Golf
July 25, 2020

3M Open Round 2 recap

Notes quotes and anecdotes from Friday in Blaine.
Golf
July 25, 2020
Bo Van Pelt, in 2013

Van Pelt delighted to be back in PGA Tour action at 3M Open

Bo Van Pelt didn't play for nearly four years because of surgeries that repaired a torn labrum and later cleaned out bone spurs. On Friday, his round puts him into contention at the 3M Open entering the weekend.
Golf
July 24, 2020

3M Open Round 3 tee times

Players will go off in threesomes, using split tees, beginning at 9:59 a.m.
Golf
July 24, 2020
Tony Finau tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the 3M Open golf tournament in Blaine, Minn., Thursday, July 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy

Souhan: Finau's polished swing has come a long way from the garage

Learning the game of golf in a garage produced Tony Finau's remarkably compact yet powerful swing. It was on point Thursday, leading him to a 6-under 65.
Golf
July 24, 2020
Dustin Johnson tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the 3M Open golf tournament in Blaine, Minn., Thursday, July 23, 2020.

Werenski goes from 'Big Break' winner to 3M Open leader

Birdies were easy to come by in the first round of the 3M Open, led by Richy Werenski's 8-under 63. He's the Round 1 leader by a stroke.
Golf
July 24, 2020
Dustin Johnson tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the 3M Open

Johnson exits 3M Open with quadruple-bogey 9 on his sccorecard

His 7-over-par score included what he called a "tap-in" 9, and it followed consecutive 80s he shot last week at the Memorial Tournament, where he missed the cut.
Golf
July 23, 2020

3M Open: Day 1 recap

Notes, quotes and anecdotes from Thursday's action at TPC Twin Cities
Golf
July 23, 2020

3M Open Round 2 tee times

Friday action gets underway at 6:50 a.m. in Blaine.
Golf
July 23, 2020
TPC Twin Cities is closed to the public but open for viewing.

Virtually there: How to follow the 3M Open even though you can't go

The tournament isn't open to spectators because of the pandemic, but here's how you can follow the action with everything from tee times to scores to live video and highlights.
Golf
July 23, 2020
Brooks Koepka

Big hitters Koepka, Finau, Bubba, DJ will attack 3M Open course

Bulked-up PGA Tour sensation Bryson DeChambeau isn't at the 3M Open that begins Thursday, but Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson will play on a TPC Twin Cities susceptible to big hitters.
Golf
July 23, 2020
Matthew Wolff

Defending 3M Open champ Wolff finds out he's in the front row

Defending 3M Open champion Matthew Wolff had trouble finding his parking spot when he first arrived back at TPC Twin Cities.
Golf
July 22, 2020
Tommy Fleetwood

After long layoff, Fleetwood returns to play at the 3M Open

Tommy Fleetwood, No. 12 in the world, has not played in a tournament since professional sports shut down in mid-March. He makes his return to the PGA Tour this week in Blaine.
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.

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