It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
TONY FINAURose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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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Essentially, my parents directed me in the right path. They were all for me turning professional and starting that journey as a family with my golf career.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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We grew up in the Rose Park section of Salt Lake City. It’s a good neighborhood but a tough one, on the poor side but proud.
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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 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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I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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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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Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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It’s a privilege to be in a position to give back, and one that I take pretty seriously because I know what it’s like… to be less fortunate, to be less privileged.
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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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