We all wanted to be like him.
TONY FINAUSports are big. You learn to fight.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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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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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.
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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.
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I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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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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I think there’s too many rules in golf. And I mean that’s easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
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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 had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.
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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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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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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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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