WITB: Tony Finau, April 2023 Mexico Open champion, held off the defending champ Jon Rahm in impressive fashion. One year ago, the results were the opposite with Finau finishing runner-up to Rahm. Winning the Mexico Open secured Tony’s 6th Tour win and 2nd win of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season. Since that win in November at the Houston Open, Finau has made one important change in his bag.
WITB: Tony Finau April 2023 Winning Equipment
With the help of PGA Tour and GolfWRX, we reaffirm Finau's setup, with the one change to the new Callaway Paradym 3-wood.
- Driver: Ping G425 LST 9 degree with a Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 70 TX shaft.
- Fairways: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond 14-degree 3-wood with a Mitsubishi Diamana D Limited 80 TX shaft. His upgrade to the Paradym over the Rogue ST is commonplace around the tour, with pros raving about the performance of the Paradym woods.
- Irons. Nike Vapor Fly Pro 3-iron with a Graphite Design Tour AD DI 105X Hybrid shaft. Ping Blueprint 4-iron through PW with the Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 TX shafts.
- Wedges. Ping Glide 4.0 50- and 56-degree and Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto 60-degree wedges with the Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 WV125S (125-gram) shafts.
- Putter. Ping PLD Anser 2D Prototype
In Finau's November 2022 win at the Houston Open, Strokes Gained: Putting was key to his victory. Arguably his putting has struggled so far in 2023, ranking 44th in this statistic. But with his victory Sunday, he ranked 8th in the tournament for Strokes Gained: Putting. See, even pros struggle putting sometimes. But Tony has stuck with the same putter and invested a lot of time and effort choosing this setup. Once you've been fit for the right putter, it's much easier to come back to mechanics and validating your stroke with a swing/ putting monitor.
