DETROIT – Tony Finau ran away with the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday at Detroit Golf Club to become the first PGA Tour player in three years to win back-to-back regular-season events.
Finau closed with a 5-under 67 for a five-shot victory and a tournament-record 26-under 262. Taylor Pendrith (72), Patrick Cantlay (66) and Cameron Young (68) tied for second.
Finau achieved his fourth career victory, a third title in less than a year. He was the winner of the 3M Open last week in Minnesota, where he rallied from five strokes to win by three. Brendon Todd was the last to win two straight in the regular season, doing so in 2019.
Finau, a Salt Lake City native of Tongan-Samoan heritage, began his stretch of success last August at The Northern Trust, where he had his first win in five years and 142 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 took home more than $4 million for three days’ work.
Taking a three-shot lead into the third and final round at Trump National, Stenson opened with a 20-foot birdie putt and never got within two shots the rest of the way.
He closed with a 2-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Matthew Wolf (64) and Dustin Johnson, who birdied the final hole for a 68.
LPGA Tour
IRVINE, Scotland – Ayaka Furue of Japan rattled off six straight birdies midway through her round and rallied from a four-shot deficit with a 10-under 62 to win the Scottish Women’s Championship for her first major title. LPGA Tour.
A seven-time winner on the LPGA of Japan – once as an amateur – Furue became the second rookie to win on the LPGA Tour this year, and she did it in style at Dundonald Links.
European Tour
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – American Sean Crocker held off a spirited challenge from Eddie Pepperell to win his first European Tour title with a wire-to-wire victory at the Hero Open on Sunday.
