I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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 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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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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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 generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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At the heart of every slice is an open clubface. And it usually goes with a steep swing that cuts across the ball from out to in.
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It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour.
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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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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 don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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 do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
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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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