As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
TONY FINAUMini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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I find that my upbringing in the Church and my relationship with God are huge benefits to me in helping me become the kind of person that I want to become.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
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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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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.
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I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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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.
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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.
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At the heart of every slice is an open clubface. And it usually goes with a steep swing that cuts across the ball from out to in.
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