PGA Tour Brunch | 3M Open Recap
Tournament Recap for the 2025 3M Open | Twin Cities | Minn
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
BLAINE, Minn - Kurt Kitayama (Winner/-23) earned his second PGA TOUR title (2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard) in his 108th start at the age of 32 years, 6 months, 13 days.
Kitayama earned 500 FedEx Cup points to move from No. 110 to No. 53 in the FedEx Cup standings. He’s the third consecutive 3M Open winner to begin the tournament week outside the Top 70 in the FedExCup (Jhonattan Vegas/No. 147/2024; Lee Hodges/No. 74/2023). Now, he’s projected to move from No. 97 to No. 39 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Kitayama sank 20 birdies on the weekend, the most birdies or better made on the weekend by a TOUR winner since 2003. The previous best: 19/Hideki Matsuyama/2025 Sentry).
Notes:
Sam Stevens (2nd/-22) closed with a back-nine (31) to collect his third career runner-up finish and second of the season (Farmers Insurance Open). Stevens led the field in Strokes Gained: Around the Green (3.565).
Jake Knapp (T3/-20) landed his fourth Top-10 finish of the season to move inside the Top 50 in the FedExCup (No. 47). He cared only his second bogey of the week at the par-5 18th hole, tied for the fewest bogeys or worse in the field (William
Mouw).
Playing the 2025 season with conditional status, Pierceson Coody (T3/-20) finishes inside the Top 10 to qualify for next week’s Wyndham Championship; collects his third Top-five finish in his 47th career TOUR start (best: T2/2024 ISCO Championship).
Matt Wallace (T3/-20) posts his first Top-10 finish on TOUR since the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (T4).
David Lipsky (T3/-20) carded weekend rounds of 64-64 for his third Top-10 of the season and second in four starts (T3/John Deere Classic).
The 3M Open | Final Leaderboard
1 Kurt Kitayama 65 71 60 65 261 (-23)
2 Sam Stevens 62 68 66 66 262 (-22)
T3 Matt Wallace 65 67 68 64 264 (-20)
T3 David Lipsky 68 68 64 64 264 (-20)
T3 Pierceson Coody 65 65 67 67 264 (-20)
T3 Jake Knapp 64 65 67 68 264 (-20)
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On This Day in Golf History
July 28, 2013 - Brandt Snedeker won the RBC Canadian Open, his sixth PGA Tour title, shooting a final-round, two under par (70) for a three shot win over Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Jason Bohn, and William McGirt. Snedeker benefitted from shooting a nine under par (63) the previous day. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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