3M Open
TPC Twin Cities
Blaine, Minnesota
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Mike Glasscott: 3M Open Tips
Win: Cam Davis (33/1), Emiliano Grillo (50/1)
Top 10: Tom Hoge (19/5), Taylor Pendrith (19/5)
Top 20: JT Poston (8/5), Chan Kim (13/5), Rico Hoey (11/4)
Top 40: Henrik Norlander (2/1), Troy Merritt (23/10)
NOW PLAYING: 3M Open
| Host Course | TPC Twin Cities |
| Yards (per official scorecard): | 7,431 |
| Par: | 71 (35-36). |
| Greens: | Bentgrass; 6,500 square feet. |
| Stimpmeter: | 12 feet plus. |
| Rough: | Bluegrass and Fescue at 4 inches. |
| Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play | 75/27/15 |
| Architect(s): | Arnold Palmer (2000); Steve Wenzloff (2018). |
| Defending Champion: | Lee Hodges (-24). |
| Multiple Champion(s) Entered: | None. |
| Course Record (last set): | 62; Beau Hossler, Round 4, 2023. |
| 72 Hole Tournament Record: | 260; Lee Hodges, 2023. |
| Facts of the Week: | All winners are American. |
TPC Twin Cities
The Arnold Palmer design from 2000 was brought up to PGA TOUR standards by Steve Wenzloff in 2018 before the inaugural event in 2019.
The former home of a PGA TOUR Champions event, the 2019 edition played Par-71 to 7,468 yards before changing to 7,431 yards for the subsequent four editions.
The 35-36 layout is a stock Par-71 with three Par-5 and four Par-3 holes. The Par-3 holes ranked under par (2.99) in 2023 and were one of the easiest quartets on TOUR. The Par-5 holes ranked T38, and the Par-4 holes came in at 4.01, T31 on TOUR.
The greenside bunkers and closely mown areas provide a worthy challenge for approach shots that miss the generous targets. TPC Twin Cities ranked 6th in Proximity From the Sand and 9th in Scrambling. Large Bentgrass greens averaging over 6,500 feet and running at 12 feet and beyond will test the matchup of line and speed with the flat stick.
Finding Fairways and GIR is the starting point to racking up circles on the card. The five winners have all posted four rounds in the 60s, and not many rounds above par end up in the top 10 after Sunday’s round is over. Warm and humid air makes the ball fly further and should put attacking clubs in the hands of the contenders.
2023 champion Lee Hodges set the tournament scoring record on 24-under 260. His seven-shot win produced the biggest margin of victory in history.
Beau Hossler posted 62 in Round 4 in 2023 to become the latest player to match the course record. Scott Piercy, also in the field this week, posted 62 in the first round of the first event in 2019.
Recent Winners
2023 Season Winners
| Event | Winner |
| Sentry Tournament of Champions | Jon Rahm |
| Sony Open in Hawaii | Si Woo Kim |
| The AMERICAN EXPRESS | Jon Rahm (2) |
| Farmers Insurance Open | Max Homa (2) |
| AT&T Pebble Beach | Justin Rose |
| WM Phoenix Open | Scottie Scheffler |
| The Genesis Invitational | Jon Rahm (3) |
| The Honda Classic | Chris Kirk |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | Kurt Kitayama (first TOUR win) |
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Scottie Scheffler (2) |
| Valspar Championship | Taylor Moore (first TOUR win) |
| Corales Puntacana | Matt Wallace (first TOUR win) |
| WGC – Dell Technologies MP | Sam Burns |
| Valero Texas Open | Corey Conners |
| Masters | Jon Rahm (4) |
| RBC Heritage | Matt Fitzpatrick |
| Zurich Classic of New Orleans | Davis Riley & Nick Hardy (first TOUR win for each) |
| Mexico Open at Vidanta | Tony Finau (2) |
| Wells Fargo Championship | Wyndham Clark (first TOUR win) |
| AT&T Byron Nelson | Jason Day |
| PGA Championship | Brooks Koepka |
| Charles Schwab Challenge | Emiliano Grillo |
| Memorial | Viktor Hovland |
| RBC Canadian Open | Nick Taylor |
| U.S. Open | Wyndham Clark (2) |
| Travelers Championship | Keegan Bradley (2) |
| Rocket Mortgage Classic | Rickie Fowler |
| John Deere Classic | Sepp Straka |
| Genesis Scottish Open | Rory McIlroy (2) |
