PGA Tour: Tony Finau easily wins 3M Open as Scott Piercy takes a 5-shot lead in Minneapolis | Golf News

Finau’s victory follows victories at the 2016 Puerto Rico Open and 2021 Northern Trust; World No. 17 finished three points ahead of Emiliano Grillo and Sungjae Im, with Piercy in fourth place after game 76 overall.

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Highlights from the final round of the PGA Tour’s 3M Open from TPC Twin Cities, Minnesota.

Tony Finau capitalized on Scott Piercy’s final-round collapse to claim his third PGA Tour title with a three-stroke victory at the 3M Open in Minneapolis.

Finau combined five birdies with two bogeys en route to a four under 67 at TPC Twin Cities, finishing the week in 17th place under and ahead of closest challengers Sungjae Im and Emiliano Grillo after an unusual final day. .

Piercy appeared to be headed for victory and held a five-shot advantage early in his final round, only to register six bogeys and one three bogey en route to the final 76 and finish in fourth.

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An emotional Tony Finau has won the 3M expansion for his family.

Finau said: “I played great but every time I look up it looks like I have four or five shots back. “I really saw things going in the middle of our 9th round and once I took control of the league it was a completely different mindset to try to strike an agreement.

Piercy started with a four-shot lead and continued to lead by following a 10-foot birdie in the second with a 30-foot jump from the edge at par in sixth year, with the American still clear. four times in turn despite three hits. eighth and bogeying ninth.

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Tony Finau won the 3M Open by three shots with a final total of four points below par to claim his third PGA Tour win.

Finau opened two of his four openings and canceled a scam on the ninth by rolling in from 15 feet on the 11th hole, causing him to move within two as Piercy three-putt from 50 feet on the same par four.

Piercy opened a par-5 in 12th but expanded the tournament when he beat the next par-5 and played a triple-bogey at par-4, after finding the water with a second attempt. two from a bunker on the fairway.

Finau took advantage with three consecutive pitches from day 14 – including a 30-foot throw in the 15th minute – to suddenly find himself four goals away, while Piercy three pitches from 20 feet in 15 minutes but hit a two-goal pitch from the edge to move back 14 under.

An incredible break in the 17th game saw Finau save par after his ball narrowly avoided cannonballs from the stands into the danger zone, keeping his four shots afloat. He reached the final par-year, where he found water from teeing off but twice to win bogey.

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Tony Finau enjoys a big luck at par-three on day 17 as he gets ahead after narrowly dodging the water

I took two of my last three holes to finish second with Grillo, who was level 71, while Piercy found water on the penultimate tee to fall 13th to James Hahn. and Tom Hoge.

British pair Danny Willett and Callum Tarren finished the week in seventh place alongside Greyson Sigg, with Chesson Hadley breaking into the top 10 despite surging par-five in last place.

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