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.
TONY FINAUI’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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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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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’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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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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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.
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We grew up in the Rose Park section of Salt Lake City. It’s a good neighborhood but a tough one, on the poor side but proud.
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I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,
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The things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.
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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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I feel like listening is a huge part of life – not only listening to people, but listening to people that you believe in, people who you think are wise.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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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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