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.
TONY FINAUWe are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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Maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.
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There’s a lot of great athletes all over the world, and some of them don’t have the access or opportunity to play the game of golf.
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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We’re very respectful people, and very humble people… and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.
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I find that my upbringing in the Church and my relationship with God are huge benefits to me in helping me become the kind of person that I want to become.
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Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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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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When your hands are cold, and you’re hitting with old, low-quality irons – my first one was a Merlin model with a green shaft – you learn what to do to hit the ball solid.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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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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