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3M Open

PGA Tour: Vegas Has Hot Hand

July 27, 2024 by PGA Tour Brunch

BLAINE – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas birdied six of the final eight holes for an 8-under-par 63 to surge into the lead after three rounds of the 3M Open on Saturday in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.

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Matt Kuchar’s eagle on No. 18 gave him 63 and a temporary share of first place before Vegas, who’s at 16-under 197, birdied the last hole.

Vegas, who hasn’t won on the PGA Tour in seven years, had three birdies in a four-hole stretch to pull into a share of the lead after No. 14 and kept the momentum going.

Kuchar, who hasn’t won in more than five years and is aiming for his 10th career victory on the tour, will be contending in the final round at TPC Twin Cities. He nearly aced the par-3 17th before his final-hole eagle came with a short chip from in front of the green, with the ball bouncing a couple of times before clanking against the pin and dropping into the cup.

Maverick McNealy also shot 63 to move to 14 under, while Patrick Fishburn (63) and Sahith Theegala (66) share fourth place at 12 under.

Canada’s Adam Svensson (66), Matt NeSmith (70) and Australia’s Cam Davis (65) are tied for sixth at 11 under. Among Svensson’s highlights was sinking a shot from a sand trap for a birdie on the par-3 eighth

Canadian Taylor Pendrith, who led after the second round by two strokes, tumbled with a 2-over 73. He had a five-hole stretch at 5 over, ending with a double-bogey 6 at No. 11, though he made it through the last seven holes at 1 under. He’s tied for ninth at 10 under.

Fishburn emerged atop the leaderboard among early finishers before others caught up.

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

PGA Tour: Hodges Wins Wire-to-Wire

July 30, 2023 by PGA Tour Brunch

BLAINE – Lee Hodges earned his first PGA TOUR title in his 65th career start at the age of 28 years, 1 month, 16 days, and in doing so, collected 500 FEDEx CUP points to move from No. 74 to No. 33 in the FedExCup standings. The Top 70 after next week advance to the 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

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Hodges’ victory was the first wire-to-wire win in tournament history and the first on TOUR since J.T. Poston dominated at the 2022 John Deere Classic. Hodges became the 11th first-time winner of the season and third in as many weeks.

Martin Laird (T2/-17) recorded his seventh runner-up on TOUR and carded his best result since winning the 2020 Shriners Children’s Open.

Kevin Streelman (T2/-17) earned sixth runner-up and 52nd Top-10 of his career while seeking his third TOUR title and first since the 2014 Travelers Championship.

Poston (T2/-17) earned his third career runner-up and first since 2022 Travelers Championship when he went on to win in grand fashion the following week at the 2022 John Deere Classic.

Defending champion Tony Finau finished T7 at 15-under (269) in his bid to become the fourth player this season to successfully defend a title on TOUR and first since Scottie Scheffler (WM Phoenix Open).

With a T7 finish, Aaron Baddeley earned a spot in next week’s field at the Wyndham Championship, the final event of the PGA Tour regular season.

3M Open | Final Leaderboard

1st Lee Hodges 63 64 66 67 260 (-24)

T2 Martin Laird 68 68 67 64 267 (-17)

T2 Kevin Streelman 64 68 69 66 267 (-17)

T2 J.T. Poston 66 66 66 69 267 (-17)

Full Leaderboard (link)

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, Lee Hodges, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

PGA Tour: 3M Open Underway

July 27, 2023 by PGA Tour Brunch

BLAINE – The 3M Open is the 43rd of 44 PGA Tour events in the FedEx Cup regular season, with just two weeks remaining until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. New in 2023, only the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings will qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship (the first Playoffs event), down from 125 (2009-2022).

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Notable players outside the top 70 in the FedExCup standings include No. 75 Justin Thomas, No. 90 Gary Woodland and No. 118 Billy Horschel.

Thomas is currently No. 75 in the FedExCup standings with two weeks remaining until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Thomas, in his ninth season as a TOUR member, has never missed the Playoffs.

