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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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 have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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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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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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I enjoy the challenge of being a father… I try to do my best to be there for my children.
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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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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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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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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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The Ping 51-degree makes for a nice transition from the irons. On my 60, it says 8 degrees of bounce, but I grind it to about 5 or 6 degrees. I tried a head with less bounce, but it just didn’t look right.
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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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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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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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When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
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I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.
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