Tony Finau Finishes Fifth In BMW Championship After Strong Final Round
Aug 30, 2020, 5:31 PM | Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 5:14 pm
Photo courtesy of Abigail Keenan for the Tony Finau Foundation
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – Tony Finau finished fifth in the BMW Championship after shooting a 65 in the final round to get into the top 5.
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Entering the final round on Sunday, Finau was in 15th place at +4 but turned that around in the final round with a -5, 65 score and ended the tournament at -1.
Jon Rahm took home the BMW Championship after defeating Dustin Johnson in a playoff.
A perfect putt at the perfect time.
If he misses, he loses.
RIDICULOUS, @DJohnsonPGA. 😲#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/RD638C3Hdf
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 30, 2020
Finau’s Round
Finau had an average round on the front nine, starting with three straight pars to open the final round. He made his first birdie on the fourth hole, followed by two pars and then his first and only bogey of the round on No. 7. Finau capped the front nine with two pars and a even score.
The back nine is when Finau took off. He started with a par on No. 10 before rattling off four straight birdies. Finau made par on the next three holes before finishing the round with a birdie.
AMAZING FINISH. 🏆
From T51 after Thursday to last man standing on Sunday.
Two wins in FIVE starts for @JonRahmPGA after a playoff victory @BMWChamps. pic.twitter.com/PC8KuszF2w
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 30, 2020
Leaderboard
1. Jon Rahm (-4, won playoff)
2. Dustin Johnson (-4)
T-3. Joaquin Niemann (-2)
T-3. Hideki Matsuyama (-2)
5. Tony Finau (-1)
T-6. Jason Kokrak (E)
T-6. Matthew Fitzpatrick (E)
T-8. Brendon Todd (+1)
T-8. Sebastian Munoz (+1)
T-10. Lanto Griffin (+2)
T-10. Mackenzie Hughes (+2)
The next tournament will be the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. It will take place September 4-7.
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