But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
TONY FINAUHaving a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.
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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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It’s a cool thing to see Polynesians – there’s not too many of us, period – but especially doing well in American sports. It’s pretty cool.
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The things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.
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It will be a great accomplishment if I become the best player in the world. But if my children can grow up with great core values and become great people and do good things and are happy, then, man, that would bring me great joy.
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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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In 2013, I changed to left-hand low, or cross-handed. And it’s helped a lot. At the time, the reason I switched was just a lot of inconsistency with putting. I was either making a lot of putts, or I was missing a lot of putts.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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This whole golf thing was so left field for us, as Polynesians, but he had a lot of knowledge about sports in general. My dad was a genius, really. He was an absolute genius.
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I think there’s too many rules in golf. And I mean that’s easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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Maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.
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