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.
TONY FINAUI didn’t have really much of a social life in high school, and I’m not really a partyer, so college wasn’t super appealing to me at the time.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in 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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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It’s cool to be able to dunk. I’m pretty tall and pretty long. My body’s probably built more for basketball than for golf.
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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 have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
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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 never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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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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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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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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