Rumors swirled on social media this week that Tony Finau was LIV-bound following his withdrawal from Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. On Wednesday, Finau shot down those rumors in an exclusive interview with Golfweek's Adam Schupak.

Amid speculation that Tony Finau would be the latest golfer to ditch the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf, he's making it clear that he's not interested in

But that rumor has been put to bed. According to Adam Schupak of Golfweek, Finau withdrew from the Hero World Challenge because he had surgery on Oct. 15. The operation repaired a torn meniscus and cleaned up cartilage. “From what my doctor told me, it was a pretty standard clean-up,” Finau told Golfweek.

Every time names get tossed around about potential new LIV Golf signings it seems like Tony Finau's name is in the mix. That of course is a testament to

Social media activity following Finau’s withdrawal from the Tiger Woods-hosted event has fuelled speculation he could leave the PGA Tour.

Tony Finau, No. 26 in the Official World Golf Ranking, won’t tee it up this week at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas for Tiger Woods’ silly-season event. Finau hasn’t played since the Presidents Cup, where he went 2-2-0 in Team USA’s win.

Tony Finau has pulled out of the Hero World Challenge. Finau was removed from Tiger Woods’ exhibition event in the Bahamas on Sunday night. As of Monday morning no reason was given from Finau or the PGA Tour for his withdrawal.

After initially committing to this week’s Hero World Challenge, the 20-man event hosted by Tiger Woods every December, Finau pulled out at the last minute due to undisclosed reasons. The PGA Tour Communications team released an updated field on Monday morning, which included 2023 Ryder Cup player Sepp Straka taking Finau’s place.

Tony Finau was removed from the field at Tiger Woods' Hero World Classic in the Bahamas, spawning further LIV Golf speculation.

Tony Finau and wife Alayna aren’t ignoring the LIV Golf buzz. In the wake of the six-time PGA Tour winner withdrawing from this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, rumors are swirling Finau could be defecting to the Saudi-backed league that his good friend,

Tony Finau has been linked with a move to LIV Golf for some time now, and rumours have only intensified in recent weeks, but his wife has had her say on the situation