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.
TONY FINAUSo it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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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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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I think it’s a cool thing to have kids look up to me and to know that it doesn’t matter, your background or your ethnic background. If you have goals and dreams, you can achieve them.
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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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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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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 have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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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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 never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
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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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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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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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