I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
TONY FINAUMaybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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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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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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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 have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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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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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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When your hands are cold, and you’re hitting with old, low-quality irons – my first one was a Merlin model with a green shaft – you learn what to do to hit the ball solid.
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I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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 find that my upbringing in the Church and my relationship with God are huge benefits to me in helping me become the kind of person that I want to become.
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