After making three straight birdies, Tony Finau finally caught a glimpse of the leaderboard on the final hole. He couldn’t believe what he saw: he was in the lead of the 3M Open.

Finau started the day five shots behind Scott Piercy, but after a surge and Piercy’s triple-bogey 7 on hole 14, Finau took the lead. He had two holes left when the nerves started to take over.

Ravena Finau cause of death: What happened to Tony Finau’s mother?

He advanced by four strokes as he got up and down for par and kissed his ball as he approached the 18th green. Although he bogeyed hole 18 to win by three strokes, his par save on hole 17 gave him plenty of leverage.

Many have quizzed about the 32-year-old’s mum after his immense victory at this year’s 3M Open. Sadly his mum, Ravena is said to have passed a couple of years ago precisely in 2020.

Ravena Finau, who was 47 years old at the time, was killed in a car accident on the way home from a wedding in Reno. Tony was heartbroken and it had affected his career two years ago.