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Tony Finau

I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
TONY FINAU

Always Foot Go Myself never Paly Participant Set Told Unless
I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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Away Being Biggest Challenge Family From My Road
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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Give Great Grow Just Keep Learn Myself never One Rule Tell Thing Up
How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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Golf How Important So Think You
Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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Christ Deeply Especially Everyone Fath Jesus Note
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.
TONY FINAU

Gospel Harmony Humble Kind Much People Polynesian Possible Respectful Shine Think
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.
TONY FINAU

Always Card Com Final Myself Prove Special Stage Tough Web Year
Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
TONY FINAU

Community Park Proud Rose
Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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Big Fight Learn Sport
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.
TONY FINAU

Ball Cold First Great Hand Hit Iron Low Merlin Model One Quality Shaft Solid
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
I used to think I was hitting a draw at times, and the ball was still curving to the right! I still prefer to play a little fade, but I’ve had to recalibrate my visuals.
TONY FINAU

Ball Curve Draw Hard Hit Prefer Recalibrate Right Think Use Visual
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
I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
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After Chance Dollar Fgraduation Financial Go High Million Pro School Sponsor Support Turn Two Week Win
Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.
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Care Extra Family Gove Outside People Something Take Yourself
There’s a lot of great athletes all over the world, and some of them don’t have the access or opportunity to play the game of golf.
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Athlete Game Golf Great Lot Opportunity Some World
I am extremely proud to be Tongan and Samoan, and to be the first on Tour and the first in the Masters is a cool thing.
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Cool Country Extremely First Master People Person Proud Thing Tour
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
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.
TONY FINAU

Absolute Dad General Genius Golf Knowledge Left Polynesian Sport Thing Whole
There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don’t play well, you’re often losing a lot of your own money.
TONY FINAU

Finance Lose Lot Money Often Own Play Variable Well
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
I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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Being Best Challenge Children Enjoy Father There
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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Happen Ideal Life Order Suppose Think Transpitre
So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
TONY FINAU

Cool Culture Just Our Pretty Really So Something Special Start
There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it’s time to play in competition, you don’t want to think too many thoughts.
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Competition Counties Many Swing Thing Think Thought Time Wait
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.
TONY FINAU

Best Business Course Golf Great Help Learn Partner Side Thing Those
I feel like listening is a huge part of life – not only listening to people, but listening to people that you believe in, people who you think are wise.
TONY FINAU

Believe Huge Life Listen Part People Think Wise

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