I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
TONY FINAUI 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.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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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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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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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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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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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I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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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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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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There 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.
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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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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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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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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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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.
TONY FINAU