Rocket Mortgage Classic: By winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit by five strokes, Tony Finau won his second PGA Tour championship in as many starts.
The 32-year-old finished the week on 26 under par and became the first player since Brendon Todd in 2019 to win PGA Tour tournaments on consecutive weeks after combining six birdies and a single bogey on his way to a five-under 67 at Detroit Golf Club.
With Germany’s Stephan Jaeger in fifth place, Finau finished five shots ahead of Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, and fellow overnight co-leader Taylor Pendrith.
“One of my goals would be to be a multiple winners on Tour this season – to be able to accomplish that is amazing,” said Finau, who moves to seventh in the FedExCup standings with the victory. “Another goal is to win the FedExCup and I put myself in a position to do that.
“Scottie (Scheffler) is going to be extremely hard to catch. Sam Burns, those guys have had unbelievable seasons. I think Cameron Smith is up there. Those guys will be hard to catch, but the way the points work in the FedExCup, you’re able to race up that, and climb that ladder pretty fast. I at least have given myself a chance to do that.”
Finau made the most of the front-nine par-fives by birdieing the fourth and the seventh. He then followed a 12-foot par-save at the ninth with a 20-footer to gain a stroke at the next hole.
After Finau holed out from 30 feet on the following hole to offset a long, three-putt bogey at the previous hole, the American finished off a commanding victory with two-putt birdies on the 14th and 17th holes.
Even though he bogeyed the penultimate hole after making a remarkable eagle at the par-five 14th, Cantlay surged up the leaderboard on the final day with four birdies in the first five holes, leading him to a second consecutive 66.
Young finished with a final-round score of 68 and finished on 21 under par, while Pendrith lost his overnight lead with a bogey on the second hole and faded on the back nine.
Prior to this week’s Wyndham Championship, the penultimate regular season tournament and final opportunity to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs, England’s Matt Wallace climbed within the top 125 on the FedExCup standings with a top-10 result.
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