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.
TONY FINAUIn 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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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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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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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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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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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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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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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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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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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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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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