A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
TONY FINAUWhen I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah.
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I’m always playing on Sunday, and that’s tough because I really never get to take the sacrament – maybe once every three or four months when I’m home and have a week off.
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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 have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.
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I definitely feel it’s important, whether I’ve taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
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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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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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It’s a privilege to be in a position to give back, and one that I take pretty seriously because I know what it’s like… to be less fortunate, to be less privileged.
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There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.
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Mini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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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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We all wanted to be like him.
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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 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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