It will be a great accomplishment if I become the best player in the world. But if my children can grow up with great core values and become great people and do good things and are happy, then, man, that would bring me great joy.
TONY FINAUI don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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 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.
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We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
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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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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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I feel like listening is a huge part of life – not only listening to people, but listening to people that you believe in, people who you think are wise.
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I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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I definitely feel it’s important, whether I’ve taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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