{"id":2179,"date":"2016-03-27T22:02:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T05:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2016-03-27T22:02:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T05:02:43","slug":"tony-finau-wins-his-first-pga-tour-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2016\/03\/tony-finau-wins-his-first-pga-tour-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Finau Wins his First PGA Tour Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>YEAH FOR TONY FINAU. Today, he won the PGA Tour\u2019s Puerto Rico Open, defeating Steve Marino on the third hole in sudden death. Both men were vying for their first PGA Tour victory. Tony was leading by two shots in the back nine today and then lost his lead but hung in there to get in a playoff. Now he\u2019s got a two-year exemption for winning. He doesn\u2019t have to worry about staying exempt. That\u2019s a big load off a player\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been pulling for tall Tony Finau ever since he came on the PGA Tour two years ago. He hits the ball really far. I\u2019ve always been enamored with long hitters in golf. Tony also is a fairly articulate guy with a great smile.<\/p>\n<p>But I didn\u2019t know that Tony is a committed, witnessing Christian. During his TV interview right after winning, he mentioned his family and said, \u201cIt\u2019s Easter. Jesus Christ lives.\u201d Well done, Tony Finau.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YEAH FOR TONY FINAU. 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