New Photos Of Tony Finau’s Ankle Prove He’s The Real Hero Of The Masters

Socrates Johnson7 years ago

Depending on who you ask, there were a number of heroes to come out of this past week’s Masters Tournament. Patrick Reed for winning the thing. Tiger Woods for just showing up. John Daly for being John Daly.

But the dude who, in my mind, deserves to go down as the ultimate hero of Masters 2018 is Tony Finau. The guy finished at 7-under, a showing that got him a T-10 finish. Now, it’s not his performance alone that earned him his stripes, but what he ended up overcoming that made his finish so damn impressive.

From For The Win:

Tony Finau had, by far, the craziest Masters week of any golfer.

Just read this tweet:

What a week 💯 Top 10 in my @TheMasters debut! It was an eventful week!
Hole in One ✔️
Failed Celebration ✔️
Adversity ✔️
2 rounds in the 60s ✔️
2019 Masters invite ✔️
I believe we find out most about who we are through adversity.
Thanks for the well wishes all week! pic.twitter.com/HEHQPZ0CYW

— Tony Finau Golf (@tonyfinaugolf) April 9, 2018

About that “failed celebration” at the Par 3 Contest (again, WARNING: It’s gross): Finau dislocated his ankle and popped it back in.

Good grief, Tony Finau wrecked his ankle celebrating a hole in one pic.twitter.com/8o7JxVi3xQ

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) April 4, 2018

Somehow, Finau finished T10 with a 7-under at Augusta playing with an injured ankle. How bad was it? ESPN’s Marty Smith revealed the answer.

(WARNING: THIS IS ALSO GROSS.)

Ready?

Okay.

This is what @TonyFinauGolf is managing five days post-injury.
And for the record: instinctively firing that bone right back into position, finishing the Par 3, then playing lights out @TheMasters, is straight badass material. pic.twitter.com/6ech5mQJaJ

— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) April 9, 2018

Holy shit! That is one gnarly war wound. Let’s look at that from another angle. You know you want to.

Major props to Tony for beasting through an injury that would’ve sidelined the best of us. A hole in one is no doubt an awesome accomplishment. But you know he would’ve been kicking himself (with his other foot, of course) if a celebration during a goddamn Par 3 contest kept him out of the Masters. I mean, that could’ve gone down as one of the most embarrassing sports-related celebratory ankle injuries since Bill Gramática did his thing. But instead of cementing a spot on the Not Top 10, Tony went the other way with it.

What. A. Warrior..

[via For The Win]

Image via Twitter Screenshot/ @cjzero