He has advanced to the TOUR Championship in each of the last seven seasons and finished in the Top 10 in the standings in the last six, including his FedEx Cup title in 2017. Thomas has the most PGA TOUR wins (15) and major championship titles (2) of any player in the field and is also the most recent PLAYERS Championship winner (2021) and FedEx Cup Champion (2017).

There are (24) players in the field who made the trip from The Open Championship, including three that finished in the Top 10:

  • Sepp Straka (T2)
  • Emiliano Grillo (T6)
  • Cameron Young (T8).

Straka has a win (John Deere Classic) and a T2 (The Open Championship) in his last two starts, becoming the first player to win on TOUR and finish runner-up in his next start since Jordan Spieth in 2022 (Won/RBC Heritage, 2nd/AT&T Byron Nelson). Straka is No. 15 in the FedExCup standings, the second-highest of any player in the field (Finau/10), and is attempting to qualify for the TOUR Championship for the second consecutive season.

Grillo, who won the Charles Schwab Challenge earlier this season for his second career PGA TOUR title, has two Top-fives in three starts at the 3M Open, including a T-2 in 2022. His T6 at The Open Championship was his first career Top-10 in a major.

At No. 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking, Young is the highest-ranked player in the field. He is also the highestranked player in the OWGR that has not won on the PGA TOUR. Young is making his tournament debut at the 3M Open.


The 3M Open | Tournament Facts

COURSE: TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota

YARDS/PAR: 7,431 yards/Par 71

ARCHITECT: Arnold Palmer

PRIZE Money – Purse: $7,800,000/$1,404,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Tony Finau

PAST RESULTS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @3MOpen #GolfThatMatters


How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)

3M Round One: Thursday, July 27, 2023 – All Times EDT

7:45am – 7:00pm – Streaming on ESPN+

1:00pm – 7:00pm – Sirius/XM Radio (92) and PGA Tour.com/PGA Tour Radio

4:00pm – 7:00pm – Golf Channel

4:00pm – 7:00pm – Streaming on Peacock Network

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

Finau Storms Back at 3M Open

July 24, 2022 by Terry Lyons

BLAINE – Beginning the final round five strokes off the lead, Tony Finau earned his third PGA Tour title by setting the largest final-round comeback by a winner in 3M Open history.

Sungjae Im earned his third career runner-up finish, while Emiliano Grillo collected his sixth on Tour.

Scott Piercy, who held at least a share of the lead after each of the first three rounds, played the final round 5-over (76) and finished T-4.

Defending champion Cameron Champ finishes T-16 in his bid to become tournament’s first repeat winner.

TPC Twin Cities now has the distinction of the most balls in the water on TOUR this season with (303).

3M Open | Final Leaderboard

Tony Finau 67-68-65-67—267 (-17)

Sungjae Im 65-70-67-68—270 (-14)

Emiliano Grillo 67-65-67-71—270 (-14)

James Hahn 69-70-67-65—271 (-13)

Tom Hoge 67-68-66-70—271 (-13)

Scott Piercy 65-64-66-76—271 (-13)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch, Tony Finau

Piercy Leads at Wet & Windy 3M Open

July 24, 2022 by PGA Tour Brunch

BLAINE – Scott Piercy set a 3M Open 54-hole tournament record in his bid for fifth career PGA Tour win and first individual stroke-play title since the 2015 Barbasol Championship.

Following his T-2 at the John Deere Classic three weeks ago, Emiliano Grillo is chasing his second Tour title and first since 2015

With one bogey through 54 holes (No. 1/R2), Doug Ghim’s score of (200) marked his lowest 54-hole score on Tour

Two years removed from his T-3 finish at the 3M Open, Tony Finau is in position for third career Tour title but is five strokes off the lead.

PGA TOUR rookie Greyson Sigg birdied seven of his last 11 holes for a 7-under (64) in bid for first title (36th start).


