If you make the effort to address the moves that cause a slice, you can straighten out all your shots. It won’t happen overnight, but if you’re systematic about it, the process will work.
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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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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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I 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 something that I dreamed of since I was a kid – to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.
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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent.
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I think it’s a cool thing to have kids look up to me and to know that it doesn’t matter, your background or your ethnic background. If you have goals and dreams, you can achieve them.
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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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At the heart of every slice is an open clubface. And it usually goes with a steep swing that cuts across the ball from out to in.
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We all wanted to be like him.
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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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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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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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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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This whole golf thing was so left field for us, as Polynesians, but he had a lot of knowledge about sports in general. My dad was a genius, really. He was an absolute genius.
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When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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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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The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.
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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 had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
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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’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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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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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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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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