I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
TONY FINAUMy most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.
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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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I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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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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There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don’t play well, you’re often losing a lot of your own money.
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There’s a lot of great athletes all over the world, and some of them don’t have the access or opportunity to play the game of golf.
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I think there’s too many rules in golf. And I mean that’s easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
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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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It’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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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 always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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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