Tony Finau cleared the air Wednesday amid rumors that he was leaving the PGA Tour to hitch LIV Golf.
Finau withdrew from this week’s Hero World Problem within the Bahamas and was not but registered to play at The Sentry, the 2025 season-opening occasion at Maui subsequent month. That fueled false rumors that the No. 26 participant on the earth was leaving the PGA Tour.
In a dialog with Golfweek, Finau mentioned Wednesday that his absence within the Bahamas this weekend is because of a current “commonplace” cleanup process to restore a torn meniscus and take away cartilage in his left knee. He beforehand had an analogous concern together with his proper knee.
The extra restoration time this week will certainly enable Finau, 35, to be prepared for The Sentry from Jan 2-5 at Kapalua, Hawaii.
“I am very happy the place I am at on the PGA Tour and searching ahead to 2025,” Finau informed Golfweek. “Once I tee it up in Maui, (the rumors) will all go away, so I do not fear about it one bit.”
In 22 occasions in 2024, Finau didn’t file a match victory however had one runner-up end, 5 prime 10s, and 15 occasions the place he completed within the prime 25. He completed the season No. 23 within the FedEx Cup standings.
Since 2015, Finau has six match victories, with 11 runner-up finishes whereas making $43.1 million in earnings. Finau has not gained a significant match however has a top-five end in all 4 majors, together with third-place finishes within the 2024 U.S. Open and the 2019 Open Championship.
Info from Discipline Stage Media was used on this report.
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