave me, and that's the club I was weaned on. During the mornings we caddies would bang the ball up and down the practice field until the members arrived and it was time to go to work. So I did all that formative practice left-handed. But I'm a natural right-hander.
Ben Hogan