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 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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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.
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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 generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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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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My most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.
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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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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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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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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When your hands are cold, and you’re hitting with old, low-quality irons – my first one was a Merlin model with a green shaft – you learn what to do to hit the ball solid.
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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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