I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
TONY FINAUI 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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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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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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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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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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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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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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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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I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We’re very respectful people, and very humble people… and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.
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I think there’s too many rules in golf. And I mean that’s easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
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I think it’s a cool thing to have kids look up to me and to know that it doesn’t matter, your background or your ethnic background. If you have goals and dreams, you can achieve them.
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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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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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