3M Open

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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).

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.

BLAINE – (MINN) – The first round of the 3M Open was suspended at 11:28am (local), due to lightning in the area. Play resumed at 1:52pm (local), following a delay of 2 hours, 24 minutes. Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:54pm (local). The first round will resume at 8 am, with the second round beginning as previously scheduled.

Following missed cuts in his last two starts on Tour, Troy Merritt birdied his last two holes, and eight holes total on the round, to begin his 3M Open with a 7-under (64) and is T-1 with Rickie Fowler.

In his 3M Open debut, Rickie Fowler made seven birdies and had no bogeys to post (64), his first bogey-free round since Round-1 of the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic when he T-32.

3M Open Leaderboard After 18 Holes

Rickie Fowler – 64 (-7)

Troy Merritt – 64 (-7)

Jhonattan Vegas – 64 (-7)

Scott Stallings – 65 (-6)

Adam Schenck – 65 (-6)

Roger Sloan – (-6) through 16 holes

BLAINE (MINN) – This week’s 3M Open marks the third year for the tournament. Both Matthew Wolff (2019) and Michael Thompson (2020) will be on hand to attempt to repeat their prior 3M Open championships.

TPC Twin Cities is the 10th TPC venue to host a PGA Tour event this season.

World No. 2 Dustin Johnson is returning to the 3M Open after having to WD from the 2020 event after a first round (78).

The Par 3 17th at TPC Twin Cities had the distinction of having the most balls (118) in the water of any hole on Tour.

The Basics:

Tournament Tee Times begin Thursday at 7:50am (EDT)/6:50am (local) through 3:12pm (EDT)/2:12pm (local).

Weather: Thursday’s forecast in the Twin Cities area is for partly cloudy skies, 82-degrees with 56% humidity and a 20% chance of rain. Winds blowing South at 13 mph.

The Home Stretch – 3M Open Preview

COURSE: TPC Twin Cities (Blaine, Minn)

ARCHITECT: Arnold Palmer

YARDS/PAR: 7,431 yards/Par 71

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $6,600,000/$1,188,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Michael Thompson (2020)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 2,989/500

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TV COVERAGE: Thursday, July 22 and Friday, July 23: From 2:30am to 6:30pm (EDT) on Golf Channel.

On Saturday, July 24, Round 3 coverage 1:00pm to 3:00am (EDT) on Golf Channel. Then, CBS takes over from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, July 18: Golf Channel opens final round coverage 1:00pm to 3:00am (EDT) and CBS wraps it up from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: Streaming coverage on Thursday and Friday, from 7:45am (EDT) to 6:30pm (EDT) on PGA Tour Live. On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Tour Live will stream 7:45am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERGAE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio calls of The Open with Thursday and Friday coverage 2:00am (EDT) to completion of play. Weekend coverage on Sirius XM Radio begins at 4:00am (EDT) until conclusion. The Open Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92)

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