fˈɪnstɚwəld wʌz wˈʌns ɪnvˈɑːlvd ɪn lˌɪɾɪɡˈeɪʃən ɪnwˌɪtʃ ɐ plˈeɪntɪf klˈeɪmd ʃiː lˈɔst ðə sˈaɪt ɪn hɜː ɹˈaɪt ˈaɪ æz ɐ ɹɪzˈʌlt əvən ˈɛɹənt tˈiː ʃˈɑːt hiː hˈɪt æt ðɪ ˈeɪtiːnθ hˈoʊl æt ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː wˈɛstɚn ˈoʊpən.
Finsterwald was once involved in litigation in which a plaintiff claimed she lost the sight in her right eye as a result of an errant tee shot he hit at the 18th hole at the 1973 Western Open.