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RATCHET UP YOUR TEMPO Learn Tony Finau’s shorter, faster move to better accuracy By Dave Allen
TONY FINAU HAS PLAYED SOME of his best golf on the biggest stages, leaving many to won-
swing coach. Summerhays credits much of Finau’s hot streak to his improved driving accuracy, which plays right into his greatest strength, his iron play. “Now that he drives it so much bet- ter, he’s getting to hit more iron shots from the fairway,” says Summerhays, one of Golf Digest’s 50 Best Teachers in America. “That kind of speaks to why he’s doing so well. He’s been driving it amazing and making the clutch putts on the weekend that you need to win.”
der just how the uber-talented 34-year- old had just two PGA Tour wins over his first seven-plus seasons on tour. They are left wondering no more. Finau now has six PGA Tour wins, including four in the space of nine months between July 2022 and April 2023 (Mexican Open, his last win). “I think the misconception that he’s not a closer has been put to rest,” says Boyd Summerhays, Finau’s longtime
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