I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
TONY FINAUGolf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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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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Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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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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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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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’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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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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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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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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In 2013, I changed to left-hand low, or cross-handed. And it’s helped a lot. At the time, the reason I switched was just a lot of inconsistency with putting. I was either making a lot of putts, or I was missing a lot of putts.
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One 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.
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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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