BLAINE - 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.
3M Open | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota
YARDS/PAR: 7,431 yards/Par 71
ARCHITECT: Arnold Palmer
PRIZE Money - Purse: $7,500,000/$1,350,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Cameron Champ
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @3MOpen #GolfThatMatters
TV COVERAGE: The first two rounds (today and July 22) are scheduled for TV coverage from 2:00 to 6:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage from 1:00 to 3:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 3:00 to 6:00pm (ET) on CBS.
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: ESPN+ Live streaming coverage will run from 7:45am to 6:00pm (ET) today and Friday. Weekend streaming on ESPN+ PGA TOUR Live from 8:00am to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live coverage of the 3M Open beginning today at 12:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) and same times Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage will air 1:00pm to 6:00pm (or completion of event). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom.
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
3M Open | Basics
The Tee Times at The 3M run today from 7:50am(ET)/6:50am (local) to 3:12pm (ET)/2:12pm (local)
Weather: Today will be sunny and 77-degrees with 45% humidity but Zero chance of rain. Winds at 14 mph.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 7:00am (ET) Friday
3M Open - Field, Updates and Tee Times:
The Field: (link)
Updates:
Friday
Brandon Wu (out)
Cam Davis (commits)
Saturday
Aaron Rai (out) / Matt Every (in)
Sunday
Fabian Gomez (out) / Ted Potter, Jr (in)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (out) / KJ Choi (in)
Brandt Snedeker (out)
George McNeill (in on his own number)
Monday
Lanto Griffin (out) / Andres Romero (in)
Chad Ramey (out) / Charlie Beljan (in)
Michael Kim (out) / Jason Bohn (in)
Sangmoon Bae (out) / Derek Lamely (in)
Charles Howell III (out) /Parker McLachlin (in)
Mark Hubbard (out) / Eric Axley (in)
Erik van Rooyen (out) / John Huston (in)
Andres Romero (out) / Duffy Waldorf (in)
John Rollins (out) / Paul Goydos (in)
Tuesday
Duffy Waldorf (out) / Frank Lickliter (in)
Eric Axley (out) / Jonathan Kaye (in)
Frank Lickliter (out) / Will Mackenzie (in)
Will Mackenzie (out) / Daniel Chopra (in)
Freddie Jacobson (out) / Ted Purdy (in)
Mark Hensby (out) / Jason Gore (in)
Wednesday
Danny Lee (out) / Cody Gribble (in)
Brendon de Jonge (out) / not replaced (was final alternate)
Tee Times: (link)
What They’re Saying
Jack Told Mardy Fish to Pursue Golf, At 3M, He Is (Golf Week/USA Today)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
How to Watch the 3M Open (ESPN+)
Sports Gambling & Golf Industry News
Expert Picks from (Golf Digest)
Sleeper Picks (PGATourCom)
Stenson Out as Europe’s Ryder Cup Captain (Golf Digest)
Kokrak and Howell III Join LIV Tour (ESPNCom)
Golf Hall of Fame to Move Back to Carolina (ESPNCom)
On This Day in Golf History
July 21, 1996 - Tom Lehman finally broke through to win his first elusive major title, taking The Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club by two strokes over runners-up Mark McCumber and Ernie Els. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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