Tony Finau watches his shot on the eleventh tee through the Mexico Open’s last spherical in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Sunday, April 30, 2023. The Utah native prevailed, incomes the sixth PGA Tour victory of his profession. Moises Castillo, Related Press
For the fourth time within the final 9 months, Utah native Tony Finau gained a PGA Tour occasion Sunday, claiming the Mexico Open in Puerto Vallarta in comfy trend over Masters winner and defending Mexico Open champion Jon Rahm.
Finau entered Sunday’s last spherical with a two-shot lead over Rahm and Akshay Bhatia, and because of a bogey-free 66, completed at 24-under for the event, three photographs higher than Rahm.
Brandon Wu made a cost early to get inside a shot of Finau on the entrance 9 earlier than ending at 19-under, whereas Bhatia completed at 18-under.
Finau’s win continues an awesome run he’s had since successful the 3M Open final July. He adopted that up with a win on the Rocket Mortgage Traditional the very subsequent week, after which gained the Houston Open in November.
This week was an awesome bounce-back efficiency for Finau, as he’s completed properly out of competition in his earlier six occasions since tying for ninth on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open in late January.
Finau was regular all through this week, capturing rounds of 65, 64 and 65 to offer him the lead heading into Sunday’s last spherical.
Wu was again of the principle pack however was 5-under via simply seven holes in his spherical Sunday, placing him only one shot behind Finau.
Over the subsequent two holes, nevertheless, Wu was 3-over, and that’s basically all of the cushion Finau wanted, even with Rahm lurking.
Finau just about had issues wrapped up as he, Rahm and Bhatia performed the ultimate holes, and Rahm bogeyed No. 17 to finish any form of practical comeback try.
The win marks Finau’s sixth total on the PGA Tour. The primary got here in 2016, after which he infamously didn’t win one other event for over 5 years earlier than claiming The Northern Belief in 2021.
His subsequent victory was the 3M Open, starting his sturdy play of late.