With the chasing pack consisting of the likes of Patrick Cantlay and Cameron Young to begin the final round, it is conceivable to suggest an earlier version of Finau would have felt the heat. Going 64 holes without dropping a shot, Finau's steady hand suffocated the field as any misstep from his competitors was magnified by ten. Every aspect of his game was firing on all cylinders and it wasn't until the 11th hole on Sunday that the Presidents Cup hopeful carded his first bogey of the week. There was nothing lucky about his record-setting performance in Detroit. The beneficiary of a Scott Piercy collapse at TPC Twin Cities, Finau's back-nine charge coupled with some good fortune was enough to push him into the winner's circle in Minnesota at 26 under par. Winning last week's 3M Open in convincing fashion, the American was at it again at Detroit Golf Club as he signed for rounds of 64-66-65-67 en route to his fourth victory on the PGA Tour and his third in less than a year.ĭespite becoming the first player since Brendon Todd in 2019 to win in back-to-back weeks during the regular season, the two victories could not have been more different.
Open as the third major of the year wraps Sunday.From the very beginning of the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic, any thought of a hangover performance from Tony Finau was put to bed. We here at CBS Sports are thrilled to bring you wall-to-wall coverage of the U.S. Open can be a ton of fun, simply being able to watch golf on the game's grandest stages is an incredible treat each year. Who will emerge from this triumvirate remains to be seen, but it will surely be exciting down the stretch. McIlroy birdied the first but has missed numerous putts, settling for pars through the remainder of the front nine. Halfway through the fourth round, Clark pushed himself to the top of the leaderboard despite dealing with some unfortunate lies, while Fowler has fallen off significantly. If there is anyone in the field who can close out from that many strokes (or more) back at Los Angeles Country Club, it is Scheffler, who continues to blister shots all over the course. 1 golfer in the world who closed 3 under across his last two holes Saturday to sit just three shots behind the leaders entering Sunday.
He'll make that attempt alongside Scottie Scheffler, the No. McIlroy has been fantastic all week and will have every opportunity to make a play for the crown. Rory McIlroy, attempting to join the five-major club with his first such championship after a nine-year drought, began his round one shot off the lead. Simply put, Fowler's career resurgence is extraordinary as he seeks to win that elusive first major. Open history and tied the lowest at any major. His 62 on Thursday (matched by Xander Schauffele) was the lowest score in U.S.
Open 36-hole scoring record at 130 entering the weekend and holds a 54-hole lead at a major for the first time in his career. With the city of Los Angeles hosting a major championship for the first time in 75 years, plenty of history has already been made thanks in large part to 18-, 36- and 54-hole leader Rickie Fowler.įowler and Wyndham Clark remained atop the field at 10 under when their fourth rounds began Sunday.
Open has flipped the golf world on its head, sending to the backburner much of the consternation that has surrounded the sport over the last few weeks while thrusting the game itself back into the spotlight.
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