The golf world expects Salt Lake City native Tony Finau to start winning a bunch of tournaments. A second-place finish in a World Golf Championship event in China continued Finau’s upward trend in the game, only without the reward of a prestigious victory.
Xander Schauffele, one of Finau’s best friends on the PGA Tour, caught him with a late birdie in regulation and made another birdie on the first playoff hole Sunday to win the HSBC Champions title in Shanghai. Finau finished second three times during the tour’s 2017-18 season, including one of the FedEx Cup Playoffs events.