| Tony Finau | |
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 Finau in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Milton Pouha Finau |
| Nickname | Tony, Big Tone[1] |
| Born | (1989-09-14)September 14, 1989 (age 36) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.[2] |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 6 |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tours | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Former tours | Web.com Tour PGA Tour Canada |
| Professional wins | 9 |
| Highestranking | 9 (December 2, 2018)[3] (as of November 16, 2025) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 6 |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T5:2019 |
| PGA Championship | T4:2020 |
| U.S. Open | T3:2024 |
| The Open Championship | 3rd:2019 |
Milton Pouha "Tony"Finau (born September 14, 1989) is an Americanprofessional golfer who currently plays on thePGA Tour.
Milton Pouha Finau was born on September 14, 1989, inSalt Lake City, Utah. He attendedWest High School.[4] He won the Utah State Amateur Championship in 2006, defeating future PGA Tour playerDaniel Summerhays in the 36-hole championship match.[5]
Although Finau had college scholarship offers in basketball, he turned professional at the age of 17 and began playing on mini-tours including theGateway Tour,NGA Hooters Tour, and National Pro Tour.[6] Finau and his brother Gipper competed on theGolf Channel'sThe Big Break in 2009. Finau finished second onBig Break Disney Golf.[6]
Finau played on thePGA Tour Canada in 2013, making seven cuts in eight starts.[6] He finished T-3 at the 2013Web.com Tourqualifying school to earn his Web.com Tour card for 2014.[6] He won his first title in August 2014 at theStonebrae Classic.[7] He finished 8th in the regular season, and 12th in theWeb.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.
In March 2016, Finau won his maiden title on the PGA Tour at thePuerto Rico Open. He won in a sudden death playoff overSteve Marino with a birdie on the third extra hole. He had earlier missed a putt for the victory outright on the 72nd green. The result moved Finau into the top 25 in the FedEx Cup standings. Finau opted not to defend his Puerto Rico title in 2017, instead taking his chances to get into the field at the2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, but was two players short of entering the field, which takes the top 64 available players from theOfficial World Golf Ranking.
Finau qualified for the first three majors in 2018, including his firstMasters appearance, by making it to theTour Championship in 2017. He finished in a tie for 10th place at the 2018 Masters, despite dislocating his ankle in thePar-3 contest[8] the day before the first round. In June 2018, Finau finished in 5th place at theU.S. Open after a double-bogey on the 18th hole, his highest finish to date in a major tournament. Finau finished the2018 PGA Tour season ranked sixth in the season-longFedEx Cup. He earned over $5,600,000 in the 2017–18 season with 11 top-10 finishes. His best finishes in the season were second at theSafeway Open andThe Northern Trust. He also finished T2 at theGenesis Open.[6]
In September 2018, U.S. team captainJim Furyk named Finau as a captain's pick for the2018 Ryder Cup atLe Golf National outside of Paris, France. The U.S. lost the Ryder Cup to the European side17+1⁄2 to10+1⁄2. Finau finished with a 2-1-0 record and won his singles match overTommy Fleetwood (6 and 4). Up till then Fleetwood had gone 4-0-0 in the fourball and foursome matches (with partnerFrancesco Molinari).[9]
On October 28, 2018, Finau lost a playoff againstXander Schauffele in theWGC-HSBC Champions. He still won more than $1,000,000 by finishing second.[10] In April, Finau was in the final group of the2019 Masters Tournament withFrancesco Molinari andTiger Woods.[11] He ended the tournament tied for 5th.
In December 2019, Finau played on the U.S. team at the2019 Presidents Cup atRoyal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. The U.S. team won 16–14. Finau went 0–1–3 and halved his Sunday singles match againstHideki Matsuyama.[12]
In February 2020, Finau lost theWaste Management Phoenix Open in a sudden death playoff toWebb Simpson.[13] Finau, who lost to Simpson's birdie on the first extra hole, had held a two stroke lead with two holes to play, but Simpson finished with consecutive birdies to force the playoff.[14]
In July at theMemorial Tournament, Finau held a four-stroke lead in the third round before faltering on the back nine with two double bogeys. His struggles continued on Sunday, including a triple bogey on the par-four sixth hole, ultimately shooting six over par on the day and finishing the tournament in eighth place, two under par. A week later, Finau's T-3 placing at the3M Open meant that he now shares the PGA Tour record (30) for the most top-10 finishes in a four-year period without a win.[15]
In early 2021, Finau had a stretch of five weeks where he finished in the top 4 in all four tournaments that he entered. He finished fourth atThe American Express, tied second at theFarmers Insurance Open, tied second at theSaudi International on theEuropean Tour and he lost in a playoff toMax Homa at theGenesis Invitational atRiviera Country Club inPacific Palisades, California. Finau won the 2021Northern Trust, beatingCameron Smith in a playoff.[16]
In September 2021, Finau played on the U.S. team in the2021 Ryder Cup atWhistling Straits inKohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Finau went 1–2–0 including a loss in his Sunday singles match againstIan Poulter.
