3M Sunday: Tony Finau to Choke or Win?

[jamo]

3 hours ago, jamo said:

LET’S GO TONY

Tough look for my guy. 

[bwdial]

Edited July 26, 2020 by bwdial

[turtleback]

1 hour ago, jamo said:

Tough look for my guy. 

 

If only he could have gotten his ball speed up to 208 mph he would have won.

I never watched Big Break, so Tony came on my screen when he turned his ankle 90 degrees at the ANGC par three tournament and then made a strong showing at the Masters.  I liked him for that, and I liked listening to him talk, so I started rooting for him.  But I am starting to seriously question his judgement.  His game has some holes in it, but he seems to have become fixated by this ballspeed nonsense.  I hope he pulls his head out and start focusing on things that would help him win.  

[Mr22putt]

Can't say Finau gagged today 68...but he needed to go low to win. I like Tony...seems like a nice guy...oh well....seems like he has a great life and family....can anyone ask for more?...I think not.

I always like and appreciate when a winner sinks a longish putt on the 72nd hole...even though they need not to for the win....congrats to Thompson.

I always thought at the beginning that Amanda B might have been a bit of a bimbo...BUT....I don't anymore...I like her and she does a GREAT job....now we need to get Hooker Holly back on TV for golf...just sayin.😁

Twin Cities TPC seems like a boring course...but I am biased for parkland tree lined courses.

[Vinsk]

45 minutes ago, turtleback said:

 

If only he could have gotten his ball speed up to 208 mph he would have won.

I never watched Big Break, so Tony came on my screen when he turned his ankle 90 degrees at the ANGC par three tournament and then made a strong showing at the Masters.  I liked him for that, and I liked listening to him talk, so I started rooting for him.  But I am starting to seriously question his judgement.  His game has some holes in it, but he seems to have become fixated by this ballspeed nonsense.  I hope he pulls his head out and start focusing on things that would help him win.  

I don’t think his pursuit of ball speed was/is his problem. I think he just struggles when the heat is on. He jacked that 3’ putt for par. Can’t do that when you’re chasing the leader on Sunday. I haven’t seen his stats for this tournament. Was he losing strokes to the field on tee shots?

[jamo]

1 hour ago, turtleback said:

 

If only he could have gotten his ball speed up to 208 mph he would have won.

I never watched Big Break, so Tony came on my screen when he turned his ankle 90 degrees at the ANGC par three tournament and then made a strong showing at the Masters.  I liked him for that, and I liked listening to him talk, so I started rooting for him.  But I am starting to seriously question his judgement.  His game has some holes in it, but he seems to have become fixated by this ballspeed nonsense.  I hope he pulls his head out and start focusing on things that would help him win.  

Tough to defend him at the moment, but I'm not sure I agree with the bolded portion. The nowhere-near-parallel swing he actually brings to the course would indicate that he hasn't been chasing ball speed.

If you want to make the argument that he should be spending more time practicing putting, sure, I guess, but we don't exactly know the guy's practice schedule. 

[Vinsk]

31 minutes ago, jamo said:

The nowhere-near-parallel swing he actually brings to the course would indicate that he hasn't been chasing ball speed.

Damn...what’s your meaning of parallel?

[boogielicious]

16 hours ago, Mr22putt said:

FFS....a loaf of bread has MORE personality than DLIII....another STUPID hire by CBS...I can't stand McCord the TOOL too.

That is a nice looking loaf! I like Finau as well, but he can’t seem to close.

[Bonvivant]

14 hours ago, Mr22putt said:

Can't say Finau gagged today 68...but he needed to go low to win.

Clearly the course had the potential to go low, and clearly TF didn't rise to the occasion...again. I said early in the day that there would be low scores and he wouldn't be able to keep up. That was the case once again. I don't remember what hole it was, but that 2-4 footer that he missed (couldn't tell cause of angle) didn't even sniff the cup. Those putts are required makes unless you have a monster lead, and even then, you want to make them for confidence anyway.

 

15 hours ago, turtleback said:

If only he could have gotten his ball speed up to 208 mph he would have won.

 

15 hours ago, turtleback said:

His game has some holes in it, but he seems to have become fixated by this ballspeed nonsense.  I hope he pulls his head out and start focusing on things that would help him win.

Oh, come on. We all know that distance is a lethal tool. Everyone wants to shame a player for going after it when we know it is an amazing asset to have when you are trying to be at the top of the game. I agree that it isn't where he struggles and is fairly long as is, but...

 

13 hours ago, jamo said:

If you want to make the argument that he should be spending more time practicing putting, sure, I guess, but we don't exactly know the guy's practice schedule.

THIS^.

[turtleback]

13 hours ago, jamo said:

Tough to defend him at the moment, but I'm not sure I agree with the bolded portion. The nowhere-near-parallel swing he actually brings to the course would indicate that he hasn't been chasing ball speed.

If you want to make the argument that he should be spending more time practicing putting, sure, I guess, but we don't exactly know the guy's practice schedule. 

It is where his head is at.  He not only talked about it incessantly during the charity skins game the Wednesday of Jack's tournament, he has brought it up in more than one interview - all seemingly motivated by a desire to emulate and surpass Brysom Dechambeau.  It just does not reflect a winning attitude.

[Archie Bunker]

Tough luck for Tony. He seems to be a real nice guy who needs to start winning a few to shake off his growing reputation. Few people remember that Nick Faldo was called "El Foldo" by the press for years  before he started winning championships. Tom Watson lost a few in his early years as well. Hopefully, Tony's time will come soon.

[Bonvivant]

18 minutes ago, Archie Bunker said:

Few people remember that Nick Faldo was called "El Foldo" by the press for years  before he started winning championships.

But he had numerous wins on the Euro circuit before the age of 30. Tony will probably win 1 or 2 more times in his career unless he makes a major breakthrough. I guess the only hope is that he makes something like the career of Couples. He had only won 3 times by the time he hit 30, but then went on a hot streak in his early 30s, cooling off before lots of success on the Champions tour.