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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.

Tony Finau

Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
TONY FINAU

Community Park Proud Rose
Mini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
TONY FINAU

Glamorous Mine Professional Tour
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.
TONY FINAU

At Change Cross Hand Help Inconsistency Left Put Reason Switch Time
But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
TONY FINAU

Always Belief Could Just Myself Prove Something Special
I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
TONY FINAU

Always Foot Go Myself never Paly Participant Set Told Unless
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.
TONY FINAU

Adjust Atmosphere Course Highest Level Lifestyle Like Lit Need Paly Pan Rookie
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.
TONY FINAU

Achieve Background Ethnic Cool Goal Kid Mature Me Thing
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.
TONY FINAU

Finance Lose Lot Money Often Own Play Variable Well
It’s something that I dreamed of since I was a kid – to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.
TONY FINAU

Able Country Cup Dream Play Represent Ryder Since Something
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.
TONY FINAU

Accomplish Become Best Children Great Happy Joy Man Player Thing Value World
I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
TONY FINAU

Best Business Course Golf Great Help Learn Partner Side Thing Those
I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
TONY FINAU

Before Major Paly Straight Take Week Well
The Ping 51-degree makes for a nice transition from the irons. On my 60, it says 8 degrees of bounce, but I grind it to about 5 or 6 degrees. I tried a head with less bounce, but it just didn’t look right.
TONY FINAU

Bounce Degree Eighty Iron Make Ping Right Sixty Transition Try
Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
TONY FINAU

Focus Moment Next Outcome Process Shot Stay Worry
I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
TONY FINAU

Alcohol Beer Drinker Instead Real Root
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.
TONY FINAU

Ball Curve Draw Hard Hit Prefer Recalibrate Right Think Use Visual

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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