There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.
TONY FINAUI definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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There’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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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 find that my upbringing in the Church and my relationship with God are huge benefits to me in helping me become the kind of person that I want to become.
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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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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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I’ve never seen it in person and wouldn’t go even if you gave me tickets, because I made a promise to myself as a kid that I wouldn’t go until I played my way there.
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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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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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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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 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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It’s cool to be able to dunk. I’m pretty tall and pretty long. My body’s probably built more for basketball than for golf.
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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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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