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 FINAUI don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
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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 am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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When your hands are cold, and you’re hitting with old, low-quality irons – my first one was a Merlin model with a green shaft – you learn what to do to hit the ball solid.
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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’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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We all wanted to be like him.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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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