By Coleman Bentley
As you’ve probably heard, it’s a major weekend. The field has been thinned. The weather has turned. It’s go time and that can only mean one thing:
Tony Finau’s Nike outfit is the talk of the town (Tulsa in this case).
Seemingly every major tournament, Finau goes viral for his get-up, with golf’s fashion cops tasering each other in the face over whether Finau’s fits are fresh or fugly. See Sweatergate for reference:
I actually like the sweater Tony Finau is wearing but feel like Nike set him up with that hat ??♂️ pic.twitter.com/VAmxv6Iz5u
— Jake Woolf (@jakewoolf) April 9, 2022
That proud tradition continued at Southern Hills on Saturday when Tony Finau showed up to the range on a cold, misty morning dressed like the New York Botanical Garden.
?Tony Finau takes the Nike flowering design to new heights ? pic.twitter.com/fJvIxuzZZ1
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) May 19, 2022
It’s like Tony Finau lost a bet with the Nike person in charge of scripting. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/19B8PjJtAH
— The Hackers Paradise (@THPGolf) May 21, 2022
The reaction of the Oklahoma gallery said it all.
Seconds after these images surfaced, the take whiplash began in earnest.
Tony Finau will wear literally anything Nike throws at him pic.twitter.com/FSIus5JvPs
— Christopher Powers (@CPowers14) May 21, 2022
Tony Finau’s agent showing him his scripting before every major pic.twitter.com/VmGbVkn8di
— Will Bardwell (@willbardwell) May 21, 2022
Nike does Tony Finau so well. Love his major fits
— aspiring retiree (@lightlydhb) May 21, 2022
Ok, hear me out, Tony Finau's pullover today is pretty great
— Drew Cove ? (@covedrew) May 21, 2022
What the hell is Tony Finau wearing? I don’t hate it.
— Shaquille Oatmeal (@oatmealshaqTDB) May 21, 2022
Tony Finau should be arrested for wearing that pullover.
— HEINICKE! HEINICKE! (@JayCagle24) May 21, 2022
It’s not fair to malign the selfless keyboard warriors risking life and livelihood to bravely share their takes with the internet without sharing our own, however. So where do we fall on the love-it-or-loathe-it spectrum? Somewhere between indifferent and pretty good. All-over floral prints are very 2016, but still, it’s better than another beige sweater.
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