Quotes by Tony Finau - Page 2

I've had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid, I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
Tony Finau /
Masters
Myself I Am Step
Foot
Grounds
Participant
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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah, 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.
Tony Finau /
Hitting
Plenty
Yards
Curve
Peel
Slice
Tee
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf. 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.
Tony Finau /
Countless
Swing
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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.
Tony Finau /
Changed
Inconsistency
Missing
Either
Helped
Low
Putting
Switched
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I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there's younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps, so it's really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
Tony Finau /
Footsteps
Generations
Heritage
Younger Generations
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage - 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.
Tony Finau /
Overcome
Chip
Shoulder
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It will be a great accomplishment if I become the best player in the world. But if my children can grow up with great core values and become great people and do good things and are happy, then, man, that would bring me great joy.
Tony Finau /
Happy
Accomplishment
Children
Core
Core Values
Good Things
Great Joy
Joy
Player
Values
Best Good Great
Grow
Bring
Grow Up
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right. I used to think I was hitting a draw at times, and the ball was still curving to the right! I still prefer to play a little fade, but I've had to recalibrate my visuals.
Tony Finau /
Hitting
Visuals
Prefer
Ball
Draw
Times
Fade
Slide
So Many Years
Tee
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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings. There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don't play well, you're often losing a lot of your own money.
Tony Finau /
Sponsors
Variables
Finances
Percentage
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I don't really get to attend church. That's definitely one of the challenges. 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 Finau /
Sunday
Attend
Sacrament
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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I'd like to play in and win the most. 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 /
Masters
Promise
Tickets
Needless
Tournament
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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. We all wanted to be like him.
Tony Finau /
Accomplish
Prime
Woods
Young Age
Age Myself Me
Drew
Such A Young Age
Teenagers
Tiger
Tiger Woods
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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. I definitely feel it's important, whether I've taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
Tony Finau /
Two Weeks
Tournament
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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. 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.
Tony Finau /
Achieve
Ethnic Background
Masters
Proud
Background
Be The First
Cool Thing
Ethnic
Extremely
Tour
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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver. My brother and I ended up being known for our distance, but we had no idea how far we could hit the ball because we hit it the same, and all of a sudden, we're going to tournaments, and we're driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
Tony Finau /
Distance
Hitting
No Idea
Tournaments
Driver
How Far
Sudden
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