Tony Finau is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The 32-year-old recently won the 3M Open by three strokes on Sunday. Finau has been playing professional golf for some time now. However, it was not easy for him to enter the sport as a pro.

Every successful athlete has a story behind their success. Finau’s story is about his mother’s struggles to help him achieve what he has, and it is beyond explanation. Finau shared a small animated video on Mother’s Day, which was reshared by the PGA Tour this morning on Twitter.

The video made all the fans of the golfer emotional after they got to learn about Finau’s mother’s struggles to become a professional golfer. Let’s dig deeper to find out what the video was about.

The PGA Tour shares a video of Tony Finau’s emotional story

Today, the PGA Tour shared a video that gave all viewers tears in their eyes. The video showed Tony Finau’s story, displaying his mother’s sacrifices to help him become the successful golfer he is today. The PGA Tour’s official Twitter handle shared the video and Finau had also shared it earlier as a tribute on Mother’s Day.

The video was about how Finau’s family wasn’t financially very strong. It began with Finau talking about what he had to do to qualify for the US Junior Ryder Cup team. “All I needed to do was play one more PGA Junior Series tournament.” He mentioned having a lot of pressure on himself, as his parents were making tons for his golf dream.

Finau said that his family “didn’t have enough money to travel” and that his job was to give his best in the tournament. And the same thing happened as he shot 69, finding himself in the lead. All his golf mates loved his performance and invited him over for dinner. Finau agreed and asked his mom to join them, but she refused.

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Finau enjoyed himself at the dinner and said, “I just remember eating everything in sight.” When he came back home, he found his mom sitting on the bed with coins in her hands, crying silently. And that’s when the most emotional statement in the video hits. When he asked his mom about what was wrong, she said, “Son, I really wanted to go to dinner with you, but we didn’t have enough money.”

Twitter golf reacts to the emotional Tony Finau story

Fans on Twitter gave all kinds of reactions to the video that the PGA Tour posted. A fan said, “Man, that brought tears to my eyes” after watching the video. People watched the video and realized that not all athletes are born with silver spoons in their mouths. Here are some fan reactions to the video:

Tony Finau has had a rather inspirational journey towards achieving his goal. However, he gives all the credit to the sacrifices his parents and friends made for his success. And winning the 3M Open yesterday was just the cherry on top!

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