Day 1 at 3M Championship

Round recap

Kenny Perry rolled in six straight birdies to open his day, and Scott Verplank came within centimeters of matching that front-nine birdie streak Friday afternoon at TPC Twin Cities. That's Round 1 in a nutshell, under picturesque skies that saw 30 rounds in the 60s and 45 players break par. Perry, a two-time 3M winner, shares the lead at 7 under with Mike Goodes. For Perry, Friday was his sixth time in seven appearances in Blaine he opened with a round in the 60s. Goodes is playing in his 11th 3M and has finished in the top 10 three consecutive summers. Verplank is among four players a stroke back. There is a five-way tie for fifth.

• Schwab Cup money leader Bernhard Langer opened with a 3-under 69 and is tied for 24th.

• Steve Flesch, playing in the day's first group, shot a 5-under 67 and is tops among 3M rookies.

• This is the first time since 2012 there is not a solo leader after the first round of the 3M Championship.

• Tommy Armour III withdrew before the start of the first round and was replaced by Steve Pate, who shot 75. Russ Cochran withdrew after posting a 76.

209-yard par-3 13th: It's the lone place nearly everybody found fits Friday. The 13th yielded just seven birdies.

Up and down with Jeff Sluman, the 59-year-old who holds the 3M Championship record for most birdies in a row (seven) and front-nine score (28) that Perry narrowly missed Friday.

Q When a player gets on a birdie run like you did or Kenny did, how much does the mental side take over?

A You have to make a lot of birdies here or the field will lap you. You know that going in. But when you make three, four, five or whatever in a row? You'd like to say you can block it out, but I'm not going to lie and say it doesn't. Sure it does. It's human nature.

Q Oak Hill near your hometown in New York has announced you're going into its Hall of Fame. What does that honor mean to you?

A I'm getting my name on a tree — which is how they do it there, and coming from Rochester, New York, it's a huge honor for me. I'm very, very pleased. I still remember my dad taking me to the '68 U.S. Open, my first time there. [Lee] Trevino won, Jack [Nicklaus] finished second. We parked on the West Course and the fairways were better than the greens I played on. My dad said, 'Son, this is the major leagues.'