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.
TONY FINAUWhen I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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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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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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We didn’t have cable TV. We just couldn’t afford it. But you don’t need cable to watch the Masters. In 1997, at the exact moment I started out, I watched Tiger Woods win the Masters.
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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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We all wanted to be like him.
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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.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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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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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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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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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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