Even with two top-10 finishes among his credentials, Tony Finau has played much worse in the U.S. Open than in any of golf’s other three major tournaments.
That trend continued this week for the West High School graduate, who will spend Friday afternoon worrying about making the 36-hole cut at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
Finau bogeyed his last two holes of the second round, thanks to mistakes around the greens, and posted a 2-over-par 72. His 5-over total put him in 91st place as he finished. The required score to make the cut (to 60 players plus ties) was 2 over at the time. That number will rise during the afternoon, but probably not enough to accommodate Finau, according to the United States Golf Association’s algorithms.
If he’s eliminated, Finau will be 3 for 7 in cuts made in the U.S. Open and 17 of 18 in the other majors.
He seemingly was in great shape as of late in Friday’s round, having overcome a double bogey to begin the day on the par-4 No. 10. Finau recovered with birdies on the par-5 No. 14 and the par-4 No. 17, where his fairway bunker shot landed about 60 feet above the hole and trickled down the slope to within tap-in range.
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A backward roll proved costly on the par-5 No. 8, though. At one time, his second shot was on the green. But the ball didn’t stay there for long, falling off the front edge and rolling down the hill. From there, Finau pitched poorly, with the ball going over the green and into the rough, leading to a bogey.
On the par-4 No. 9, Finau three-putted from 42 feet, after running his first attempt nearly 10 feet past the hole. Over two rounds, erratic driving cost him more strokes than his putting, compared with the field’s statistics.
This story will be updated.
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