Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
TONY FINAUBut I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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Mini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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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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I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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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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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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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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I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
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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 generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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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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