For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
TONY FINAUIf the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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One of the things I learned growing up, a rule that I go by, is just never give up. That’s one thing that I had to keep telling myself.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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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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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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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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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The things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.
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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 am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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I’m always playing on Sunday, and that’s tough because I really never get to take the sacrament – maybe once every three or four months when I’m home and have a week off.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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.
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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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 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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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 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 think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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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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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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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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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