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Maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.

Tony Finau

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.
TONY FINAU

Kid Made Myself Play Promise Ticket Until Way
We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
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Drive Forty Go Hite Par Ten Tournament Year
We all wanted to be like him.
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All Him Like Want We
For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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Hard Right Shot Slide So Many Tee Watch Year
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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Glamorous Mine Professional Tour
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.
TONY FINAU

Become Benefit Christ God Help Jesus Kind Person Relationship Upbring
There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.
TONY FINAU

Atlelete Basketball Bets Definitely Goot Great Lot Name One Player Tour
If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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Game Go Integrity Protect Rule Wrong
A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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A Lot Attention Colege Full Get Got Ready Sidetrack Time
It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour.
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Always Card Com Final Myself Prove Special Stage Tough Web Year
I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
TONY FINAU

Color Favourite Goes Green Master Mom Pretty Sunday
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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Ball Curve Draw Hard Hit Prefer Recalibrate Right Think Use Visual
I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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Being Best Challenge Children Enjoy Father There
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.
TONY FINAU

Book Different Game Many Mean Part Player Put Rule Say So Too
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.
TONY FINAU

Achieve Background Ethnic Cool Goal Kid Mature Me Thing
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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Balance Body Generate Keep Lower Need Power Quite Smooth Tempo Use Worry
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.
TONY FINAU

Athlete Game Golf Great Lot Opportunity Some World
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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Give Great Grow Just Keep Learn Myself never One Rule Tell Thing Up
We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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Be Being Culture Just Minority Proud Really Too We
It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
TONY FINAU

Life Much Percentage Really Social Some Sponsor Win
There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it’s time to play in competition, you don’t want to think too many thoughts.
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Competition Counties Many Swing Thing Think Thought Time Wait
I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
TONY FINAU

Ball Coin Country Dollar Generally Mark One Quater Sometimes Use
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.
TONY FINAU

Effort Happen Move Overnight Process Shot Slice Straighten Systematic Work
I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
TONY FINAU

Best Business Course Golf Great Help Learn Partner Side Thing Those
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.
TONY FINAU

At Change Cross Hand Help Inconsistency Left Put Reason Switch Time
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.
TONY FINAU

Accomplish Become Best Children Great Happy Joy Man Player Thing Value World
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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Career Essential Family Journey Parent Path Professional Right Start Turn

Maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.

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