Golf
August 17, 2018

Minnesota Scene: Olivia Herrick leads Women's State Open by shot

Minnesota was 11-5-3 last season, when it finished second in the Big Ten (7-3-1) in the regular season.
Golf
August 15, 2018
Ben Greve is married for women's basketball star Lindsay Whalen.

Crazy golf: Ben Greve eliminated in a 24-man playoff at U.S. Amateur

Lindsay Whalen wasn't the only one in her family in a sports drama right now. Her husband had a spot in a wild golf playoff on Wednesday.
Golf
August 13, 2018

Minnesotan close to lead at U.S. Amateur

Ben Sigel of Deephaven shot a 1-under 71 at Pebble Beach in California and was four strokes off the lead of the U.S. Amateur.
Golf
August 11, 2018

Day 3 at Bellerive

Notes, quotes and anecdotes from a busy Saturday at the PGA Championship.
Golf
August 11, 2018

PGA Championship final round tee times

The final round of the season's final major gets underway at 7:29 a.m.
Golf
August 11, 2018

Day 2 at Bellerive

Notes and quotes from a rain-shortened day at the PGA Championship
Golf
August 10, 2018

PGA Championship Round 2 tee times

The first group tees off at 6:50 a.m.
Golf
August 10, 2018

Day 1 at Bellerive

Notes, quotes and anecdotes from Thursday at the PGA Championship
Golf
August 9, 2018
What will bring fans who flocked to the Ryder Cup to next year's 3M Open?

Reusse: State needs new generation of fans for 3M Open to thrive

The Ryder Cup was a happening for people who went to Hazeltine to consume beer, holler patriotic nonsense and tell friends they were there. Next year's 3M Open should have something unique to get that hard-partying crowd to show up.
Golf
August 8, 2018

PGA Championship Round 1 & 2 tee times

The first group tees off at 6:50 a.m. on Thursday.
Golf
August 7, 2018
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Tom Lehman reacted to a missed putt on No. 18 at the 3M Championship on Friday. Lehman will help r

Bulldozers ready: TPC Twin Cities starts prep for PGA Tour event

Work has already started to transform the course from a birdie bonanza into a layout that will challenge golf's best when the PGA Tour takes over next summer.
Golf
August 6, 2018
Tom Lehman follows through on a drive from the tee box. ] ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The final day of the 3M Championship took

Souhan: Tom Lehman's next role is making Blaine course worthy of PGA

Tom Lehman will spend the next year overseeing an effort to turn TPC-Twin Cities from a course that produced low scores on the Champions Tour into one that needs to challenge golf's best players.
Golf
August 6, 2018

3M Championship leaderboard

Final results from the TPC-Twin Cities.
Golf
August 6, 2018
Kenny Perry follows through on a drive from the tee box. ] ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The final day of the 3M Championship took pla

Perry settles down to win 3M Championship for third time

After shooting 21 under par at TPC Twin Cities, Kenny Perry said he would return next year for the Blaine course's first PGA Tour event.
Golf
August 6, 2018
Kenny Perry hits a ball out of a bunker in the final round of the 3M Championship. ] ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The final day of th

3M Championship Day 3 recap

A quick look at the final day of the final 3M Championship.
Golf
August 5, 2018

Kenny Perry wins third 3M Championship

Kenny Perry won the 26th and final 3M Championship in Blaine with a 21-under-par score Sunday.
Golf
August 4, 2018
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus winked at a fan after signing an autograph at the 3M Championship at the TPC in Blaine, Minn.

3M Championship: Day 2 recap

Golf
August 4, 2018
Kenny Perry teed off on the 18th hole.

3M Championship tee times for Sunday

Groupings for Sunday's final round.
Golf
August 4, 2018
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus winked at a fan after signing an autograph at the 3M Championship at the TPC in Blaine, Minn.

'Not washed up': Perry's 60 gives him 5-shot edge ahead of 3M finale

The only back-to-back winner in 3M Championship history has a third trophy well within reach after a tournament-record-tying 12-under 60 in Round 2 on Saturday at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine. Perry holed a pair of eagles.
Golf
August 4, 2018
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus winked at a fan after signing an autograph at the 3M Championship at the TPC in Blaine, Minn.

Nicklaus expects 'darn good field' for inaugural 3M Open next summer

Asked Saturday about the 3M Open coming to the Twin Cities next July 4th, Nicklaus didn't hesitate to offer his thoughts.
Golf
August 3, 2018

3M Championship begins at TPC-Twin Cities

Today was the opening round of the 3M Championship at the TPC in Blaine.
Golf
August 3, 2018

Reusse: TPC Twin Cities set to transition into more challenging PGA Tour venue

The TPC Twin Cities in 2019 isn't going to be Carnoustie with the wind blowing, and it's also not going to be the gentle walk in the pasture
Golf
August 3, 2018
Jerry Smith leads a crowded, shifting leaderboard at 3M Championship

Jerry Smith leads a crowded, shifting leaderboard at 3M Championship

At 8 under, he leads by two strokes, but a dozen players are lurking nearby.
Golf
August 3, 2018
TPC Twin Cities in Blaine is ending an 18-year run as host of the 3M Championship. "We hate to see it go," said 2004 tournament winner Tom Kite.

