DETROIT (AP) — Tony Finau won Sunday’s Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club to become the first PGA Tour player in three years to win back-to-back regular-season events.
Finau closed out 5-under 67 for a tournament-record five-stroke, 262-stroke victory. Taylor Pendrith (72), Patrick Cantlay (66) and Cameron Young (68) tied for second place.
Finau achieved the fourth victory of his career, a third title in less than a year. He was the winner of the 3M Open last week in Minnesota, where he came from five shots back to win by three. Brendon Todd was the last to win two in a row in the regular season, doing so in 2019.
Finau, a Salt Lake City native of Tongan-Samoan descent, began his streak of success last August at The Northern Trust, where he earned his first win in five years and 142 starts on the PGA Tour.
Tour LIV
BEDMINSTER, NJ — Henrik Stenson’s decision that cost him the Ryder Cup captaincy paid big and immediate dividends when the Swede won the LIV Golf Invitational in Bedminster and collected more than $4 million for three days of work.
Leading by three shots heading into the third and final round at Trump National, Stenson opened with a 20-foot birdie putt and never led anyone closer than two shots the rest of the way.
He closed with a two-under 69 for a two-shot win over Matthew Wolf (64) and Dustin Johnson, who birdied the last hole for a 68.
LPGA tour
IRVINE, Scotland — Japan’s Ayaka Furue posted six straight birdies in the middle of her round and rallied from a four-shot deficit to 10-under 62 to win the Women’s Scottish Open and clinch her first Tour de France title. the LPGA.
Furue, a seven-time winner on the Japan LPGA, once as an amateur, became only the second rookie to win on the LPGA Tour this year, and she did so in style at Dundonald Links.
european tour
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — American Sean Crocker overcame a spirited challenge from Eddie Pepperell to claim his first European tour title with a razor-sharp win at the Hero Open on Sunday.
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