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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.

Tony Finau

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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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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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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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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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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We all wanted to be like him.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don’t play well, you’re often losing a lot of your own money.
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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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I used to think I was hitting a draw at times, and the ball was still curving to the right! I still prefer to play a little fade, but I’ve had to recalibrate my visuals.
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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 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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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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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.
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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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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 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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