It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
TONY FINAUThere 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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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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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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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.
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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 just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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 always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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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 don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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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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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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.
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