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 FINAUBecause my lower body is quiet, I need a full shoulder turn to generate power and speed. Keep your tempo smooth, and with the quiet lower body, you don’t have to worry about losing your balance.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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Essentially, my parents directed me in the right path. They were all for me turning professional and starting that journey as a family with my golf career.
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Mini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
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I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
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There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it’s time to play in competition, you don’t want to think too many thoughts.
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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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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 know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
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I am extremely proud to be Tongan and Samoan, and to be the first on Tour and the first in the Masters is a cool thing.
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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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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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I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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Because my lower body is quiet, I need a full shoulder turn to generate power and speed. Keep your tempo smooth, and with the quiet lower body, you don’t have to worry about losing your balance.
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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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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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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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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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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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I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
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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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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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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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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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