One of the things I learned growing up, a rule that I go by, is just never give up. That’s one thing that I had to keep telling myself.
TONY FINAUI have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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It’s cool to be able to dunk. I’m pretty tall and pretty long. My body’s probably built more for basketball than for golf.
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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 always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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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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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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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 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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We all wanted to be like him.
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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 knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
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Golf is an extremely expensive sport, and growing up, I didn’t come from a lot, but my parents sacrificed a lot for me to compete, and my goals were their goals.
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We didn’t have cable TV. We just couldn’t afford it. But you don’t need cable to watch the Masters. In 1997, at the exact moment I started out, I watched Tiger Woods win the Masters.
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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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