I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
TONY FINAUWhen I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
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I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We’re very respectful people, and very humble people… and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.
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I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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It’s the Tiger Woods effect. What he was able to accomplish at such a young age – he drew me to the game, and I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the players that are my age saw Tiger in his prime when we were all teenagers.
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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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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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I didn’t have really much of a social life in high school, and I’m not really a partyer, so college wasn’t super appealing to me at the time.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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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I knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
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We’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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I find that my upbringing in the Church and my relationship with God are huge benefits to me in helping me become the kind of person that I want to become.
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