I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
TONY FINAUIt was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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 was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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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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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.
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I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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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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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.
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