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Tony Finau’s Ryder Cup Team USA is up 3 – 1 after first match

Michele Roepke
Sep 24, 2021

Utah golfer Toni Finau. Photo: Autumn Vallandingham

WHISTLING STRAIGHTS, Wisconsin. — 31-year-old Utahn Tony Finau is playing in his second Ryder Cup which got underway today pitting the USA against the European team. After the initial, morning 18 holes of the day, USA is ahead of Europe 3 – 1.

In this 43rd Ryder Cup which switches host continents, USA needs 14 1/2 points to win and Europe needs 14 points to retain it’s status.

Finau plays in the day – 1 – afternoon match paired with teammate Harris English and against the European twosome of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry.

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By: Michele Roepke

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I've lived in Park City for 30 years but right off the starting line, my journalism professors expressed plaudits after class for writing more so about the small-town sports in the surrounding mountains than the urban updates they assigned. Therefore, I’m on par punning and penning Parkites' pastimes. Turning high and early through my career, I’ve worked communications for The Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. Additionally, there's been National Geographic, Patagonia, NCAA, USA Nordic and the United States Library of Congress, so I guess you could say this ain't my first rodeo.

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