It’s the Tiger Woods effect. What he was able to accomplish at such a young age – he drew me to the game, and I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the players that are my age saw Tiger in his prime when we were all teenagers.
TONY FINAUI have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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I 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.
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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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The things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.
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It’s cool to be able to dunk. I’m pretty tall and pretty long. My body’s probably built more for basketball than for golf.
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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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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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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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I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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