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Tony Finau Approaching Top 10 Entering Final Round Of Tour Championship
Sep 6, 2020, 5:30 PM | Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 5:02 pm
Photo courtesy of Abigail Keenan for the Tony Finau Foundation
ATLANTA, Ga. – Tony Finau is approaching the top 10 of the leaderboard in the Tour Championship after a strong third round on Sunday.
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Finau is currently at -7 for the tournament after shooting a 66 (-4) in the third round. He is tied for 12th place with five other golfers.
The Rose Park, Utah native is 12 shots back of the current leader Dustin Johnson who is -19 through three rounds.
Appreciate the love from the one fan (my wife) on 17 😂 Let's finish the season strong tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/40q5Ee2Rfo
— Tony Finau Golf (@tonyfinaugolf) September 6, 2020
Finau’s Round
A strong start on the front-nine for Finau as he began the round with a birdie, followed by a par on No. 2 and another birdie on the third hole. After two straight pars, Finau nailed his third birdie of the round on the sixth hole. Finau made par on No. 7 but struggled to finish the front-nine with two straight bogey’s.
He rebounded with a birdie on the 10th hole. Finau made par on the next two holes before getting another birdie on No. 13. Two more pars after that for Finau before getting his final bogey of the round on No. 16. A strong finish for the Utah native with birdies on the final two holes.
Through the round, Finau made seven birdies, 8 pars and three bogey’s.
Chip-in birdie at 10🐦🐦🐦🐦
Moves back to -5 for the tournament
— Tony Finau Tracker (@tracker_tony) September 6, 2020
Leaderboard
1. Dustin Johnson (-19)
T-2. Xander Schauffele (-14)
T-2. Justin Thomas (-14)
4. Jon Rahm (-13)
5. Collin Morikawa (-12)
T-6. Daniel Berger (-10)
T-6. Sungjae Im (-10)
8. Scottie Scheffler (-9)
T-9. Rory McIlroy (-8)
T-9. Brendon Todd (-8)
T-9. Tyrell Hatton (-8)
T-12. Tony Finau (-7)
T-12. Hideki Matsuyama (-7)
T-12. Webb Simpson (-7)
T-12. Abraham Ancer (-7)
T-12. Lanto Griffin (-7)
T-12. Sebastian Munoz (-7)
Leaderboard thru 54 holes @PlayoffFinale:
1. @DJohnsonPGA -19
T2. @XSchauffele -14
T2. @JustinThomas34 -14
4. @JonRahmPGA -13
5. @Collin_Morikawa -12
T6. @DanielBerger59 -10
T6. Sungjae Im -10 pic.twitter.com/w3JVCzBOaB— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 6, 2020
The final round of the Tour Championship will begin at 11:30 a.m. MT and will be broadcast on KSL 5 TV.
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