I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
TONY FINAUI’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 feel like listening is a huge part of life – not only listening to people, but listening to people that you believe in, people who you think are wise.
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The Ping 51-degree makes for a nice transition from the irons. On my 60, it says 8 degrees of bounce, but I grind it to about 5 or 6 degrees. I tried a head with less bounce, but it just didn’t look right.
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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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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 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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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’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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I knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
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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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The things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.
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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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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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We 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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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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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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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I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,
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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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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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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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There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it’s time to play in competition, you don’t want to think too many thoughts.
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