I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
TONY FINAUI am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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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 always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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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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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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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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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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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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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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I’ve never seen it in person and wouldn’t go even if you gave me tickets, because I made a promise to myself as a kid that I wouldn’t go until I played my way there.
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My 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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