I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
TONY FINAUA lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
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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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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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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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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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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 always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.
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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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Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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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’s something that I dreamed of since I was a kid – to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.
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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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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 feel like listening is a huge part of life – not only listening to people, but listening to people that you believe in, people who you think are wise.
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