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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.

Tony Finau

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
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
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
We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
TONY FINAU

Drive Forty Go Hite Par Ten Tournament Year
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
The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
TONY FINAU

Family Institution Number One Powerful So World
I knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
TONY FINAU

Back Community Give Got Knew Opportunity People Person Tour
If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
TONY FINAU

Game Go Integrity Protect Rule Wrong
I think it’s a cool thing to have kids look up to me and to know that it doesn’t matter, your background or your ethnic background. If you have goals and dreams, you can achieve them.
TONY FINAU

Achieve Background Ethnic Cool Goal Kid Mature Me Thing
I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
TONY FINAU

Always Been Felt High Pain Pretty Tolerance Tough
How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
TONY FINAU

Golf How Important So Think You
I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
TONY FINAU

Descent Extreme Person Player Proud
I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
TONY FINAU

Bunch Country Haven Not Play Superstitious Tour
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.
TONY FINAU

Give Great Grow Just Keep Learn Myself never One Rule Tell Thing Up
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

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