In July 2022, Finau won the3M Open[17] and theRocket Mortgage Classic in successive weeks; his third and fourth victories on PGA Tour.[18]
Finau qualified for the U.S. team at the2022 Presidents Cup; he won three and lost one of his matches.[19] In November 2022, Finau won theCadence Bank Houston Open for his third PGA Tour victory of the calendar year.[20] In April 2023, Finau won theMexico Open for his sixth career PGA Tour victory.[21]
Finau is ofTongan andSamoan descent, the first person of such ancestry to play on the PGA Tour.[22] Finau's brother Gipper made the cut in theUtah EnergySolutions Championship at the age of 16 but did not succeed as a tournament professional.[6] He is the cousin of NBA basketball playerJabari Parker[6] and former NFL football playerHaloti Ngata.[23]
Finau runs the Tony Finau Foundation, an organization aimed at empowering youth and their families in the local community.[24] He is a member ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his wife, Alayna Finau, have six children.[25] Finau appears in the sports documentary seriesFull Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023.[26]
| Legend |
|---|
| FedEx Cup playoff events (1) |
| Other PGA Tour (5) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 27,2016 | Puerto Rico Open | 69-70-67-70=276 | −12 | Playoff |  Steve Marino |
| 2 | Aug 23,2021 | The Northern Trust | 67-64-68-65=264 | −20 | Playoff |  Cameron Smith |
| 3 | Jul 24,2022 | 3M Open | 67-68-65-67=267 | −17 | 3 strokes |  Emiliano Grillo, Im Sung-jae |
| 4 | Jul 31, 2022 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 64-66-65-67=262 | −26 | 5 strokes | Patrick Cantlay, Taylor Pendrith,Cameron Young |
| 5 | Nov 13,2022 | Cadence Bank Houston Open | 65-62-68-69=264 | −16 | 4 strokes | Tyson Alexander |
| 6 | Apr 30,2023 | Mexico Open | 65-64-65-66=260 | −24 | 3 strokes |  Jon Rahm |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 | Puerto Rico Open | Steve Marino | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 2 | 2018 | WGC-HSBC Champions | Xander Schauffele | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2020 | Waste Management Phoenix Open | Webb Simpson | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 4 | 2021 | Genesis Invitational | Max Homa | Lost to par on second extra hole |
| 5 | 2021 | The Northern Trust | Cameron Smith | Won with par on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 3,2014 | Stonebrae Classic | 67-62-63-66=267 | −22 | 3 strokes | Daniel Berger,Fabián Gómez,Zack Sucher |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 13, 2012 | Hall of Fame Classic | 66-67-71-65=269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Michael Welch |
| 2 | Apr 20, 2012 | Atlantic Open | 70-67-69-69=275 | −13 | 4 strokes | Scott Harrington |
Source:[27]
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018 | WGC-HSBC Champions | Xander Schauffele | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T10 | |||
| U.S. Open | T14 | CUT | 5 | |
| The Open Championship | T18 | T27 | T9 | |
| PGA Championship | T10 | CUT | T44 | T42 |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T5 | T38 | T10 | T35 | T26 | T55 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | T64 | T4 | T8 | T30 | T72 | T18 | T19 |
| U.S. Open | CUT | T8 | CUT | CUT | T32 | T3 | T38 |
| The Open Championship | 3 | NT | T15 | T28 | CUT | CUT | T56 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 30 |
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T57 | T22 | C | CUT | CUT | T19 | T45 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T27 | T25 | 14 | ||||
| Match Play | T17 | T40 | NT1 | T28 | T35 | T17 | |
| Invitational | T10 | T27 | T65 | T34 | |||
| Champions | T11 | 2 | T53 | NT1 | NT1 | NT1 | |
1Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.
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