It will be a great accomplishment if I become the best player in the world. But if my children can grow up with great core values and become great people and do good things and are happy, then, man, that would bring me great joy.
TONY FINAUIt’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 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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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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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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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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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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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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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My 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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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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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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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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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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