Minnesota again welcomes the world's best women's golfers to compete here. There have been three different LPGA Tour stops in Minnesota in the past, and eight world-class events, dating to 1935.
Lexi Thompson is surging with a new putter grip heading into this week's KPMG Women's PGA Championship; Michelle Wie is struggling after missing two months with yet another injury.
Brooke Henderson's victory last week put her at nine for her career, and passed Sandra Post, Mike Weir and George Knudson, each of whom have eight PGA or LPGA victories.
Inbee Park, seven-time major champion and LPGA Tour Hall of Famer, was a winless teenager the last time the world sent its finest women's golfers to Minnesota.
Park, who was 19 when she won the 2008 U.S. Women's Open at Interlachen in Edina, has seven wins and 28 top-10 finishes in the five majors in women's golf. Here's a closer look:
Danielle Kang qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women's Open when she was 14, but has never been consumed by the game."I haven't watched Caddyshack," she admitted.
Max Tylke sored a two-stroke victory over Topher Baron and Eric Rislove to earn his first win at the MPGA Public Links Mid-Amateur Championship Sunday at Emerald Greens Golf Club in Hastings.
Justin Rose tied Tiger Woods' record 65 from 2000, but he only leads by one shot over four other players. Woods shot a 70 that was marred by one shot he called 'terrible.'
Tiger Woods' 15-stroke romp to victory in the 2000 U.S. Open came on a layout that 155 other players found to range from difficult to impossible. The 24-year-old Woods destroyed the oceanside course.
3M Open executive director Hollis Cavner arrived at Pebble Beach on Saturday and will leave Wednesday night. In between, he'll lean on players to come to Blaine next month. Tony Finau committed on Tuesday.
It's called Krooked Kreek, with two K's, and it's about an hour from the Twin Cities. "I like to call it a bar that has a golf course attached," the club pro said about the course where Charlie Danielson learned the game.
Bob "Sweet-Swingin' " Shelton, 86, has been part of a golf group at Hiawatha for decades, and hopes to keep his regular summer tee times instead of the property turning into a Minneapolis nature preserve.
The co-designer of the TPC Twin Cities course in Blaine will make his first non-major start on the PGA Tour since missing the 54-hole cut at the 2015 Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Lewis was 23 when she played professionally for the first time and led after three rounds of the 2008 U.S. Women's Open at Interlachen Country Club in Edina.