I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
TONY FINAUMy brother and I ended up being known for our distance, but we had no idea how far we could hit the ball because we hit it the same, and all of a sudden.
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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 definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
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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 wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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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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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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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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If you make the effort to address the moves that cause a slice, you can straighten out all your shots. It won’t happen overnight, but if you’re systematic about it, the process will work.
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There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don’t play well, you’re often losing a lot of your own money.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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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