How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
TONY FINAUHow you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
TONY FINAUWhen I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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.
TONY FINAUI 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.
TONY FINAUI 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.
TONY FINAUStaying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
TONY FINAUMy irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
TONY FINAUMaybe 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 FINAUIt’s a privilege to be in a position to give back, and one that I take pretty seriously because I know what it’s like… to be less fortunate, to be less privileged.
TONY FINAUOne of the things I learned growing up, a rule that I go by, is just never give up. That’s one thing that I had to keep telling myself.
TONY FINAUThere 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.
TONY FINAUI use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
TONY FINAUMy 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.
TONY FINAUThe No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
TONY FINAUWhen 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.
TONY FINAUIt’s something that I dreamed of since I was a kid – to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.
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