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Finau ran away with the Rocket Mortgage Classic
last July, winning by five strokes to pocket the $1.512 million
first-place prize at Detroit Golf Club. Now he gets a chance to
defend the same 18 holes.
"This is actually crazy, this is the first time I'm defending on
the same golf course that I won on," Finau said Tuesday. "It's
different than anything I've -- I'm kind of experiencing new, I
don't know if you call it nerves or excitement, but it's new.
"It is really nice to be back."
A win would give Finau three on the season (Houston Open, Mexico
Open). His march begins on the 10th hole Thursday morning in a
threesome with Rickie Fowler and Joel Dahmen at 7:40 a.m.
FInau could become the fourth golfer this season to defend,
joining Max Homa, Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.
"Any win is great, but when you go back-to-back at a golf
tournament, especially on a tournament that means so much to
me," Finau said. "This is my first back-to-back in my career
last year, you know, winning back-to-back weeks. To be able to
go back-to-back at this event in back-to-back years I think
would mean a lot to myself and my career."
Finau was, of course, asked about the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf
merger. And he echoed what many golfers have said - not much
new.
"As a Tour member as a whole, we had a meeting last week," Finau
said. "Any questions that we had were answered there, but not a
lot of new information has been given to us as a whole. So we'll
just continue to move down this path with the Tour and see where
it takes us."
--Field Level Media
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