It’s a cool thing to see Polynesians – there’s not too many of us, period – but especially doing well in American sports. It’s pretty cool.
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 am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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,
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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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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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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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I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We’re very respectful people, and very humble people… and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.
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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.
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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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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.
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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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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
TONY FINAU