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 FINAUThere’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.
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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.
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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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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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.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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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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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.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
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