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I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,

Tony Finau

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
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.
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Kid Made Myself Play Promise Ticket Until Way
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
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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Clubface Cutm Across Every Go Heart Open Out Slice Swing Usually
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
Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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Focus Moment Next Outcome Process Shot Stay Worry
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
My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
TONY FINAU

Eighth Inch Iron Longer Standard Three
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
When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
TONY FINAU

Fourteen Got Hit Joke No Slice Tee Tour Was Yeah Year
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
We all wanted to be like him.
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All Him Like Want We
I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
TONY FINAU

Being Best Challenge Children Enjoy Father There
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
I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
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Follow Foottsep Generation Heritage Kid Know Lot Only Younger
I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
TONY FINAU

Advantage Circumstances Different Most Player Think
The Ping 51-degree makes for a nice transition from the irons. On my 60, it says 8 degrees of bounce, but I grind it to about 5 or 6 degrees. I tried a head with less bounce, but it just didn’t look right.
TONY FINAU

Bounce Degree Eighty Iron Make Ping Right Sixty Transition Try
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.
TONY FINAU

Basketball Cool Able Drunk Golf Long Nody Pretty Probably
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.
TONY FINAU

Balance Body Generate Keep Lower Need Power Quite Smooth Tempo Use Worry
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
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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Athlete Game Golf Great Lot Opportunity Some World
I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
TONY FINAU

Away Being Biggest Challenge Family From My Road
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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Bless Definitely Know Life Realize Take That Time
I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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Always Been Felt High Pain Pretty Tolerance Tough
But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
TONY FINAU

Always Belief Could Just Myself Prove Something Special
Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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Come Complete Expensive Extremely Goal Grow Lot Parent Sacrifice Sport
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

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