I am extremely proud to be Tongan and Samoan, and to be the first on Tour and the first in the Masters is a cool thing.
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 there’s too many rules in golf. And I mean that’s easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
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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’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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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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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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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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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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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’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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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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