Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
TONY FINAUMy brother and I ended up being known for our distance, but we had no idea how far we could hit the ball because we hit it the same, and all of a sudden.
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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 know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
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I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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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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It 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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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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We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
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I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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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 have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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