If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
TONY FINAUI have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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 never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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I definitely feel it’s important, whether I’ve taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
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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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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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The things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.
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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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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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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 know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
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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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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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