Sports are big. You learn to fight.
TONY FINAUWhen 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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I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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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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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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We all wanted to be like him.
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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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Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.
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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 No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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 never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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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 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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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 used to think I was hitting a draw at times, and the ball was still curving to the right! I still prefer to play a little fade, but I’ve had to recalibrate my visuals.
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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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My 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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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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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.
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I’ve never seen it in person and wouldn’t go even if you gave me tickets, because I made a promise to myself as a kid that I wouldn’t go until I played my way there.
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I definitely feel it’s important, whether I’ve taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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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