PGA Tour star Tony Finau makes confession ahead The American Express

Tony Finau admits he is still not feeling 100% as he heads into this week's American Express on the PGA Tour.

Finau, 35, underwent knee surgery at the back end of the summer last season and he is still going through the rehab process. 

The big American considers it has taken him some time to fully recover and get back to playing his best golf on the PGA Tour again. 

"The rehab has been a lot tougher process than really anything that I've done with my body," Finau told reporters ahead of The American Express.

"I haven't been apt to injury throughout my career, so this is kind of the first time that I've had to go through any type of surgery or anything like that. 

"So the rehab process has been grueling and tough, but one that I've been more than willing to do, and will continue to, to make sure that I'm as healthy as I can be and physically strong as I can be as I move forward in my career."

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Finau was able to return to the PGA Tour for the first time in four months at The Sentry two weeks ago at Kapalua. 

He played well too, finishing a respectable T15. 

Finau is now looking to build on that performance as he goes in pursuit of a seventh PGA Tour title and his first since April 2023. 

"I'm not a 100% but I don't know if anybody plays at 100% really ever in the world of sports," Finau continued. 

"There's always some nagging injury, it seems like, for everybody. Coming off this injury, I feel really good, I had a nice start, I feel like, at the Sentry, with how my body felt and how my game felt, and I'm looking forward to just building on that this week."

Finau added: "My main goal for 2025 is to physically just be healthier than I was the last couple years. My biggest goal is just making sure that I'm healthy and strong physically, and I think that that will bear some good fruit on the golf course."

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