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.
TONY FINAUI don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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.
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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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 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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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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I didn’t have really much of a social life in high school, and I’m not really a partyer, so college wasn’t super appealing to me at the time.
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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.
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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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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.
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Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.
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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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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 a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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If you make the effort to address the moves that cause a slice, you can straighten out all your shots. It won’t happen overnight, but if you’re systematic about it, the process will work.
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