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.
TONY FINAUIt’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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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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Mini-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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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 am extremely proud to be Tongan and Samoan, and to be the first on Tour and the first in the Masters is a cool thing.
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I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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We all wanted to be like him.
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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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I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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I’m always playing on Sunday, and that’s tough because I really never get to take the sacrament – maybe once every three or four months when I’m home and have a week off.
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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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When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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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 generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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It’s a privilege to be in a position to give back, and one that I take pretty seriously because I know what it’s like… to be less fortunate, to be less privileged.
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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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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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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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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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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’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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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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There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.
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I knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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