We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
TONY FINAUIt was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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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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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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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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When your hands are cold, and you’re hitting with old, low-quality irons – my first one was a Merlin model with a green shaft – you learn what to do to hit the ball solid.
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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, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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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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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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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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It’s the Tiger Woods effect. What he was able to accomplish at such a young age – he drew me to the game, and I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the players that are my age saw Tiger in his prime when we were all teenagers.
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Essentially, my parents directed me in the right path. They were all for me turning professional and starting that journey as a family with my golf career.
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I think there’s too many rules in golf. And I mean that’s easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
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