I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
TONY FINAUI have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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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,
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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.
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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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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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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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.
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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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I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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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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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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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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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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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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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.
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I am extremely proud to be Tongan and Samoan, and to be the first on Tour and the first in the Masters is a cool thing.
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I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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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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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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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