Tony Finau Wins Houston Open
|Tony Finau captured the Cadence Bank Houston Open by four shots for his third win in his last seven starts and fourth win in his last 30 starts.
3 wins in his last 7 starts π π π@TonyFinauGolf lived up to the hype @HouOpenGolf.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 14, 2022
βTo be consistently great takes a full game both mentally and physically and I feel like, honestly, my physical game is starting to match up to my mental,β Finau said. βI’ve always been tough; I’ve always been strong mentally. Having a game that matches that is, I think, a great combination and I’m starting to see that with myself.β
His dominating win at Memorial Park gives Finau 500 FedEx Cup points and $1.5 first place earnings.
“It’s not easy sleeping on the lead,” Finau said. “I just, I didn’t know if I had it in me, but you just take it a shot at a time. I thought that just kind of settled me in and I was able to make some big putts on 8 and 9 just to kind of open up this tournament. Really pleased with the performance overall and especially my putting, that was quite a clinic out there over the week.”
Tyson Alexander was the runner-up after draining a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a closing 66.
“Great week for me,” Alexander said. “I wish Tony would have taken the week off.”
Alexander got into the field after a WD by Brendon Todd and made the most of his start in Houston.
World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler finished in a tie for ninth along with past majors winners Justin Rose, Gary Woodland and Jason Day.