Maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.
TONY FINAUI always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
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I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
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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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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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I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.
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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 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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If you make the effort to address the moves that cause a slice, you can straighten out all your shots. It won’t happen overnight, but if you’re systematic about it, the process will work.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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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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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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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