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.
TONY FINAUEverything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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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There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don’t play well, you’re often losing a lot of your own money.
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I used to think I was hitting a draw at times, and the ball was still curving to the right! I still prefer to play a little fade, but I’ve had to recalibrate my visuals.
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As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
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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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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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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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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 have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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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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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.
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It’s the Tiger Woods effect. What he was able to accomplish at such a young age – he drew me to the game, and I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the players that are my age saw Tiger in his prime when we were all teenagers.
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Maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.
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I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
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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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