I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
TONY FINAUWe 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 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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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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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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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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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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.
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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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It’s something that I dreamed of since I was a kid – to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.
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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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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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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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 think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We’re very respectful people, and very humble people… and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.
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