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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Former Gophers golfer Erik van Rooyen shot 1 under on the front nine Saturday at Carnoustie but made four bogeys over his final seven holes to fall back.
Keep up with former Gophers golfer Erik van Rooyen during Sunday's final round of the British Open at Carnoustie by following these links. He started on the course at 7:15 a.m.
Former Gophers golfer Erik van Rooyen is two shots out of the lead after a steady second round at Carnoustie. He made the last putt after being given no penalty for dropping his putter on his ball marker.