SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – As Stephan Jaeger was chasing history at the Web.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic in Hayward, Calif., Tony Finau was glued to his phone Thursday evening on the East Coast.
Yes, Finau had a 7:40 a.m. tee time Friday at Baltusrol Golf Club. No, he couldn’t go to sleep. Not with a 59 watch going on.
“I was actually following it on Twitter,” Finau said Friday after his second round at the 98th PGA Championship. “It was late here and I had an early tee time this morning, but it was hard not to follow because he was already 11 under through 15 holes.