I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
TONY FINAUI generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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We grew up in the Rose Park section of Salt Lake City. It’s a good neighborhood but a tough one, on the poor side but proud.
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I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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It’s a privilege to be in a position to give back, and one that I take pretty seriously because I know what it’s like… to be less fortunate, to be less privileged.
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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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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 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’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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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