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As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.

Tony Finau

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.
TONY FINAU

Back Fortunate Give Know Less Like One Position Pretty Privilege Seriously Take
A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
TONY FINAU

A Lot Attention Colege Full Get Got Ready Sidetrack Time
We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
TONY FINAU

Drive Forty Go Hite Par Ten Tournament Year
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.
TONY FINAU

City Grew Lake Neighbourhood One Park Poor Proud Rose Salt Section Taught
I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
TONY FINAU

Alcohol Beer Drinker Instead Real Root
It’s cool to be able to dunk. I’m pretty tall and pretty long. My body’s probably built more for basketball than for golf.
TONY FINAU

Basketball Cool Able Drunk Golf Long Nody Pretty Probably
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.
TONY FINAU

Cool Country Do Especially Many Period Polynesian Pretty Sport Thing Us
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.
TONY FINAU

Athlete Game Golf Great Lot Opportunity Some World
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
It’s something that I dreamed of since I was a kid – to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.
TONY FINAU

Able Country Cup Dream Play Represent Ryder Since Something
Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
TONY FINAU

Community Park Proud Rose
I’ve never seen it in person and wouldn’t go even if you gave me tickets, because I made a promise to myself as a kid that I wouldn’t go until I played my way there.
TONY FINAU

Kid Made Myself Play Promise Ticket Until Way
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
The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
TONY FINAU

Club Crazy Driver Ever Hit Last Learn Thing
When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
TONY FINAU

Captain Confidence Cup Extra Guy Locker Rhyder Room Sense Surround Team
I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
TONY FINAU

Foundation Logo Low Mark Spinning Tony Use

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