Tony Finau

After reading he was the betting favorite for the 3M Open, Tony Finau felt the pressure surprisingly mount in his mind as he sought to extend the momentum ...

With a risky, last-ditch approach to get back on track, his next try from the bunker splashed in the water short and left of the green instead of a safer play to the right. More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance. There were 303 balls in the water this week, the most all season on tour. But with Piercy looking on from the fairway, Finau made a 3-footer for bogey to seal it. He stretched his lead to four strokes after enduring the 6 1/2-hour weather delay and a painful heel blister Saturday. After posting only three bogeys on his first 61 holes, he went over par on seven of his last 11. Finau, who tied for third at the 3M Open in 2020, jumped from 30th to 17th in the FedEx Cup race. They stayed with him in a rented house next to the course and followed him from tee to green. His tee shot clanged off the side of the grandstand, ricocheted back onto the green and rolled into the rough just a few feet from the water. Piercy bogeyed four of six holes before a triple-bogey implosion on No. 14, allowing Finau playing in the preceding trio to take over for good. Piercy followed his tournament-record 54-hole score with a wince-inducing 76 to tie for fourth, four strokes back.

Tony Finau pounced on a huge collapse by Scott Piercy on the back nine at TPC Twin Cities to win the 3M Open, coming from five shots behind to win by three.

Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 (50-12, 56-12), WedgeWorks Proto (60-T) Irons: Nike Vapor Fly Pro (3), Ping Blueprint (4-PW) It was heartbreak for Piercy who also bogeyed the 15th hole.

The Minnesota tournament was won by the American player, who improved his FedEx Cup ranking while winning a huge amount of money.

Sir Nick Faldo called Tony Finau's remarkable victory at the beginning of the CBS broadcast when a win seemed improbable.

Tony Finau was 5 stroke behind at the time and won it by 3! Sir Nick Faldo— Wayne Fiander (@fiander_wayne) @NickFaldo006called the PGA 3M Open today, 3 hrs before it ended. Sir Nick Faldo was labelled "Nickstradamus" after he called Tony Finau's remarkable win ahead of the final round of the 3M Open.

BLAINE, Minn., July 25, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah's Tony Finau rallied from a five-stroke deficit to win the 3M Open on Sunday and then celebrated his ...

I was near the top of the leaderboard, but I was never within four or five shots. “I played about as clean of a tournament as I’ve ever played from tee to green,” Finau said during a news conference after Sunday’s final round. All of a sudden I was the one leading the golf tournament.” I was never near the lead. … To have my kids witness me winning on the 18th green, again it’s kind of what dreams are made of. “I hit a lot of fairways, I hit a lot of greens, and I stayed patient with my putter.”

Tony Finau charged late to card a four-under par 67 on Sunday to win his third US PGA Tour title at the 3M Open as fellow American Scott Piercy stumbled ...

"I really got things going in the middle of our back nine," said Finau, who drained a 15-foot birdie putt at the 11th. He holed an eight-foot birdie putt at 14, curled in a 32-footer at the 15th and rapped in a nine-footer at 16. He was chasing Piercy, the 43-year-old seeking a fifth PGA Tour title, who started the day with a four-shot lead and was up by as many as five after rolling in birdies of 10 and 30 feet at the second and sixth holes.

TONY Finau rolled in four birdies on the back nine, including three in a row, to break away from the pack Sunday and win the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in ...

A disastrous back nine included four bogeys and a triple bogey at the par-4 14th, where he drove into a bunker, couldn’t get out on his second shot and sent his third shot from sand to water. “Tony pressed really hard on the gas and he just made it very hard for everybody,” Grillo said. His tee shot at No. 18 did find the water and he settled for bogey, but by then he was out of reach. Im played a clean round of three birdies and no bogeys to grab a share of second. He birdied two of his first six holes but went bogey-bogey to finish the front nine. “I really got things going in the middle of our back nine.”

Tony Finau handled the pressure nicely and picked up the 3M Open victory. He erased a five-stroke deficit from Scott Piercy to win at TPC Twin Cities on ...

With a risky, last-ditch approach to get back on track, his next try from the bunker splashed in the water short and left of the green — instead of a safer play to the right. But with Piercy looking on from the fairway, Finau made a 3-footer for bogey to seal it. He stretched his lead to four strokes after enduring the 6 1/2-hour weather delay and a painful heel blister Saturday. They stayed with him in a rented house next to the course and followed him from tee to green. Finau, who tied for third at the 3M Open in 2020, jumped from 30th to 17th in the FedEx Cup race. Piercy bogeyed four of six holes before a triple-bogey implosion on No. 14, allowing Finau — playing in the preceding trio — to take over for good.

Tony Finau took advantage of a lucky break to keep his 3M Open lead. "I called bank in the air, so I think that cancels everything out."

He bogeyed 18 to win by three, but his par save on 17 gave him plenty of wiggle room. I was near the top of the leaderboard, but I was never within four or five shots. “I just got lucky,” he said.

TONY FINAU claimed his third PGA Tour at the 2022 3M Open. Finau spent upwards of seven years on mini-tours before earning Korn Ferry Tour status in 2014 ...

Be part of the action with a selection of unique golf tournament experiences, from playing in a pro-am with the stars to watching the action at golf’s most illustrious events. He competed in The Big Break on the Golf Channel in 2009 and progressed to the Web.com Tour in 2014, finishing eighth in the money list to gain his PGA Tour card. His scoring average in 2022 is 69.949 and he averages 29.14 putts per round. He took a triple-bogey at the par-4 14th hole, and Finau took control three consecutive birdies from the 14th, highlighted by a 32-footer at the par-4 15th. He turned professional at the age of 17, plying his trade on several mini tours. He recorded eight runner-up finishes between his first two victories at the 2016 Puerto Rico Open and the 2021 Northern Trust.

The 3M Open served up huge drama on Sunday at TPC Twin Cities. For three days, Scott Piercy had complete control of his game and the tournament.

His tee shot went way long and crashed into the stands, bounced back and looked certain to go in the water but it somehow dug its heels in on the edge of the lake. As such, it was never likely to be easy and he inexplicably found the water off the tee on 18. The third shot was a daunting one, as he had to carry the water from 190 yards out of the sand. He did nothing spectacular early in his round on Sunday, but the tournament came to him and his class kicked in on the back nine. His tee shot was buried in a bunker, and he was unable to get it out at the first time of asking. Scott Piercy suffered the equivalent of a golfing nightmare on Sunday as he threw away a five-shot lead and was overhauled by Tony Finau in the final round of the 3M Open.