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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

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.
TONY FINAU

Affod Cable Exact Master Moment Player Television Wood
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.
TONY FINAU

Bounce Degree Eighty Iron Make Ping Right Sixty Transition Try
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.
TONY FINAU

Clubface Cutm Across Every Go Heart Open Out Slice Swing Usually
I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
TONY FINAU

Blood City Everything Heritage Rugby Samoan
I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
TONY FINAU

Been Inspire Just Kid Lot Me Proud Really See
I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
TONY FINAU

Best Business Course Golf Great Help Learn Partner Side Thing Those
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’ve never seen it in person and wouldn’t go even if you gave me tickets, because I made a promise to myself as a kid that I wouldn’t go until I played my way there.
TONY FINAU

Kid Made Myself Play Promise Ticket Until Way
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
Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
TONY FINAU

Christ Deeply Especially Everyone Fath Jesus Note
Maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.
TONY FINAU

Carry Chip Financial Little Maybe Overcome Parent Shoulder Situation Some Tough
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
I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
TONY FINAU

Descent Extreme Person Player Proud
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
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.
TONY FINAU

Book Different Game Many Mean Part Player Put Rule Say So Too
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

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