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My most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.

Tony Finau

When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
TONY FINAU

Captain Confidence Cup Extra Guy Locker Rhyder Room Sense Surround Team
Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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Focus Moment Next Outcome Process Shot Stay Worry
I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
TONY FINAU

Foundation Logo Low Mark Spinning Tony Use
I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
TONY FINAU

Before Major Paly Straight Take Week Well
I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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Descent Extreme Person Player Proud
I 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.
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Appeal College High Life Much Partyer Really School Social Time
I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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Court Half House Nba Player Saw Think
We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
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Drive Forty Go Hite Par Ten Tournament Year
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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Balance Body Generate Keep Lower Need Power Quite Smooth Tempo Use Worry
We all wanted to be like him.
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All Him Like Want We
It’s something that I dreamed of since I was a kid – to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.
TONY FINAU

Able Country Cup Dream Play Represent Ryder Since Something
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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Bounce Degree Eighty Iron Make Ping Right Sixty Transition Try
I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
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Follow Foottsep Generation Heritage Kid Know Lot Only Younger
If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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Game Go Integrity Protect Rule Wrong
It’s a cool thing to see Polynesians – there’s not too many of us, period – but especially doing well in American sports. It’s pretty cool.
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Cool Country Do Especially Many Period Polynesian Pretty Sport Thing Us
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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Definitely Different Feet Flower Guy Most Quite Smell Time Tour Upbringing
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

Atlelete Basketball Bets Definitely Goot Great Lot Name One Player Tour
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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Curve Knew Play Player Plenty Power Right Short Tee Tour Watch Yard
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.
TONY FINAU

Clubface Cutm Across Every Go Heart Open Out Slice Swing Usually
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.
TONY FINAU

Carry Chip Financial Little Maybe Overcome Parent Shoulder Situation Some Tough
In 2013, I changed to left-hand low, or cross-handed. And it’s helped a lot. At the time, the reason I switched was just a lot of inconsistency with putting. I was either making a lot of putts, or I was missing a lot of putts.
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At Change Cross Hand Help Inconsistency Left Put Reason Switch Time
Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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Age Everything Fast Fell King Lap Thrown Very Young
How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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Golf How Important So Think You
For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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Hard Right Shot Slide So Many Tee Watch Year
We grew up in the Rose Park section of Salt Lake City. It’s a good neighborhood but a tough one, on the poor side but proud.
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City Grew Lake Neighbourhood One Park Poor Proud Rose Salt Section Taught
I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
TONY FINAU

Attend Challenge Church Definitely Get Really
I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
TONY FINAU

Color Favourite Goes Green Master Mom Pretty Sunday

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