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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.

Tony Finau

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.
TONY FINAU

Give Great Grow Just Keep Learn Myself never One Rule Tell Thing Up
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 FINAU

Before Major Paly Straight Take Week Well
As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
TONY FINAU

Adjust Atmosphere Course Highest Level Lifestyle Like Lit Need Paly Pan Rookie
I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
TONY FINAU

Advantage Circumstances Different Most Player Think
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.
TONY FINAU

Finance Lose Lot Money Often Own Play Variable Well
My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
TONY FINAU

Eighth Inch Iron Longer Standard Three
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.
TONY FINAU

Ball Curve Draw Hard Hit Prefer Recalibrate Right Think Use Visual
When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
TONY FINAU

Captain Confidence Cup Extra Guy Locker Rhyder Room Sense Surround Team
I feel like listening is a huge part of life – not only listening to people, but listening to people that you believe in, people who you think are wise.
TONY FINAU

Believe Huge Life Listen Part People Think Wise
So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
TONY FINAU

Cool Culture Just Our Pretty Really So Something Special Start
If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
TONY FINAU

Game Go Integrity Protect Rule Wrong
I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
TONY FINAU

Bunch Country Haven Not Play Superstitious Tour
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
I’m always playing on Sunday, and that’s tough because I really never get to take the sacrament – maybe once every three or four months when I’m home and have a week off.
TONY FINAU

Always Every Home One Play Really Sacrament Sunday Take Three Tough Week
We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
TONY FINAU

Drive Forty Go Hite Par Ten Tournament Year
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.
TONY FINAU

Affod Cable Exact Master Moment Player Television Wood
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
I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
TONY FINAU

Always Been Felt High Pain Pretty Tolerance Tough
I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
TONY FINAU

Different Perspective Egolf Litle Maybe Other Player Some Thing Whol
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.
TONY FINAU

Competition Counties Many Swing Thing Think Thought Time Wait
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
I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
TONY FINAU

Definitely Different Feet Flower Guy Most Quite Smell Time Tour Upbringing
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 don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
TONY FINAU

Attend Challenge Church Definitely Get Really
I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
TONY FINAU

All Count Golf Half Inside Play Setup Volleyball Wife
I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
TONY FINAU

Blood City Everything Heritage Rugby Samoan
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.
TONY FINAU

Always Card Com Final Myself Prove Special Stage Tough Web Year

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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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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