I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
TONY FINAUI am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.
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When your hands are cold, and you’re hitting with old, low-quality irons – my first one was a Merlin model with a green shaft – you learn what to do to hit the ball solid.
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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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As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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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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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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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.
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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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