The second cousin of PGA Tour star Tony Finau qualified for the U.S. Amateur as a 16-year-old Lone Peak High phenom, won Utah high school individual and team championships and earned a scholarship to the University of Minnesota.
But after attending Minnesota for a semester, followed by a stint at a junior college in Texas, a church mission to Seattle and a year with the BYU golf team before getting cut, Fotu was starting to lose his passion for the sport.
He turned pro in the summer of 2015, but after an unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the PGA Tour, and with his wife expecting their first child, Fotu gave up the game.