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.
TONY FINAUEssentially, 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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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 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 generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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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’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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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.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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 the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.
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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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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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