So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
TONY FINAUThe crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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One of the things I learned growing up, a rule that I go by, is just never give up. That’s one thing that I had to keep telling myself.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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.
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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.
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I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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.
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It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour.
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We didn’t have cable TV. We just couldn’t afford it. But you don’t need cable to watch the Masters. In 1997, at the exact moment I started out, I watched Tiger Woods win the Masters.
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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.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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I didn’t have really much of a social life in high school, and I’m not really a partyer, so college wasn’t super appealing to me at the time.
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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.
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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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