By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
BLAINE, Minn - Thorbjørn Olesen’s (T1/-18) carding of (195) marks his lowest 54-hole total on TOUR (previous: 202/2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, 2025 RBC Canadian Open). Olesen made his 3M Open debut, and currently holds 54-hole lead/co-lead for the first time on TOUR. Impressively, he is 7-for-8 converting the outright 54-hole lead on the DP World Tour, his old stomping grounds.
Olesen can become the third player to earn their first PGA TOUR title at the 3M Open (Matthew Wolff/2019, Lee Hodges/2023).
The 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational winner, Kurt Kitayama (T3/-17), fired a career-low 11-under (60). His previous best was a 62/R2/2024 Sony Open in Hawaii).
Kitayama matched the 3M Open scoring record set earlier this week by Adam Svensson (R1).
Notes:
Olesen recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3 eighth hole with a 6-iron from 209 yards, his first ace on TOUR.
Sam Stevens (T3/-17) posts bogey-free 66 and leads the field in Strokes Gained: Around the Green (3.197) through three rounds; enters the week No. 44 in the FedExCup with two top-10 finishes this season including his second career
runner-up at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Chris Gotterup (T7/-16) seeks to become the seventh multiple winner on TOUR this season (Scottie Scheffler/4, Rory McIlroy/3, Sepp Straka/2, Ben Griffin/2, Ryan Fox/2, Brian Campbell/2).
Gotterup has finished inside the Top 25 in 11 of his 23 events played this season, highlighted by his second PGA TOUR victory at the Genesis Scottish Open and solo-third finish at last week’s Open Championship.
After securing his first made cut on the PGA TOUR, rising Ole Miss senior Michael La Sasso (T16/-13) records an 8-under 63, the lowest round by an amateur on TOUR this season (previous: Jackson Koivun/64/R2/John Deere Classic).
The 3M Open | Leaderboard After 54 Holes
T1 Akshay Bhatia 66 66 63 195 (-18)
T1 Thorbjørn Olesen 62 66 67 195 (-18)
T3 Kurt Kitayama 65 71 60 196 (-17)
T3 Takumi Kanaya 67 64 65 196 (-17)
T3 Sam Stevens 62 68 66 196 (-17)
T3 Jake Knapp 64 65 67 196 (-17)
Full Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)
The 3M Open | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota
YARDS/PAR: 7,431 yards/Par 71
ARCHITECT: Arnold Palmer
PRIZE Money - Purse: $8,400,000/$1,512,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Johnattan Vegas
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FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
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3M Open | Basics
Tee Times at The 3M started today at 7:25am(ET)/6:25am (local) to 1:35pm (ET)/12:35pm (local).
Weather: The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and temperatures soaring into the high 80s. Winds 10-11 mph during the day as humidity falls from 92% to 55%.
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3M Open - Tee Times and Leaderboard
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What They’re Saying
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The 3M Open | How to Watch
Sunday, July 27, 2025 (All Times Eastern)
7:15am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm - 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius XM and Online
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On This Day in Golf History
July 27, 2003 - Tom Watson won the Senior British Open for the first time, defeating Carl Mason with a par on the second hole of a sudden death playoff played at Turnberry. Watson shot a fine-round (64). - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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