I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
TONY FINAUEverything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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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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There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it’s time to play in competition, you don’t want to think too many thoughts.
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We all wanted to be like him.
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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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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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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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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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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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 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 used to think I was hitting a draw at times, and the ball was still curving to the right! I still prefer to play a little fade, but I’ve had to recalibrate my visuals.
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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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Essentially, my parents directed me in the right path. They were all for me turning professional and starting that journey as a family with my golf career.
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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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