Golf
July 22, 2020
Dustin Johnson tees off on the 18th hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship

DJ confident for 3M Open debut despite missing cut last weekend

Dustin Johnson, who shot +16 over two rounds last week in Ohio, understands how fickle the game of golf is. At his best, Johnson, 36, has been good enough to win once every year since his rookie season in 2008.
Golf
July 21, 2020

3M Open Rounds 1-2 tee times

The action gets underway at 6:50 a.m. on Thursday
Golf
July 21, 2020
Big Ten co-champion Angus Flanagan of the Gophers received a sponsor’s exemption to the PGA Tour’s 3M Open after a strong victory in the Minnesota

Gophers golfer Flanagan will bring more than power to 3M Open

Angus Flanagan earned a chance to wield his power and finesse weapons at this week's PGA Tour stop in Blaine.
Golf
July 20, 2020

Busy summer for Berry is casualty of pandemic

Edinburgh USA pro Don Berry had hoped to play in several major tournaments this summer, but that was before the coronavirus pandemic changed everything.
Golf
July 20, 2020

3M Open: What you need to know

The 156-player field features six players in the top 30 in the world: Dustin Johnson (4), Brooks Koepka (6), Tommy Fleetwood (12), Tony Finau (19), Paul Casey (25) and Bernd Wiesberger (29).
Golf
July 19, 2020
Erik van Rooyen of South Africa studies his putt on the 7th green during the third round for the WGC-Mexico Championship golf tournament, at the Chapu

Past, present converge on ex-Gopher van Rooyen at 3M Open

Former Gophers golfer Erik van Rooyen, who came to Minnesota 11 years ago from South Africa, received a sponsor exemption into the second-year event.
Golf
July 19, 2020
Lucas Glover hit onto the green at the18th hole during the final day of last year's 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.

At 3M Open, pro golf's soundtrack is muted made-for-TV event

The 3M Open returns to Blaine this week — but to satisfy health officials and PGA Tour executives, there will be no fans and no corporate tents among the 250 socially-distant acres at TPC Twin Cities.
Golf
July 19, 2020

2020 3M Open at a glance

Matthew Wolff, a 20-year-old sponsor exemption making his fourth PGA Tour start and third as a professional, sank a 26-foot eagle putt on the 72nd hole to outlast Bryson DeChambeau and fellow phenom Collin Morikawa by a stroke in last year's tournament.
Golf
July 18, 2020

Preview of the 2020 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities

This week's 3M Open in Blaine is The seventh event on the PGA Tour since competition resumed in mid-June following a three-month shutdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Golf
July 18, 2020
Dustin Johnson hits toward the ninth green during the second round of the Memorial golf tournament

Long hitters highlight next week's 3M Open field in Blaine

No. 4 Dustin Johnson and No. 12 Tommy Fleetwood will make their Minnesota debuts at TPC Twin Cities.
Golf
July 17, 2020

Complete 3M Open field

Here's a look at the players headed to Blaine.
Golf
July 15, 2020
Frankie Capan

Capan squanders lead, rallies to win Minnesota State Amateur

Frankie Capan, the former Alabama golfer now at Florida Gulf Coast University, set a tournament scoring record relative to par with a 12-under score of 204 after he shot 66-67-71 over three days.
Golf
July 15, 2020
Bubba Watson, Tony Finau commit to play in 3M Open

Bubba Watson, Tony Finau commit to play in 3M Open

The second annual 3M Open kicks off next week in Blaine.
Golf
July 14, 2020

Lehman, van Rooyen get exemptions into 3M Open field

Three former or current Gophers golfers give this year's six sponsor exemptions Minnesota connections for next week's 3M Open in Blaine.
Golf
July 13, 2020

Capan, Sigel, Schmitz lead MGA Amateur

The tournament continues Tuesday and concludes Wednesday.
Local
July 13, 2020
Artist-golfer Bud Chapman posed in front of paintings of his fantasy golf course in 1978.

'18 Infamous Golf Holes' painter Bud Chapman dies at 97

Golf
July 12, 2020

Kucera begins defense of State Amateur title

Defending champion Clay Kucera of Chaska Town Course is one of 156 golfers in the Minnesota State Amateur, a three-day tournament that starts Monday at Edina Country Club.
Golf
July 12, 2020
June 27, 1989 Smiles for the birdie, Lee Lee Trevino posed with local golfer Bud Chapman at Rolling Green Country Club in Hamel, where as gave a 50-mi

Reusse: Bud Chapman was popular club golfer, artist and storyteller

Chapman was an artist and became famous in the golf world with drawings of fantasy holes located at some of this planet's greatest natural wonders.
Golf
July 10, 2020

Golf legend Bud Chapman dies at 97

He was a member of the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame and the artist of the "Infamous Golf Holes."
Golf
July 10, 2020
Gophers golfer Flanagan wins Minn. State Open, gets invite to 3M Open

Gophers golfer Flanagan wins Minn. State Open, gets invite to 3M Open

Two Eagles — one early, one late — enabled the golfer from England to rally for the championship with a record round. Afterward, he got a surprise.
Golf
July 8, 2020
The return of the Ryder Cup to Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska will also be delayed a year, to 2029.

