When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
TONY FINAUIt 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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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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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 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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I’ve never seen it in person and wouldn’t go even if you gave me tickets, because I made a promise to myself as a kid that I wouldn’t go until I played my way there.
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Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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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 never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
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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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