Jon Rahm tees off on the 11th hole during the final round of the Mexico Open on Sunday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. "He's the . Finau finished with a 2-1-0 record and won his singles match over Tommy Fleetwood (6 and 4). Birdie and a fist pump @JonRahmPGA moves to T2 and sits three shots back @MexicoOpenGolf. He's the . The Spaniard's last hope was on the 16th hole. MEXICO CITY - The Vidanta course in Puerto Vallarta is a happy hunting ground for Tony Finau, who shot a seven-under 64 at the PGA Mexico Open on Friday to grab the second-round lead on 13-under . We recommend interesting sports viewing/streaming and betting opportunities. Eh, It is unclear why these five players asked for releases from their national letters of intent. 2023 Mexico Open leaderboard, grades: Tony Finau outlasts world No. 1 You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. After that, he turned proficient and began playing on small-scale visits. He would have to wait five years and 142 starts to pick up his second PGA Tour title at the 2021 Northern Trust at Liberty National. Finau answered with a birdie on the seventh, and then Wu fell back with a bogey from the bunker on No. Enduring a five-year winless drought over 142 tournaments, Finau has now won five times since his victory in the 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs at the Northern Trust just 41 starts ago. Just a few too many loose swings, Wu said after a 68 to finish third. 7:21 pm ET, at Akshay Bhatia (-18): Despite falling short, the 21-year-old impressed early in the final group alongside Rahm and Finau. The service is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. https://t.co/2hk4opSYgp, A win for the Finau family pic.twitter.com/vCKdcWLXTz, You're gonna need a bigger trophy case, @TonyFinauGolf pic.twitter.com/8JTN726P2Q, Back-to-back @InsperityInvtnl Steven Alker defends his title in Texas. He was three behind Finau at the turn, but failed to birdie two of the par 5s with a poor drive on the 12th and a poor approach on the 14th that kept him from reasonable birdie chances. Tony Finau went one better than last year as he won the Mexico Open by three shots from Jon Rahm. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. "Guys are going to make birdies. With Tony Finau's typical caddie, Mark Urbanek, missing the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas this weekend with his wife expecting a child, Smith is handling Finau's clubs. Tony Finau Contract, Salary Cap Details & Breakdowns | Spotrac Brandon Wu, also a runner-up last year, holed a 45-foot eagle putt on the par-5 sixth hole and made a short birdie on the next hole to briefly tie for the lead. He got off to a slow start and was never able to recover as the top of the leaderboard ran away from the field. Tony Finau's perseverance finally rewarded at Northern Trust [18], In April 2023, Finau won the Mexico Open for his sixth career PGA Tour victory. Brandon Wu was two shots back in third, with 21-year-old Bhatia fourth on 18 under. Phone: +86-21-6036-2000. PGA Tour pro Tony Finau is bringing his basketball fandom home to Utah [13], In early 2021, Finau had a stretch of five weeks where he finished in the top 4 in all four tournaments that he entered. We hit it off. He also finished T2 at the Genesis Open. Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services. Tony Finau will try to improve on a 20th-place finish in his last outing in The Genesis Invitational when he takes to the course at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard at . Tony Finau tops world No. 1 Jon Rahm to win PGA Tour Mexico Open "On Sunday out here I've learned that you just have to be aggressive, you have to make birdies," said Finau. 1 Hour Ago. Yes, Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the top three. 500 Juli Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201203, China. Newsrooms are independent of this relationship and there is no influence on news coverage. Finau leads Mexico Open at halfway point Had Rahm won, he would have been the fastest to five wins in a season since Johnny Miller in 1974. Both made par, and at that point, Rahm simply ran out of holes. Weitere Informationen ber die Verwendung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten finden Sie in unserer Datenschutzerklrung und unserer Cookie-Richtlinie.