| The Open Championship | Brian Harman |
| 3M Open | Lee Hodges (first TOUR win) |
| Wyndham Championship | Lucas Glover |
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Lucas Glover (2) |
| BMW Championship | Viktor Hovland (2) |
| TOUR Championship | Viktor Hovland (3) |
| Fortinet Championship | Sahith Theegala |
| Sanderson Farms Championship | Luke List |
| Shriners Children’s Open | Tom Kim |
| ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | Collin Morikawa |
| World Wide Technology | Erik van Rooyen |
| Butterfield Bermuda | Camilo Villegas |
| The RSM Classic | Ludvig Aberg |
2024 Season Winners
| Event | Winner |
| The Sentry | Chris Kirk |
| Sony Open in Hawaii | Grayson Murray |
| The American Express | Nick Dunlap (a) |
| Farmers Insurance Open | Matthieu Pavon (rookie) |
| AT&T Pebble Beach | Wyndham Clark (54 holes) |
| WM Phoenix Open | Nick Taylor |
| The Genesis Invitational | Hideki Matsuyama |
| Mexico Open at Vidanta | Jake Knapp (rookie) |
| Cognizant Classic | Austin Eckroat (first time) |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | Scottie Scheffler |
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Scottie Scheffler (2) |
| Valspar Championship | Peter Malnati |
| Texas Children’s Houston Open | Stephan Jaeger (first time) |
| Valero Texas Open | Akshay Bhatia |
| 88th Masters Tournament | Scottie Scheffler (3) |
| RBC Heritage | Scottie Scheffler (4) |
| Zurich Classic | Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry |
| THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | Taylor Pendrith (first time) |
| Wells Fargo Championship | Rory McIlroy (2) |
| 106th PGA Championship | Xander Schauffele |
| Charles Schwab Challenge | Davis Riley |
| RBC Canadian Open | Robert MacIntyre (first time) |
| The 49th Memorial Tournament | Scottie Scheffler (5) |
| 124th United States Open | Bryson DeChambeau |
| Travelers Championship | Scottie Scheffler (6) |
| Rocket Mortgage Classic | Cam Davis |
| John Deere Classic | Davis Thompson (first time) |
| Genesis Scottish Open | Robert MacIntyre (2) |
| 152nd Open Championship | Xander Schauffele (2) |
The 3M Open
Breaking on to the scene over the 4th of July weekend in 2019, this will be the sixth edition at TPC Twin Cities, the only host of the event.
The field of 156 players includes nine of the top 50 from the Official World Golf Rankings.
Cutting the field to the top 65 and ties after 36 holes, the 2023 edition set the mark for the lowest cut at 4-under 138. The 2022 tournament is the only event with an over-par cut line(1-over).
Americans have won all five tournaments. The next international champion will be the first.
Hodges, Tony Finau, and Cameron Champ are the three previous winners in the field this week.
The previous five winners registered in the top 3 in Par-4 Scoring.
Three of the five winners led the event in SG: Tee to Green.
The winner will take home 500 FedExCup points plus $1.458 million from the $8.1 million purse.
The top 70 players at the end of play in two weeks (Wyndham Championship) will qualify for the 2024 FedExCup Playoffs.
Recent Winners – 3M Open
Italics – not entered this week.
| Year | Winner | Notes |
| 2023 | Lee Hodges (-24) | Set the tournament scoring record and margin of victory mark. First TOUR victory. |
| 2022 | Tony Finau (-17) | Won by two shots over Emiliano Grillo. |
| 2021 | Cameron Champ (-15) | Posted the highest winning score in tournament history. |
| 2020 | Michael Thompson (-19) | Won by two shots over Adam Long and three over Tony Finau and Emiliano Grillo. |
| 2019 | Matthew Wolff (-21) | At 20, he’s the youngest champion in history. |
One and Done
I’ll be joining Spotter’s game again this season. Now, where did I put my checkbook…
35 events.
1 player per event (plus a backup pick if your guy gets kidnapped on Wednesday night and doesn’t make it to the first tee Thursday).
1 use per year.
