![]() Next up, the PGA Tour heads to Greensboro for the final event of the 2022 FedEx Cup regular season, the Wyndham Championship. ![]() After waking up on the morning of July 24 with only two professional wins, Finau has doubled that number to four … before August 1. After four pars to start the day, a birdie on the par-5 4th hole vaulted him into a two-stroke lead he never looked back from.Īfter playoff wins in the 2018 Puerto Rico Open and 2021 Northern Trust, Finau has won his last two starts by a combined eight strokes, finally tapping into the preternatural ballstriking abilities that have made him a fixture atop the Official World Golf Ranking since he turned pro in 2015.įor Finau, though, how he won is ostensibly less important than the fact he won. Despite entering the day tied with his final-round playing partner Taylor Pendrith atop the leaderboard, the Utah native hardly looked bothered. Including Sunday’s final round, he has now played his last 9 rounds at 49-under, with 55 birdies to only six bogeys. “That’s what it takes to be a champion.”įinau toppled the field on Sunday with his ninth consecutive round in the 60s, nabbing six birdies to only a single bogey. PGA TOUR Live Leaderboard 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic, Detroit. “It means everything to me that my kids can watch me not only fail, but they watch me win as well,” Finau told CBS in an emotional interview after the win. That's what it takes to be a champion." /zWN9BkBhgz- Sean Zak July 31, 2022 Unlike a week ago, the final few holes were care-free for Finau who held a four-shot lead with just three holes remaining.Tony Finau: "It means everything to me that my kids can watch me not only fail, but they watch me win as well. Fist pumps his way to a 4-shot lead at /Xy5v4RYLYI He concluded the tournament having made 27 birdies.Ī huge bounce-back for Tony Finau, and he knows it. But he immediately recovered when he made a 30-foot putt for birdie on the par 4 12th, the hardest hole on the golf course. His only bogey of the tournament came on the par 3 11th. This week in Detroit, Finau hit every green in regulation between holes 10 to 13, the toughest three-hole stretch on the golf course.įurthermore, Finau went 64 holes without making a bogey, the longest stretch in his career. In both the 3M Open and the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Finau led the field in scoring from tee to green. “He has outplayed everybody this week by a mile,” golfing legend and commentator Nick Faldo said when talking about Finau. The golf course, with its classic looks and style of play, is an eighteen-hole championship daily fee. Finau has hit over 75% of fairways which has therefore made his approach to greens far more accurate. Tee: Rocket Mortgage Qualifier (7,010 yds - Par 72). The difference with Finau over the previous two weeks has been his driving accuracy. ![]() Last week’s victory and today’s win bring Finau’s record to four wins on the PGA Tour. He then waited five years to win his next tournament when he beat Cam Smith in a playoff at The Northern Trust in 2021. It is the first time in Finau’s career that he has won back-to-back tournaments on the PGA Tour.įinau’s first PGA Tour win came in 2016 at The Puerto Rico Open. Last week, Finau secured his third PGA Tour victory with a win at the 3M Open. His score was five shots better than the rest of the field as Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, and Taylor Pendrith finished tied in second at 21-under-par. qvpNeWib1Bįinau, 32, won by four shots breaking the tournament record with a final score of 26-under-par. Davis ultimately won when Merritt missed a 6-foot par putt on the fifth playoff hole. Tony Finau Victorious, AgainĢ wins in 2 weeks □□ is victorious for back-to-back Ws. With the victory, Finau won $1.512 million for his efforts taking his season tally to $5,533,636 in prize money across 22 events played.įinau secured his first victory following a 54-hole lead, previously he was 0 for 5. Botha has registered 22 rounds of par or better this season and notched a sixth-place showing or better in six of 11 tournaments. He birdied the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of Miami’s Danny Fisher. “It feels amazing, last week was amazing, but I was actually quite disappointed in my finish last week and all I wanted to do this week was to show that I am a winner, that I am a champion and I think I did that today,” Finau said immediately following his round. Botha also became the seventh Rocket to win a MAC Championships title this week with a five-under par 211. SALT LAKE CITY – Tony Finau has won his second consecutive PGA Tour tournament following his victory at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
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