Ryder Cup postponed; return to Hazeltine pushed to 2029

The coronavirus pandemic claims another sporting event, this one the marquee team golf event headed for Kohler, Wis.
Golf
July 8, 2020

Sorenson's second 67 gives him one-shot lead in Minnesota State Open

Jeff Sorenson of the Minikahda Club shot a second straight 5-under 67 on Wednesday to take a one-shot lead at the Minnesota State Open at Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo.
Local
July 8, 2020
In New Ulm at the August Schell Brewery, Ted Marti is the fifth generation brewer. He is standing next to one of the modern brewing vats.] rtsong-taat

Minn. breweries, golf courses, law firms get $1M-plus in loan help

The forgivable loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program can mean "the difference between a not-very-good year and a disastrous year," a brewery leader says.
Golf
July 7, 2020

Simley's Isabella McCauley wins second tournament in two weeks

Isabella McCauley shot a closing 3-under 69 to beat Kathryn VanArragon by two shots after the final round of the 45th Minnesota Girls' Junior PGA Championship at Rush Creek
Golf
July 3, 2020

Sarah Burnham wins Michigan PGA Women's Open by 10 shots

The former Wayzata golfer from Maple Grove had rounds of 65, 70 and 63 for an 18-under 198 total in Thompsonville, Mich.
Golf
July 1, 2020
Isabella Mccauley of Simley tees off last June in the MSHSL state golf tournament.

Isabella McCauley defeats younger sister for Junior State Championship

Isabella and Reese McCauley, who play golf at Simley High School, entered the final day tied atop the leaderboard after spending entire days together practicing.
Golf
June 29, 2020

Ex-South High golfer Bryn wins Twin Cities Golf Championship

After shooting a first-round 66 on Saturday at Theodore Wirth in north Minneapolis, Yarri Bryn wrapped up the victory at Hastings Golf Club.
Golf
June 29, 2020
October 8, 1961 Sports information director for the university, Otis J. Dypwick, keeps close tab on the play on the field in order to help furnish sta

Reusse: Otis Dypwick, golf author, to be part of 2020 Hall of Fame class

Best known for his role publicizing Gophers sports, he also produced instructional golf books.
Outdoors
June 26, 2020
Gail Buhl of The Raptor Center and Luke Herbert worked together June 16 to get two red-tailed hawk chicks back in trees at Island View Golf Course.

Birdie save: Golfers stop to rescue red-tailed hawk chick in Waconia

Luke Herbert and Noah Kandt were putting on the 12th green at Island View Golf Club when their round ended abruptly and their roles as bird rescuers commenced.
Golf
June 23, 2020
Brooks Koepka, left, and Dustin Johnson, shown during the 2017 Presidents Cup, will play in the 3M Open at Blaine next month.

Top golf stars officially commit to play 3M Open in Blaine next month

The tournament in Blaine on July 23-26, to be played without spectators, also has defending champion Matthew Wolff in the field.
Golf
June 20, 2020
Paul Martin's second hole-in-one in his life came not only on a 343-yard, par 4 on Sunday at CreeksBend golf course; that ace was longer than any ever

A 340-yard hole-in-one comes on 12 year anniversary of another ace

Vikings team operations manager Paul Martin drives a par four, finds his golf ball in the cup.
Golf
June 15, 2020

3M Open is on for next month, will be played without spectators

The PGA Tour will play next month in Minnesota, with major championship winners Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson expected, but without spectators admitted.
Golf
June 11, 2020
Martin Kaymer, of Germany, looks at his name on top of the leaderboard on the second hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament in

Follow the leaderboards on the pro golf tours

Here are the latest real-time scores and daily results from the major professional golf tours.
Golf
June 10, 2020
Jaycee Rhodes won the Senior Showcase with an even-par 72: "To have this opportunity was awesome," she said.

No cancellation this time: Eastview's Rhodes wins girls' golf Senior Showcase

Jaycee Rhodes missed the past two high school seasons because of a transfer and a virus.
Golf
June 10, 2020

Golf mailbag: How much have you missed watching pro golf?

The PGA Tour returns to action Thursday in Fort Worth, Tex., at the Charles Schwab Challenge. We wondered how much you missed watching the pros play.
Golf
June 10, 2020
John Henry and Butch Davis

Reusse: On Hiawatha's tees, black golfers group sees course of America changing

At Hiawatha Golf Club on Tuesday, there was a search for perspective on where we are, where we could be going, in a city and a state these older black men have made home.
Golf
June 10, 2020
High School golfers took to the driving range during the Minnesota PGA Senior Showcase boys' high school golf tournament held at Bunker Hills, Tuesday

With phones, without fans, boys' golfers play one last round

Gunnar Broin, who finished with a 5-under-par 67. was medalist in the Senior Showcase at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids.
Golf
June 7, 2020
Tom Hoge, seen here in 2015, shows some of the loneliness rarely seen on the PGA Tour that will be in place by mandate when the tour resumes play Thur

Teeing off a new normal: PGA Tour players will need patience

The return of PGA Tour play, which kicks off this week in Texas, will include required coronavirus testing but no galleries for now.
Golf
June 6, 2020

A look at the return of the PGA Tour

A closer look at this week's Charles Schwab Challenge, and what to expect on the course.
Golf
June 6, 2020

Upcoming tournaments on the PGA Tour schedule

The PGA Tour returns this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas. Here's a look at what's scheduled after that.

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