Add up the total money and Spotter is yer uncle!
| Event | Selection | Earnings |
| The Sentry | Collin Morikawa | 690,500 |
| Sony Open in Hawaii | Corey Conners | 18,592 |
| The American Express | Adam Hadwin | 310,800 |
| Farmers Insurance Open | Jason Day | 0 |
| AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | Jordan Spieth | 70,125 |
| WM Phoenix Open | Matt Fitzpatrick | 156,200 |
| The Genesis Invitational | Max Homa | 329,000 |
| Mexico Open at Vidanta | Tony Finau | 145,125 |
| Cognizant Classic | Russell Henley | 32,850 |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | Scottie Scheffler | 4,000,000 |
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Will Zalatoris | 0 |
| Valspar Championship | Sam Burns | 0 |
| Texas Children’s Houston Open | Wyndham Clark | 54,418 |
| Valero Texas Open | C Bezuidenhout | 67,735 |
| 88th Masters Tournament | Rory McIlroy | 175,500 |
| RBC Heritage | Patrick Cantlay | 1,160,000 |
| Zurich Classic | Nick Taylor | 122,375 |
| THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | Stephan Jaeger | 112,100 |
| Myrtle Beach Classic | Daniel Berger | 20,350 |
| Wells Fargo Championship | Sahith Theegala | 47,000 |
| 106th PGA Championship | Brooks Koepka | 113,962 |
| Charles Schwab Challenge | Taylor Moore | 0 |
| RBC Canadian Open | Mackenzie Hughes | 295,316 |
| 49th Memorial Tournament | Ben An | 200,200 |
| 124th United States Open | Xander Schauffele | 639,289 |
| Travelers Championship | Brian Harman | 520,000 |
| Rocket Mortgage Classic | Akshay Bhatia | 616,400 |
| John Deere Classic | Denny McCarthy | 252,400 |
| Genesis Scottish Open | Ludvig Aberg | 330,750 |
| Total Winnings: | 10,480,987 |
His game has more fun stuff to it. Reach out @A340Spotter on Twitter or A340Spotter@frontier.com for more details and to join.
Recapping Last Week – Genesis Scottish Open
Another bad beat. Aberg was cruising along until the SUNDAY SCARIES knocked him back, again, this time to T4.
Guess I should have used MacIntyre!
Sad!
I have cashed $200k or more over the last *SEVEN WEEKS and have gone nowhere.
| RBC Canadian Open | Mackenzie Hughes | 295,316 |
| 49th Memorial Tournament | Ben An | 200,200 |
| 124th United States Open | Xander Schauffele | 639,289 |
| Travelers Championship | Brian Harman | 520,000 |
| Rocket Mortgage Classic | Akshay Bhatia | 616,400 |
| John Deere Classic | Denny McCarthy | 252,400 |
| Genesis Scottish Open | Ludvig Aberg | 330,750 |
What a format!
Last Week – The Open Championship
The weather, the links, the wind, the bad breaks, the pot bunkers, the draw, the haggis, what a show!
I have it down to Bryson DeChambeau, Tommy Fleetwood, and Tyrrell Hatton. I can make the case for all easily so this will come down to preference.
MY CHOICE: Tommy Fleetwood – MC
The pain. The suffering. The shouts of “C’mon Tommy lad”. I’m here for it.
Oh, and he’s on the wrong side of the draw as of this writing.
CAUTION IS THROWN TO THE WIND.
And the wind blew Tommy and my pick away.
Others to Consider (from who I have available):
Rose? After Rob Bolton telling me a top 5 here would not surprise him in the least bit… Nah
Horschel? Never fires in the majors. T2.
Rahm? Nah. Why do that! T7.
Lowry? Because I’m an absolute moron? T7.
Sungjae Im? Only his 403840834803rd top 12 finish in the last 3 months.
Adam Scott? Another oldie but goodie!
Thankfully I played Schauffele at the U.S. Open, the only major of the season’s final three HE DIDN’T WIN.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???
This Week – 3M Open
Emiliano Grillo: Only Finau has more cache here. Vamos!
Others to consider:
Cam Davis, Taylor Pendrith, Luke Clanton (!), Tom Hoge, Mac Meissner.
Good luck and watch out for the mosquitos, the official state bird of Minnesota!
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