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Rose Park is a community I'm very proud to be from.
My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It's so powerful.
I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
I'm not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.
I think the biggest challenge when I'm on the road is being away from my family.
If the rules aren't going to protect the integrity of the game, then they're wrong.
I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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.
Mini-tour life isn't a glamorous, professional golf life. If you're not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
I wear green on Sunday because it's my mom's favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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.
I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
I am extremely proud to be of Tongan and Samoan descent. We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it's motivated me more to give that extra something.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'm from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything, I always felt I've been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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.
I feel like listening is a huge part of life - not only listening to people, but listening to people that you believe in, people who you think are wise.
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.
I find that my upbringing in the Church and my relationship with God are huge benefits to me in helping me become the kind of person that I want to become.
We grew up in the Rose Park section of Salt Lake City. It's a good neighborhood but a tough one, on the poor side but proud. Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I'll use a Canadian one-dollar coin. I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I'm not superstitious.
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.
I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We're very respectful people, and very humble people... and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.
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.
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.
I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players. So I definitely take time to realize where I'm at in my life. And I know that I'm blessed.
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.
Because my lower body is quiet, I need a full shoulder turn to generate power and speed. Keep your tempo smooth, and with the quiet lower body, you don't have to worry about losing your balance.
I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you'd think I was an NBA player. I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.
I think there's too many rules in golf. And I mean that's easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
The things that transpired in my life, they didn't happen in the order that they're supposed to, or are ideal. Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour. But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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.
I'm really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me. 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.