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.
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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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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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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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Because my lower body is quiet, I need a full shoulder turn to generate power and speed. Keep your tempo smooth, and with the quiet lower body, you don’t have to worry about losing your balance.
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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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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.
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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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