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.
TONY FINAUI use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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.
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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 just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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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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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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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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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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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.
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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 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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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 do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
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