Finau in 3rd at $2 million tourney with 9 to play

Published: Friday, June 8 2007 4:50 p.m. MDT

Summary

Tony Finau birdied the final three holes on the front nine at the Wynn Las Vegas Golf Club on Friday to remain 1-under par and in a tie for third place in the winner-take-all $2 million tournament.

LAS VEGAS — Tony Finau birdied the final three holes on the front nine at the Wynn Las Vegas Golf Club on Friday to remain 1-under par and in a tie for third place in the winner-take-all $2 million tournament.

Ken Jarner, a Las Vegas professional, is in first place, two shots ahead of Finau, in the Ultimate Game. The players were being re-paired for the final nine holes of the tournament, which should conclude by 8 p.m. MDT.

Finau battled back after bogeying the third hole and double-bogeying the fourth.

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