I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
TONY FINAUIt 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.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
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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 generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour.
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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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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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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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My most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.
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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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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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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
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Essentially, my parents directed me in the right path. They were all for me turning professional and starting that journey as a family with my golf career.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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It’s a cool thing to see Polynesians – there’s not too many of us, period – but especially doing well in American sports. It’s pretty cool.
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There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it’s time to play in competition, you don’t want to think too many thoughts.
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I think there’s too many rules in golf. And I mean that’s easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
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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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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