My most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.
TONY FINAUI 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.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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.
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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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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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.
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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 enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour.
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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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We grew up in the Rose Park section of Salt Lake City. It’s a good neighborhood but a tough one, on the poor side but proud.
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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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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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.
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