Tony Finau Dislocates Ankle Before Popping It Back In At The Masters

Tony Finau Dislocates Ankle Before Popping It Back In At The Masters
13:02, 05 Apr 2018

Tony Finau may be relatively unknown on British shores but he's now infamous for dislocating his ankle and popping it back in again whilst playing in the Masters Par 3 Contest.

The American who has one PGA Tour victory to his name when landing the Puerto Rican Open back in 2016, was celebrating a hole in one during Wednesday's contest when the incident occurred.

Finau, who was playing with his mother and children, aced his shot and decided to run up to the green in celebration. Turning to salute his family the six foot four 28 year old ran backwards before going over on his left ankle. What happened next was stomach churning as Finau calmly clicked his ankle back in place before limping red-faced back towards the tee box.

The footage has since gone viral on social media and the golfer faces a race against time to get fit for his Thursday tee off time at 5.43pm BST.

Finau later tweeted "Crazy day. Thanks for thoughts of concern, messages and prayers from all. I'm optimistic."

It was confirmed that the golfer dislocated his ankle before putting it back in place himself. X-rays revealed no breaks and he is having an MRI scan today before his round. It's a good job he has a late tee-off time!!

It was an eventful Par 3 contest which was won by Tom Watson (-6), rolling back the years and playing alongside Jack Nicklaus whose grandson also got a hole-in-one on the ninth hole!

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