‘He'll be a tough guy to catch’ - Tony Finau gets candid about ‘the best player in the world’ at PGA Championship

Tony Finau got candid about the best player in the world at the PGA Championship. Finau played three rounds of the tournament, and the golfer joined the press conference on Saturday after the third round.

In the press conference, Finau was asked how much better one had to play to best someone like World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler leading the tournament. In response, the player said ( via ASAP Sports):

“I mean, as I mentioned before, Scottie, he's the best player in the world and he's an incredible frontrunner because of how good his ball-striking is. He can ball strike his way into winning golf tournaments, even with an average putter.”

He continued,

“And so when he's on top of the leaderboard, he's extremely hard to catch but that's the task that I'm presented with this week. It looks like Scottie is going to be leading after today. He'll be a tough guy to catch tomorrow, but you know, we've got 18 holes to see what happens.”

Tony Finau is at T8 with a total score of 5 under after three rounds.

Tony Finau and others' tee times for the final round of the PGA Championship

Tony Finau and Bryson DeChambeau will tee off at 2 pm on the first tee. Next to them, Jhonattan Vegas and Keegan Bradley will start at 2:10 pm. Chris Kirk and Sergio Garcia are the first group to play at 8:10 am. Scottie Scheffler and Alex Noren are the last group to start at 2:40 pm. Here's the entire list of tee times for the final round ( all times in ET):

Tee No. 1

8:10 a.m. → Chris Kirk, Sergio Garcia

8:20 a.m. → Bud Cauley, Byeong Hun An

8:30 a.m. → Brian Campbell, Elvis Smylie

8:40 a.m. → Austin Eckroat, Brian Harman

8:50 a.m. → Tom Kim, Michael Kim

9:00 a.m. → Nicolai Højgaard, Stephan Jaeger

9:10 a.m. → Justin Lower, Kevin Yu

9:20 a.m. → Daniel Berger, Rasmus Højgaard

9:30 a.m. → Tommy Fleetwood, Collin Morikawa

9:40 a.m. → Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns

9:50 a.m. → Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Rory McIlroy

10:10 a.m. → Richard Bland, Sam Stevens

10:20 a.m. → Tom McKibbin, Corey Conners

10:30 a.m. → Luke Donald, Thorbjørn Olesen

10:40 a.m. → Marco Penge, Beau Hossler

10:50 a.m. → Max Homa, Wyndham Clark

11:00 a.m. → Harris English, Aaron Rai

11:10 a.m. → Eric Cole, Nico Echavarria

11:20 a.m. → Rafael Campos, Cameron Young

11:30 a.m. → Michael Thorbjornsen, Tyrrell Hatton

11:40 a.m. → Harry Hall, Taylor Moore

11:50 a.m. → Joaquin Niemann, Viktor Hovland

12:10 p.m. → Robert MacIntyre, David Puig

12:20 p.m. → J.J. Spaun, Alex Smalley

12:30 p.m. → Taylor Pendrith, Maverick McNealy

12:40 p.m. → Ben Griffin, Ryo Hisatsune

12:50 p.m. → Ryan Fox, Max Greyserman

1:00 p.m. → Denny McCarthy, Ryan Gerard

1:10 p.m. → Lucas Glover, Cam Davis

1:20 p.m. → Joe Highsmith, Garrick Higgo

1:30 p.m. → Matt Wallace, Adam Scott

1:40 p.m. → Matthieu Pavon, Matt Fitzpatrick

2:00 p.m. → Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau

2:10 p.m. → Jhonattan Vegas, Keegan Bradley

2:20 p.m. → Jon Rahm, Si Woo Kim

2:30 p.m. → Davis Riley, J.T. Poston

2:40 p.m. → Scottie Scheffler, Alex Noren

About the author

Suchita Chakraborty is a senior golf writer at Sportskeeda. She did her post-graduation at St. Xavier's University. For a year now, she has developed a riveting inclination toward golf, with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy being her top-tier motivational figures to indulge in the sport. She even lives by the words of the Hall of Famer, "You can always become better", which impels her to excel every day. Her strong suit in golf is covering the LPGA Tour, especially the nooks and crannies of the international event, the Solheim Cup. As a pastime amusement, Suchita also engages herself in reading about golf controversies. Her favorite pick is ‘LIV and Let Die’ by Alan Shipnuck, which covers the PGA-LIV beef.

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