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.
TONY FINAUI’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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There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don’t play well, you’re often losing a lot of your own money.
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I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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I definitely feel it’s important, whether I’ve taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
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I knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
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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.
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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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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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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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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We all wanted to be like him.
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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 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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