I didn’t have really much of a social life in high school, and I’m not really a partyer, so college wasn’t super appealing to me at the time.
TONY FINAUI know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.
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I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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It’s cool to be able to dunk. I’m pretty tall and pretty long. My body’s probably built more for basketball than for golf.
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There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.
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Mini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
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Because my lower body is quiet, I need a full shoulder turn to generate power and speed. Keep your tempo smooth, and with the quiet lower body, you don’t have to worry about losing your balance.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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I knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
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I think it’s a cool thing to have kids look up to me and to know that it doesn’t matter, your background or your ethnic background. If you have goals and dreams, you can achieve them.
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We didn’t have cable TV. We just couldn’t afford it. But you don’t need cable to watch the Masters. In 1997, at the exact moment I started out, I watched Tiger Woods win the Masters.
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It will be a great accomplishment if I become the best player in the world. But if my children can grow up with great core values and become great people and do good things and are happy, then, man, that would bring me great joy.
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