Tony Finau
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Milton Pouha "Tony" FinauCountry:
USABorn:
Sept 14, 1989 in Salt Lake City, Utah.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2007Website:
https://www.tonyfinaufoundation.orgRyder Cup player (2018, '21). Presidents Cup player (2019). PGA Tour winner.
Six-foot four-inch (1.93 m) Finau could have played top-flight college basketball, but choose instead to sign-up to golf's professional ranks at the age of 17. He honed his skills on various mini-tours before moving onto the Web.com tour in 2015, and a year later the full PGA Tour.
His first PGA Tour win came after a playoff at the Puerto Rico Open in 2016. An excellent run of form in the 2018 majors and in the FedEx Cup playoff events saw Finau rewarded with a Captain's Pick for the USA Ryder Cup team.
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Played as the Mexico Open at Vidanta (Abierto Mexicano de Golf) (Apr 27-30; PGA Tour event). Second-placed and defending champion Jon Rahm (Esp) finished 3 shots behind Tony Finau (USA), who recorded his sixth PGA Tour win. [Norman course, Vidanta Golf, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico].
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3M
Played as the 3M Open (July 21-24). Second-placed Emiliano Grillo (Arg) and Sungjae Im (S Kor) finished 3 shots behind Tony Finau (USA), who recorded his third PGA Tour win. [TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, nr Minneapolis-St Paul, Minn].
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Rocket Mortgage
Played as the Rocket Mortgage Classic (Jul 28-31). Second-placed Patrick Cantlay (USA), Cameron Young (USA) and Taylor Pendrith (Can) finished 5 shots behind Tony Finau (USA), who recorded back-to-back wins on the PGA Tour having won the 3M Open a week earlier. [Detriot GC, Detroit, Mich.].
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Cadence Bank
Played as the Cadence Bank Houston Open (Nov 10-13; PGA Tour 2022/23 season). Second-placed Tyson Alexander (USA) finished 4 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Tony Finau (USA), who recorded his fifth PGA Tour win, and third win in his last seven starts on the Tour. [Memorial Park GC, Houston, Texas].
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Northern Trust
Played as The Northern Trust (Aug 19-22; first of three FedExCup playoff events). Tony Finau (USA) beat Cameron Smith (Aus) with a par at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th). Finau recorded his second PGA Tour win, coming 5 years and 142 tournaments after the first. Monday finish required (without spectators) following significant storm delays on the Sunday. [Liberty National GC, Jersey City, NJ].
Played as the Puerto Rico Open (March 24-27). 26-year-old Tony Finau (USA) beat Steve Marino (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole (par-5 18th), to record his first PGA Tour win. [Championship course, Grand Reserve GC, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Coco Beach G&CC].
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