I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
TONY FINAUI definitely feel it’s important, whether I’ve taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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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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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At the heart of every slice is an open clubface. And it usually goes with a steep swing that cuts across the ball from out to in.
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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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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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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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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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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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This whole golf thing was so left field for us, as Polynesians, but he had a lot of knowledge about sports in general. My dad was a genius, really. He was an absolute genius.
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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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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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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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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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