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.
TONY FINAUI never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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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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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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This whole golf thing was so left field for us, as Polynesians, but he had a lot of knowledge about sports in general. My dad was a genius, really. He was an absolute genius.
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I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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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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I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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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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In 2013, I changed to left-hand low, or cross-handed. And it’s helped a lot. At the time, the reason I switched was just a lot of inconsistency with putting. I was either making a lot of putts, or I was missing a lot of putts.
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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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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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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One of the things I learned growing up, a rule that I go by, is just never give up. That’s one thing that I had to keep telling myself.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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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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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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We all wanted to be like him.
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