3M CHAMPIONSHIP PGA CHAMPIONS TOUR EVENT

When: Practice rounds and pro-ams Monday-Thursday; 54-hole tournament Friday-Sunday

Where: TPC Twin Cities in Blaine (11444 Tournament Players Parkway)

Tickets: General admission to the TPC grounds is free for the second year in a row. Parking and shuttle service to the course is also free, as is admittance to the expo tent (Thursday-Sunday) behind the 18th green.

Purse: $1.75 million; $262,500 to the winner

TV: The Golf Channel (Friday-Sunday)

Tournament record: 193 (23 under par) by R.W. Eaks in 2008

Tournament course record: 62 (10 under) by Dana Quigley (2008)

Last year: Bernhard Langer chipped in for eagle from about 20 feet on the 54th hole to cap a final-round 65 and 200 (16 under par) for the tournament, nipping Andy Bean by a stroke. Scott Hoch closed with a 66 on Sunday and finished two shots back. Tom Kite (203) and Nick Price and Steve Thomas (204) rounded out the top five.

The Greats: Arnold Palmer again leads the tournament within the tournament on Saturday and Sunday, the Greats of Golf Challenge. Chi Chi Rodriguez and Lee Trevino are among the other Greats scheduled to play.

BRIAN STENSAAS