Tony Finau Net Worth – $30 million
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Introduction
Tony Finau is an American professional golfer.
He has played on a number of professional tours, including the Korn Ferry Tour, European Tour, PGA Tour Canada, and PGA Tour.
Tony Finau has three wins in total and two professional wins under his belt.
He comfortably sits at Number 9 on the PGA Tours Official World Golf Ranking.
The Origin Story
He was born on September 14, 1989, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is of Tongan and Samoan descent.
Tony first found the inspiration to play golf when he was 7 years old, in 1997, while sitting on his couch watching television.
On TV, he saw a then 21-year-old Tiger Woods pumping his fist in the air after winning the Masters Tournament. This deeply inspired Tony. He thought to himself, “maybe I can do that someday.”
Tony’s younger brother, Gipper, had already taken an interest in golf as well.
Tony’s father, Kelepi Finau, worked as a baggage handler at an airport and made $35,000 a year to support the family of seven children.
Needless to say, not much money was flowing around the household to support a budding golf hobby, let alone a professional golfing career.
Kelepi was determined not to let the issue of money stop his sons from playing.
Tony started practicing playing golf by using clubs his dad bought from the Salvation Army for 75 cents each that were cut down to kids’ size and golf balls collected from the neighbors.
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Combined with a mattress leaned up against the wall and strips of carpet that his father had placed on the floor to hit off from, Tony had scored himself a not-so fully-fledged practice golf course located in the family garage.
Kelepi had borrowed a copy of “Golf My Way” by Jack Nicklaus from the library, which was the ultimate manual for training his two sons.
Even though Kelepi had no prior golfing experience, Tony still claims that his knowledge of sports, in general, made his father an “absolute genius.”
The sporting choice of both Tony and his brother Gipper was cause for some head-scratching when they competed at local events as kids.
Many questioned why they didn’t give football a run for its money.
While still in high school, he became a two-time medallist in the Utah state high school championship, and he was a member of the 2006 state team.
He won the 2006 Utah State Amateur and was crowned West High School’s 2007 Athlete of the Year.
In November 2011, Tony’s mother, Vena Finau, died in a car crash at the age of 47.
Tony was 20 at the time.
He was heartbroken and developed some short-term health issues from the stress associated with her death but knew that the last thing she would want him to do was to quit.
After his mother’s death, he started wearing a green shirt in the final round on Sundays as a tribute to her, as it was her favorite color.
