I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
TONY FINAUI knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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’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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.
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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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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.
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When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
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I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,
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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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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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I’m always playing on Sunday, and that’s tough because I really never get to take the sacrament – maybe once every three or four months when I’m home and have a week off.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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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 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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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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