3M Championship tees off for the 26th and final time

The senior golf event bids farewell this weekend after 26 years; the start was delayed by the morning storms that moved through the metro area.
Golf
August 3, 2018
Golf legend Chi Chi Rodriquez joked with the gallery at the 3M Championship in 2012.

Five memorable moments from the 3M Championship

With the 26th and final 3M Championship set to begin, here's five stories that stand out:
Golf
August 3, 2018
Defending champion Paul Goydos shot 20 under in last year's 3M Championship, including a tournament-record 60 in the second round.

Goydos returns to defend his 2017 3M victory

Goydos shot 20 under in last year's 3M Championship, including a tournament-record 60 in the second round.
Golf
August 2, 2018

Friday's 3M Championship tee times

Three former 3M champions are paired at noon: Kenny Perry, Jay Haas and Paul Goydos.
Golf
August 2, 2018
Robert Gamez gave golfing tips to amateurs he was golfing with on the 16th green during the 3M Championship Pro-Am tournament, Wednesday, August 1, 20

After early PGA success, Robert Gamez tries career reboot on Champions Tour

Robert Gamez shined as a PGA Tour rookie; now he hopes to duplicate those results on the 50-and-up circuit.
Golf
August 1, 2018
Tim Petrovic tipped a golf ball to the amateurs he was golfing with at the 3M Championship Pro-Am tournament, Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at the Tournam

As they age, Champions Tour golfers try not to unravel during travel

Golf can be the easy part for PGA Tour Champions' frequent flyers.
Golf
August 1, 2018
August 21, 1994 Burnet Senior Classic final round. The Crowds watch as Dave Stockton hits a shot through the trees and on the 14th green. Dave Stockto

Dave Stockton Jr. makes Champions Tour debut at 3M

His father, Dave Stockton, won the 3M in 1994 (although that tournament was held at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids) and the pair have been coming here since.
Golf
July 31, 2018
Bruce Lietzke putts on the 17th green on his way to victory in the 3M Championship at TCP Twin Cities in Blaine Sunday afternoon.

Friends on Champions Tour remember Lietzke

Stories are ample of Bruce Lietzke's aversion to putting in much time on the craft away from the course, yet he won 13 times on the PGA Tour
Golf
July 29, 2018
Paul Goydos showed off his spoils after winning the 3M Championship last summer.

This week's 3M Championship: What you must know

This is the 26th and final edition of the tournament, which began as the Burnet Senior Classic and was played at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids until 2001.
Golf
July 26, 2018
Taylor Ledwein, of New Prague,in 2016.

New Prague's Taylor Ledwein gets going, wins women's state am

Taylor Ledwein, the two-time Class 3A girls' golf state champion at New Prague, used a run of birdies on the back nine to beat Natalie Roth, Sophia Yoemans and Grace Kellar by four
Minneapolis
July 26, 2018
The Minneapolis City Council will decide the fate of the Hiawatha Golf Club tonite.]Richard Tsong-Taatariiïrtsong-taatarii@startribune.com

Minneapolis Park Board votes to reduce pumping at Hiawatha Golf Course

Reduced water pumping could shrink 18-hole Hiawatha golf course to 9 holes.
Golf
July 25, 2018

Roth ties course record with 68, takes second-round lead in Women's State Am

Natalie Roth of Moorhead Country Club tied a course record by shooting 6-under-par 68 at White Bear Yacht Club.
Golf
July 24, 2018
Students on the practice putting green at Hiawatha Golf Course in Minneapolis. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Future of Hiawatha Golf Course likely not as an 18-hole course

Minneapolis Park Board to weigh continuing pumping, other options.
Golf
July 23, 2018
Troy Merritt tees off on the third hole during the third round of the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship golf tournament at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nic

Spring Lake Park grad Troy Merritt claims second PGA Tour victory

The Spring Lake Park graduate shot a tournament-record 23 under, yet won by only one stroke.
Golf
July 23, 2018
Ben Greve is married for women's basketball star Lindsay Whalen.

Greve qualifies for U.S. Amateur

Ben Greve followed a morning round of 6-under-par 66 with a 2-over 74 in the afternoon, capturing medalist honors Monday at a sectional qualifier at Olympic Hills Golf Club and earning a berth in the U.S. Amateur next month at Pebble Beach.
Golf
July 23, 2018
Former Gophers golfer Erik Van Rooyen of South Africa played out of a bunker on the ninth hole during the final round of the British Open in Carnousti

Former Gophers golfer finishes British Open at 2 under par

It was a Sunday struggle for Erik van Rooyen, but he birdied the final hole of his major debut.
Golf
July 23, 2018

McCain wins Minnesota State Open by three strokes

McCain shot 1-under-par 71 Sunday to finish with a three-round score of 9-under 207, three shots ahead of Ross Miller.

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