Finau claims sixth PGA Tour title, takes Mexico Open

Tony Finau scored one better than last year and won the Mexico Open with three shots from Jon Rahm.

At 24 under par, Finau finished three shots clear of world number one, with Brandon Wu – who was joint second with Finau 12 months ago – two strokes further back in third.

“It feels amazing,” Finau told CBS. “Rahmbo’s the best, he’s on top of the world right now.

I knew I was going to have my hands full with him all the way till the end and I didn’t know this golf tournament was mine until I just hit this green (the 18th) here.

Finau’s win becomes his sixth PGA Tour victory, and the fourth victory from his past 18 events. He now moves up from 16th to 11th in the world rankings.

Rahm, who was chasing a fifth win of the year, closed with a 67. The Masters champion kept his outside chance alive with a fourth birdie of the day on the 15th but failed to birdie two of the par 5s with a poor drive on the 12th and a sloppy approach on the 14th.