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.
