So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
TONY FINAUWe’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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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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I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,
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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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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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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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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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This whole golf thing was so left field for us, as Polynesians, but he had a lot of knowledge about sports in general. My dad was a genius, really. He was an absolute genius.
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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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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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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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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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