I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
TONY FINAUThe things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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If you make the effort to address the moves that cause a slice, you can straighten out all your shots. It won’t happen overnight, but if you’re systematic about it, the process will work.
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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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I didn’t have really much of a social life in high school, and I’m not really a partyer, so college wasn’t super appealing to me at the time.
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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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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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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 definitely feel it’s important, whether I’ve taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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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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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 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 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.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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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 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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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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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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This whole golf thing was so left field for us, as Polynesians, but he had a lot of knowledge about sports in general. My dad was a genius, really. He was an absolute genius.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,
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I’m always playing on Sunday, and that’s tough because I really never get to take the sacrament – maybe once every three or four months when I’m home and have a week off.
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