So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
TONY FINAUThe No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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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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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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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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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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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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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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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Mini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
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The Ping 51-degree makes for a nice transition from the irons. On my 60, it says 8 degrees of bounce, but I grind it to about 5 or 6 degrees. I tried a head with less bounce, but it just didn’t look right.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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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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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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