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.
TONY FINAUStaying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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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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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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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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As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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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There’s a lot of great athletes all over the world, and some of them don’t have the access or opportunity to play the game of golf.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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