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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.

Tony Finau

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

Community Park Proud Rose
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
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
If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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Game Go Integrity Protect Rule Wrong
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
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
Sports are big. You learn to fight.
TONY FINAU

Big Fight Learn Sport
A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
TONY FINAU

A Lot Attention Colege Full Get Got Ready Sidetrack Time
So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
TONY FINAU

Cool Culture Just Our Pretty Really So Something Special Start
I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,
TONY FINAU

Always Foot Ground Kid Master Opportunity Participation Play Since Step
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.
TONY FINAU

Athlete Game Golf Great Lot Opportunity Some World
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
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.
TONY FINAU

Back Fortunate Give Know Less Like One Position Pretty Privilege Seriously Take
I didn’t have really much of a social life in high school, and I’m not really a partyer, so college wasn’t super appealing to me at the time.
TONY FINAU

Appeal College High Life Much Partyer Really School Social Time
There 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.
TONY FINAU

Atlelete Basketball Bets Definitely Goot Great Lot Name One Player 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
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.
TONY FINAU

Able Accomplish Age Drew Effect Game Lot Myself Only Player Prime See Speak Such Teenager Tiger Wood Young
How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
TONY FINAU

Golf How Important So Think You
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
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
My most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.
TONY FINAU

Care Change Ein Else Everymsunday Everything Goal Important Know Most Myself Set Take Thing Those
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
My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
TONY FINAU

Eighth Inch Iron Longer Standard Three
I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
TONY FINAU

Attend Challenge Church Definitely Get Really
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.
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Competition Counties Many Swing Thing Think Thought Time Wait
I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
TONY FINAU

All Count Golf Half Inside Play Setup Volleyball Wife
I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We’re very respectful people, and very humble people… and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.
TONY FINAU

Gospel Harmony Humble Kind Much People Polynesian Possible Respectful Shine Think

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