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Tony Finau Featured In Netflix’s ‘Full Swing’ Series On Golf
SALT LAKE CITY – Native Utahn and current PGA Tour standout Tony Finau landed on the cast for Netflix’s upcoming documentary series on golf called “Full Swing.”
The series premieres on the streaming service on February 15.
“This immersive documentary series follows a diverse group of professional golfers — on and off the course — during a relentless season of competition,” reads Netflix’s description of the docuseries.
Spieth, Thomas, Scheffler, Koepka, Morikawa, Poulter, Dahmen, Fitzpatrick, Johnson, Finau, Theegala, Pereira, Niemann, and McIlroy. pic.twitter.com/PnoHy9CYBS
— Netflix (@netflix) February 6, 2023
Finau is one of more than a dozen professional golfers that will be featured throughout the series.
Some of the cast includes the following athletes:
- Jordan Spieth
- Justin Thomas
- Scottie Scheffler
- Brooks Koepka
- Collin Morikawa
- Ian Poulter
- Tony Finau
- Sahith Theegala
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Rory McIlroy
Here are the players currently committed to participate in the new Netflix/PGA Tour doc series:
Spieth
JT
Rickie
Brooks
DJ
Morikawa
Hovland
Xander
Berger
Sergio
Finau
Dahmen
Poults
Homa
Higgs
Bubba
Fitz
Champ
Ancer
Fleetwood
Na
Pereira
Nakajima— Ryan Lavner (@RyanLavnerGC) January 12, 2022
In a preview of the series written by PGATour.com’s Cameron Morfit, Finau discussed what it was like to be part of the show and the experience of having a television crew around him.
“They were everywhere,” Finau said. “On off-weeks they were home with me. I felt like they did a lot of filming. I knew when I said yes that that was a possibility. I told my wife. She was all-in; she didn’t mind it.”
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Finau added that the crew ended up spending time with him and his family in the Beehive State.
“It got to a point where it felt like they were just a fly on the wall,” Finau continued. “We got to know the crew because it was the same people. They visited Utah, we had a great old time. They ended up being people I’d call friends now. I’ve got a great relationship with some of them.”
“You picked a hell of a year to start following the PGA Tour.”
Spieth, Thomas, Scheffler, Koepka, Morikawa, Poulter, Dahmen, Fitzpatrick, Johnson, Finau, Theegala, Pereira, Niemann, and McIlroy.
Full Swing premieres February 15. pic.twitter.com/jyxCb1Sgmk
— Netflix (@netflix) January 11, 2023
Finau was born in Salt Lake City. He turned professional in 2007.
In addition to competing on the PGA Tour, Finau has also participated in the European Tour, PGA Tour Canada, and Web.com Tour. He’s won five times on the PGA Tour. He’s finished in the top five of each of golf’s major championships.