Essentially, my parents directed me in the right path. They were all for me turning professional and starting that journey as a family with my golf career.
TONY FINAUI’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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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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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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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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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If you make the effort to address the moves that cause a slice, you can straighten out all your shots. It won’t happen overnight, but if you’re systematic about it, the process will work.
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Having 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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We all wanted to be like him.
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There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don’t play well, you’re often losing a lot of your own money.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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 enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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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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