When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
TONY FINAUI’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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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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It’s a cool thing to see Polynesians – there’s not too many of us, period – but especially doing well in American sports. It’s pretty cool.
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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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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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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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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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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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My most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.
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