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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.

Tony Finau

If you make the effort to address the moves that cause a slice, you can straighten out all your shots. It won’t happen overnight, but if you’re systematic about it, the process will work.
TONY FINAU

Effort Happen Move Overnight Process Shot Slice Straighten Systematic Work
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.
TONY FINAU

Ball Cold First Great Hand Hit Iron Low Merlin Model One Quality Shaft Solid
Because my lower body is quiet, I need a full shoulder turn to generate power and speed. Keep your tempo smooth, and with the quiet lower body, you don’t have to worry about losing your balance.
TONY FINAU

Balance Body Generate Keep Lower Need Power Quite Smooth Tempo Use Worry
It’s a cool thing to see Polynesians – there’s not too many of us, period – but especially doing well in American sports. It’s pretty cool.
TONY FINAU

Cool Country Do Especially Many Period Polynesian Pretty Sport Thing Us
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.
TONY FINAU

Always Every Home One Play Really Sacrament Sunday Take Three Tough Week
We didn’t have cable TV. We just couldn’t afford it. But you don’t need cable to watch the Masters. In 1997, at the exact moment I started out, I watched Tiger Woods win the Masters.
TONY FINAU

Affod Cable Exact Master Moment Player Television Wood
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
The things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.
TONY FINAU

Happen Ideal Life Order Suppose Think Transpitre
So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
TONY FINAU

Bless Definitely Know Life Realize Take That Time
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 FINAU

Basketball Cool Able Drunk Golf Long Nody Pretty Probably
At the heart of every slice is an open clubface. And it usually goes with a steep swing that cuts across the ball from out to in.
TONY FINAU

Clubface Cutm Across Every Go Heart Open Out Slice Swing Usually
My brother and I ended up being known for our distance, but we had no idea how far we could hit the ball because we hit it the same, and all of a sudden.
TONY FINAU

Because Being Brother Distance Emd Far Ide Known Same Sudden
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.
TONY FINAU

Absolute Dad General Genius Golf Knowledge Left Polynesian Sport Thing Whole
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.
TONY FINAU

Career Essential Family Journey Parent Path Professional Right Start Turn
How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
TONY FINAU

Golf How Important So Think You
There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it’s time to play in competition, you don’t want to think too many thoughts.
TONY FINAU

Competition Counties Many Swing Thing Think Thought Time Wait

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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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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