Leaderboard at 3M Open | After 54 Holes

Scott Piercy 65-64-66—195 (-18)

Emiliano Grillo 67-65-67—199 (-14)

Doug Ghim 67-68-65—200 (-13)

Tony Finau 67-68-65—200 (-13)

Tom Hoge 67-68-66—201 (-12)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

Note: With the threat of severe weather, third-round tee times were moved-up and featured threesomes off tee Nos. 1 and 10 from 6:50 – 9:02am (local). Due to inclement weather, the third round was suspended from 10:57am until 5:35pm (6 hours, 38 minutes). High temps of 85-degrees. Winds E/SE 10-15 mph, with gusts to 20 mph. The round was completed.

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

Piercy Putts Way to 3M Open Lead

July 23, 2022 by PGA Tour Brunch

BLAINE – Scott Piercy’s 36-hole (129) total is one stroke shy of his career-best on Tour and one stroke shy of the tournament record which was enough to provide him with a three-stroke lead heading into the third round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Emiliano Grillo shoot (65) on Friday to reach 10-under through 36 holes, marking his eighth round of (65) or better this season. In 2020, Grillo shot 64-65 on the weekend to finish T-3 at the 3M Open.

England’s Callum Tarren posted a (63) (-8) in the second round of the 3M Open, bettering his lowest 18-hole score on Tour by two stokes (65), four times, most recently R-3/2022 John Deere Classic).

The top three players on the leaderboard represent different countries: USA, Argentina, England.

Robert Streb is the only player without a bogey through 36 holes

This weekend marks first time in tournament history that the 36-hole cut is not under par (2019 (-3), 2020 (-2), 2021 (-2).

Defending champion Cameron Champ birdied four of his last five holes to make the cut on the number.

Leaderboard at 3M Open | After 36 Holes

Scott Piercy 65-64 – 129 (-13)

Emiliano Grillo 67-65 – 132 (-10)

Callum Tarren 71-63 – 134 (-8)

Five players – 135 (-7)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

PGA Tour: 3M Open Preview

July 21, 2022 by PGA Tour Brunch

BLAINE – The 3M Open, which is being contested for the fourth time since its inception in 2019 and is the 42nd of 44 events during the FedEx Cup regular season. With only three weeks remaining until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the 3M Open provides an opportunity for players looking to secure one of the 125 spots in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Three-time PGA Tour winner Cameron Champ returns to the 3M Open to defend his title. Champ is in his fourth season on the PGA Tour and has won in each of his first three seasons (2018 Sanderson Farms Championship, 2019 Fortinet Championship, 2021 3M Open). With a win, he would become the fourth player with a win in each of the last four seasons (including the current season), joining Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas. Four defending champions have won this season, the most in a season since 2016-17 (4).

Four PGA Tour rookies are currently in the Top 40 of the FedExCup standings and two of them are in the field this week: Davis Riley (No. 23 in the FedExCup standings) and Sahith Theegala (No. 38). The Rookie of the Year as voted on by PGA Tour membership at the end of the season will receive the Arnold Palmer Award.

World No. 40 Joohyung Kim, competing on a sponsor exemption, joined the PGA Tour this week as a Special Temporary Member. A native of South Korea, Kim is now eligible for unlimited sponsor exemptions for the remainder of the season as he attempts to earn his Tour card for the 2022-23 season. To earn full status for the 2022-23 season, Kim must earn as many or more non-member FedEx Cup points as the final eligible player from the 2021-22 FedEx Cup standings to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Kim currently has 296 points, which would fall between Nos. 131 and 132 in the standings.

Former professional tennis player and Edina, Minnesota, native Mardy Fish, winner of six ATP Tour titles and silver medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games, is competing on a sponsor exemption. Fish is making his PGA Tour debut and is the first professional athlete from another sport to receive a sponsor exemption since former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo at the 2019 Fortinet Championship. Romo has made four starts on TOUR and missed the cut in each of them. Fish defeated Romo in a playoff to win the celebrity competition at the 2022 ClubCorp Classic on PGA Tour Champions and has won the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions celebrity tournament three times.

When Brendon de Jonge WD from the 3M Open, he was not replaced as there were no more alternates available to play.

