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.
TONY FINAUWe are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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My brother and I ended up being known for our distance, but we had no idea how far we could hit the ball because we hit it the same, and all of a sudden.
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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.
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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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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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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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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 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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The Ping 51-degree makes for a nice transition from the irons. On my 60, it says 8 degrees of bounce, but I grind it to about 5 or 6 degrees. I tried a head with less bounce, but it just didn’t look right.
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As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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