The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
TONY FINAUEverything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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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.
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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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As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
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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 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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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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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’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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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I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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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 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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