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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.

Tony Finau

I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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Alcohol Beer Drinker Instead Real Root
It’s cool to be able to dunk. I’m pretty tall and pretty long. My body’s probably built more for basketball than for golf.
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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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Back Community Give Got Knew Opportunity People Person Tour
My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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Eighth Inch Iron Longer Standard Three
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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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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Bounce Degree Eighty Iron Make Ping Right Sixty Transition Try
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’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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I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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Ball Coin Country Dollar Generally Mark One Quater Sometimes Use
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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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Always Belief Could Just Myself Prove Something Special
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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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Big Fight Learn Sport

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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