Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
TONY FINAUWe 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 have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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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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As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
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It’s the Tiger Woods effect. What he was able to accomplish at such a young age – he drew me to the game, and I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the players that are my age saw Tiger in his prime when we were all teenagers.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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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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It will be a great accomplishment if I become the best player in the world. But if my children can grow up with great core values and become great people and do good things and are happy, then, man, that would bring me great joy.
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I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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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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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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