Tony Finau experienced a tremendously difficult 2025 season on the PGA Tour.
Finau recorded just one top-10 finish in 20 PGA Tour events in 2025 and he slipped down to 89th spot in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Now the 36-year-old will be determined to bounce back in 2026 and he’ll be practicing extremely hard and smart with his main ambition being to return to the winner’s circle.
The man from Salt Lake City struggled with all departments of his game this year. However, it was Finau’s putting that was a cause for real concern with his performances on the greens letting him down badly.
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He ended the season ranked 126th in strokes gained putting. At one point in 2025, Finau even tried putting one-handed, in an attempt to change his fortunes.
That didn’t work and now it will be a case of back to the drawing board for Finau ahead of the new season.
It seems like he’s ready to mix things up as well as he looks to add some fresh impetus to his golf game in 2026.
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The key for Finau as he looks to return to his very best will be to maintain the belief that he’s one of the best golfers in the world.
He will obviously have to work incredibly hard on his game as well, and he’ll be well aware of that fact.
There is also a lot to be said for making some small changes here and there, just to mix things up from last year and avoid getting stuck in the same cycle.
Jason Day asked Finau what his first event of 2026 will be, during the six-time PGA Tour winner’s appearance on The Lads YouTube channel.
He replied: “Sony. Yeah, I’m gonna go over there and play.
“Yeah, we spend we usually spend New Year’s down there. She’s from there, so I was like, this is the perfect year to do it.
“We’ll be down there since they’re not having the Sentry. We don’t have to go to Maui. We can just stay on island.
“I’ll be over at Turtle Bay practising.
“It’s a nice spot because it’s pretty exclusive as far as, like, from the clubhouse to where you go practice, it’s actually, like, a 15 minute cart ride. So it kind of ends up being really nice. Nobody’s out there.“
Finau hasn’t played in the Sony Open since 2018. In fact, he made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole during his third round the last time he played at Waialae Country Club.
He’ll be hoping to carry those feel-good vibes into the Sony Open this year, a full eight years after he made that ace!
Tony Finau’s PGA Tour stats from 2025 and what they mean
Finau seemed completely lost at times on the golf course throughout the 2025 season.
His record of five missed cuts in 20 tournaments played tells its own story.
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The really worrying thing for Finau is that there was not one single ray of light for him throughout the 2025 season.
He finished outside of the top 100 in all five of the main statistics on the PGA Tour this year.
| Stats | Finau’s 2025 rank |
| Strokes gained off the tee | 128th |
| Strokes gained approach | 135th |
| Strokes gained scrambling | 131st |
| Strokes gained putting | 124th |
| Strokes gained total | 130th |
| Saves saves % | 151st |
Judging by those numbers, Finau’s game needs a complete overhaul ahead of the 2026 season.
It’s usually very difficult for golfers to bounce back to their best form when they have to address more than one key part of their game during the off-season.
Unfortunately for Finau, he needs to find fixes for his driving, iron play, putting, chipping and bunker play.
It may be a while before we see the six-time PGA Tour champion return to the winner’s circle.
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