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
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @3MOpen
OFFICIAL SITE: (The 3M Open)
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)
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
3M Open: Notebook
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.
PGATourBrunch will post at 7:00am (EDT) on Thursday.
Next Week: Tokyo Olympics (Info)
Last Week: The Open - (Results) and Barbasol (Results)
Field Update:
Seamus Power OUT / Ben Crane IN
Brian Harman OUT / David Lingmerth IN
Sangmoon Bae IN (on his own number)
The Field - (link)
Tee Times: (link)
Odds for The 3M Open
(Odds by William Hill)
Dustin Johnson 7-1
Tony Finau 14-1
Louis Oosthuizen 14-1
Patrick Reed 18-1
Robert Macintyre 28-1
Sergio Garcia 28-1
Cameron Tringale 28-1
Bubba Watson 30-1
Matthew Wolff 33-1
Emiliano Grillo 35-1
Cameron Davis 40-1
Maverick McNealy 40-1
Rickie Fowler 40-1
Keegan Bradley 40-1
Lucas Herbert 40-1
Hank Lebioda 40-1
Gary Woodland 50-1
Stewart Cink 50-1
Charl Schwartzel 50-1
Luke List 50-1
Dylan Frittelli 50-1
Patton Kizzire 50-1
Ryan Moore 55-1
J.T. Poston 60-1
Lanto Griffin 60-1
Brandt Snedeker 60-1
Doug Ghim 60-1
Patrick Rodgers 60-1
Jhonattan Vegas 66-1
Bo Hoag 66-1
Chris Kirk 66-1
Chez Reavie 66-1
Charles Howell 66-1
Brendon Todd 66-1
Richy Werenski 66-1
Kyle Stanley 70-1
Troy Merritt 80-1
Adam Hadwin 80-1
Mito Pereira 80-1
Adam Schenk 80-1
Michael Thompson 80-1
Joel Dahmen 80-1
Tom Lewis 90-1
Erik Van Rooyen 90-1
Steve Stricker 90-1
Matt Kuchar 90-1
Pat Perez 100-1
Sam Ryder 100-1
Brian Stuard 100-1
Mark Hubbard 100-1
Brandon Hagy 100-1
Beau Hossler 100-1
Ryan Armour 125-1
James Hahn 125-1
Tom Hoge 125-1
Cameron Percy 125-1
Scott Stallings 125-1
Cameron Champ 125-1
Matthew NeSmith 125-1
Sepp Straka 125-1
Adam Long 125-1
Russell Knox 125-1
Kevin Tway 150-1
Rafa Cabrera Bello 150-1
Denny McCarthy 150-1
Brandon Stone 150-1
Byeong Hun An 150-1
Roger Sloan 150-1
Joseph Bramlett 150-1
Wyndham Clark 150-1
Scott Piercy 150-1
Brice Garnett 150-1
Satoshi Kodaira 175-1
Keith Mitchell 175-1
Robert Streb 175-1
Jason Dufner 175-1
Will Gordon 200-1
Scott Brown 200-1
Vincent Whaley 200-1
Vaughn Taylor 200-1
Nate Lashley 200-1
John Huh 200-1
Camilo Villegas 200-1
Austin Eckroat 200-1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 200-1
Chesson Hadley 200-1
Andrew Putnam 250-1
Tyler Duncan 250-1
Michael Gligic 250-1
Ben Martin 250-1
Sean O'Hair 250-1
Harry Higgs 250-1
Peter Malnati 250-1
Bronson Burgoon 250-1
M.J. Daffue 250-1
Chase Seiffert 250-1
Josh Teater 250-1
Jimmy Walker 300-1
Robby Shelton 300-1
Mark Anderson 300-1
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 300-1
Nick Watney 300-1
Wes Roach 300-1
J.J. Spaun 300-1
David Hearn 300-1
Aaron Baddeley 300-1
Quade Cummins 300-1
Rob Oppenheim 300-1
David Lingmerth 300-1
Bo Van Pelt 300-1
Fabian Gomez 300-1
Austin Cook 300-1
Ryan Hall 350-1
Andrew Landry 350-1
Johnson Wagner 400-1
Rafael Campos 400-1
John Pak 400-1
Ted Potter 400-1
Sung-Hoon Kang 400-1
Scott Harrington 400-1
Michael Gellerman 400-1
Rhein Gibson 400-1
Shawn Stefani 400-1
Luke Donald 400-1
Bill Haas 400-1
Greg Chalmers 400-1
Brent Snyder 500-1
Ben Taylor 500-1
Sangmoon Bae 500-1
Hunter Mahan 500-1
Ben Crane 500-1
Brian Gay 500-1
Michael Kim 500-1
D.J. Trahan 500-1
John Senden 500-1
Sebastian Cappelen 500-1
Angus Flanagan 500-1
Zack Sucher 500-1
D.A. Points 500-1
Grayson Murray 500-1
Chris Baker 500-1
Nelson Ledesma 500-1
Ryan Blaum 500-1
Jonathan Byrd 500-1
Kris Ventura 500-1
Ricky Barnes 500-1
Ryan Brehm 500-1
Tyler McCumber 500-1
Dominic Bozzelli 500-1
Martin Trainer 750-1
Matt Every 750-1
Kevin Stadler 750-1
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: My starting foursome for the 3M Open will include: Robert Macintyre, Bubba Watson, Mark Wolff and J.T. Poston. The bench players will be: Mark Woodland and Charl Schwartzel. For my one and done, I’m going with Macintyre.
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On This Day in Golf History:
July 21, 1977 - Twenty-two year old Seve Ballesteros won his first major championship with a three-shot victory over Jack Nicklaus and Ben Crenshaw at The Open played at Royal Latham & St. Annes. The popular Spaniard shot a final round one under (70) and finished one under for the tournament. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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