Players to successfully defend a title this season:

  • Rory McIlroy RBC Canadian Open
  • K.H. Lee AT&T Byron Nelson
  • Sam Burns Valspar Championship
  • Viktor Hovland World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba

2021 Masters Tournament champion Hideki Matsuyama is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 14 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Matsuyama has won twice on Tour this season (ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Sony Open in Hawaii) and with a victory, would become the fifth player to win three times this season.

 

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

Champ is Champ at 3M Open

July 26, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

BLAINE (MINN) – Cameron Champ picked-up his third PGA Tour victory in his just his 76th start and moved to No. 49 in the FedExCup standings. Champ joined Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau as players aged 27 or younger to win in each of the last three seasons on Tour.

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Louis Oosthuizen has 12 runner-up finishes on Tour and four have come in his last seven starts.

Jhonattan Vegas picked-up the third runner-up finish of his career with all coming this season.

Charl Schwartzel (T2) posted his second Top-three finish in as many starts at the 3M Open (T3/2020, T2/2021). This tournament marked his second runner-up finish of the season.

3M Open Final Leaderboard

Cameron Champ 69-67-67-66—269 (-15)

Louis Oosthuizen 68-68-69-66—271 (-13)

Jhonattan Vegas 64-69-70-68—271 (-13)

Charl Schwartzel 67-68-68-68—271 (-13)

Keith Mitchell 69-70-66-67—272 (-12)

Full Leaderboard (link)

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

PGA Tour: Tringale Leads at 3M Open

July 25, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

3M Open at TPC Twin Cities: Notebook After 54 Holes

BLAINE (MINN) – Cameron Tringale posted a bogey-free 5-under (66) in his attempt to win his first career PGA Tour title in his 307th start.

Gary Woodland overcame a double bogey at the first hole and converted birdies on five of his next six to post 4-under (67). He’s T-2 with Maverick McNealy. McNealy closed in on third Top-5 finish of the season and fifth consecutive Top-30 finish.

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Pat Perez followed a bogey-free 6-under (65) in R-2 with a bogey-free (66) in R-3.

Keith Mitchell became the fourth player since 2003 to begin a round with seven straight sub-par scores.

Rickie Fowler (T-29) at (-6) was 6-under through 10 holes before bogeys at 13 and 14 and a triple-bogey-8 at the par-5 18th resulted 1-under (70). Fowler’s score at No. 18 marked the highest score of his career to finish a round. Through three rounds, he has played Nos. 1-12 in 11-under par and Nos. 13-18 in 5-over par.

Past 3M Open champions: Matthew Wolff (T-22) at (-7) and Michael Thompson (T29) at (-6).


3M Open Leaderboard After 54 Holes

Cameron Tringale 67-68-66—201 (-12)

Gary Woodland 69-66-67—202 (-11)

Maverick McNealy 67-67-68—202 (-11)

Eight players 10-under 203

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

Armour, Hadwin Lead at 3M Open

July 24, 2021 by PGA Tour Brunch

BLAINE (MINN) – Following a season-best T-5 finish in last week’s Barbasol Championship, Ryan Armour holds his fifth 36-hole lead/co-lead, tied with Adam Hadwin. Armour is 1-for-4 to date. Hadwin holds his second PGA Tour 36-hole lead/co-lead and is 1-for-1 to date converting to victory.

Bo Hoag recorded lowest 36-hole score of his PGA Tour career (133), two days before his 33rd birthday.

Chez Reavie (T-3) at (-9,) recorded rounds of (66) and (67). He recently opened with (133) at the 2021 John Deere Classic (131) but finished T-18.

World No. 2 Dustin Johnson missed the cut after rounds of (70)-(72).


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3M Open Leaderboard After 36 Holes

Adam Hadwin 67-65—132 (-10)

Ryan Armour 67-65—132 (-10)

Bo Hoag 67-66—133 (-9)

Chez Reavie 66-67—133 (-9)

Jhonattan Vegas 64-69—133 (-9)

Roger Sloan 64-69—133 (-9)

Cut: 72 players at 2-under (140) from a field of 155 professionals and one amateur.

Filed Under: PGA TOUR Tagged With: 3M Open, PGA Tour, PGA Tour Brunch

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