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 FINAUThere are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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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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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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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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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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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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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 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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I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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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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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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