It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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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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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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If you make the effort to address the moves that cause a slice, you can straighten out all your shots. It won’t happen overnight, but if you’re systematic about it, the process will work.
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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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I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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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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I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
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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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We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
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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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We all wanted to be like him.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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