Tony Finau Quotes

You don't have to be long off the tee, and we know the amazing effect an Open crowd can have if you're on your game and how they can lift you.

Spin is a tricky thing. When you're trying to avoid it - say, on a tee shot, where sidespin puts you in the trees - it's easy to make it happen.

All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.

Never have a club in your bag that you're afraid to hit.

I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.

The way I see it, thinking about the position of the club during the swing is about the worst way to play golf. It makes you tight and defensive, which kills your natural speed and rhythm. Although there's obvious value to minding your technique, at best you'll play an OK round. Where's the fun in that?

I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people.

The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that's been a bit more erratic.

It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.

I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.

As a kid, I remember John Daly bombing it around St. Andrews in 1995 to win the British Open, and people say we are similar in a lot of ways.

Name me one golfer that doesn't get frustrated.

I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.

I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.

This golf course, you miss a shot a little bit off-line, it's going to bite you.

Whether you're driving it short or you drive it far, you got to be in the fairway because the rough's brutal, and if you get out of the rough into some of these bunkers, you can get some funky lies.

I do love golf.

I struggle off the tee. If I can hit my driver straight, then I'm usually playing well.

I'm going to have wedge when guys are going have a 6-iron, plain and simple.

The par putts sometimes are bigger than the birdie putts.

My iron game. I get into trouble a lot with my driver, so I tend to hit 3-wood off the tee.

My driver is my strongest club - it's what my game kind of revolves around.

There are guys you've never heard of who drive the ball better than anybody I've seen on the PGA Tour.

The more balls that I hit, it's going to get better and better. Once I get a bit more confidence in my ball striking, that's when we can get down to the nitty gritty parts of the game.

Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like someone else.