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 FINAUWhen I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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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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I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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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 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’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.
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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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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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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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I knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
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I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
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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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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.
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The Ping 51-degree makes for a nice transition from the irons. On my 60, it says 8 degrees of bounce, but I grind it to about 5 or 6 degrees. I tried a head with less bounce, but it just didn’t look right.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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