Mini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
TONY FINAUNeedless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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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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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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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 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 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.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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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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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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.
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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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I 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.
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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 have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
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