While most Utahns were sleeping early Thursday morning, Salt Lake City native Tony Finau was getting off to another fantastic start in a major championship.
Continuing the momentum he garnered at last month’s U.S. Open, Finau fired a 4-under par 67 at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland and was tied for second place in the British Open when he finished a round that began at 3:31 a.m. MDT.
Finau, who currently resides in Lehi, made a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th hole after reaching the green in regulation from a fairway pot bunker.
He had been at 4-under when he made his third-straight birdie on the back nine a few holes earlier, but made a bogey on the 248-yard 16th hole to momentarily drop down the leaderboard.