PGSF FedEx Cup Week 17 The 3M Open

[NoleinATL]

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  ROUND RECAPS
  Matthew Wolff wins 3M Open after a wild finish

The PGA TOUR returns to Minnesota next week for the second 3M Open – and just the second tournament during the Return to Golf that was in its original spot on the calendar this season.

Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, and last year’s winner Matthew Wolff highlight the field, while Tommy Fleetwood returns to action.

FIELD NOTES: Tommy Fleetwood makes his PGA TOUR return and 3M Open debut. The Ryder Cup star was in the field for THE PLAYERS Championship, but hasn’t played four rounds on TOUR since a third-place finish at The Honda Classic in March… Brooks Koepka will tee it up at the 3M Open alongside his brother, Chase. The elder Koepka has only one top-10 finish this season… Dustin Johnson makes his tournament debut… Tom Lehman, who helped work on the design of TPC Twin Cities, received a Sponsor Exemption… Erik Van Rooyen (who went to the University of Minnesota and won an award named after Lehman) and current University of Minnesota star Angus Flanagan are also among the sponsor invites.

FEDEXCUP: Winner gets 500 FedExCup points.

COURSE: TPC Twin Cities, 7,114 yards, par 72. A longtime stop on PGA TOUR Champions, TPC Twin Cities opened in 2000 and began hosting the 3M Championship on the over-50 circuit the following season. The Arnold Palmer design used Tom Lehman, a Minnesota native, as a consultant.

STORYLINES: A year ago Matthew Wolff became just the third golfer in history to win an NCAA individual national championship and a PGA TOUR title in the same year – Ben Crenshaw and Tiger Woods are the others… Wolff returns to defend his title in Minnesota, which came in just his third TOUR start as a pro. His runner-up result at the Rocket Mortgage Classic a few weeks ago was his season-best so far… Six other golfers, besides Wolff, who finished in the top-10 at last year’s 3M Open (Lucas Glover, Troy Meritt, Carlos Ortiz, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, and Brian Harman) look to build off their 2019 success… The 2019 3M Open marked the return of the PGA TOUR to Minnesota after a 50-year absence.


72-HOLE RECORD: 263, Matthew Wolff (2019)

18-HOLE RECORD: 62, Scott Piercy (first round, 2019), Bryson DeChambeau (second round, 2019), Matthew Wolff (third round, 2019), Lucas Glover (fourth round, 2019)

LAST TIME: Matthew Wolff got his professional career started with a bang as the 20-year-old notched his first TOUR victory less than a month after making his pro debut at the Travelers Championship. Wolff topped Bryson DeChambeau and fellow collegiate star Collin Morikawa by one shot after a Sunday 65 left him at 21-under for the week. Adam Hadwin finished fourth alone while Carlos Ortiz and Wyndham Clark rounded out the top five. With the win Wolff became the first player since 2016 to win have receiving a Sponsor Exemption.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Television: Thursday-Friday, 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS).

PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 7:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes).

Radio: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).


Congratulations to last weeks winner @seminoleed

@VaporNole maintains overall season lead

Good luck to everyone this week

 

[fsukenny]

This week's curse goes to: Finau, Wolfe, Brooks, Fritelli; Bombs away ! Can DJ improve on that fine 160 two round showing at Memorial ? Probably since I'm not picking him. He'll shoot 260. You watch.

 

[NoleLizards]

Going to hope DJ's off the sauce this week:

English
Finau
B. Koepka
Johnson

 

[fsukenny]

Going to hope DJ's off the sauce this week:

Finau
B. Koepka
Johnson
Noren

I like the Noren pick. I had Frittelli, Noren and Norlander on the short list.

 

[Nolerball]

I like the Noren pick. I had Frittelli, Noren and Norlander on the short list.

Shhh...don't give away the house on Norlander...

 

[seminoleed]

Shhh...don't give away the house on Norlander...

Relax, Noler, he's not on my list....yet.

 

[NoleLizards]

I like the Noren pick. I had Frittelli, Noren and Norlander on the short list.

He (Noren) is at 100/1 to win the tournament...Why not?

 

[seminoleed]

Boy, this tournament is full of bottom feeders, isn't it?

Paul Casey
Tony Finau
Luke List
Xinjun Zhang (no particular reason, just would like to see him in contention and listen to the announcers butcher his name.)

 

[Bobcat07]

Tony Finau
Matthew Wolff
Sam Burns
Patrick Rodgers

 

[Tom81]

Wolf
B Koepka
Seiffert
Fleetwood

 

[Nolerball]

Matthew Wolff
Tony Finau
Dustin Johnson
Erik van Rooyen

(following in Ed's footsteps on this last one, though only in the shallow end... ).

 

[Bill From Tampa]

Tony Finau
Lucas Glover
Dustin Johnson
Matthew Wolfe

 

[NoleinATL]

 

[SeaPA]

Fleetwood, Finau, Weisberger, Hoffman

 

[NoleLizards]

Fleetwood, Finau, Weisberger, Hoffman

Sounds like an accounting firm!

 

[NoleLizards]

@NoleinATL Please replace Noren with Harris English. Thank you so much, sir. (I edited my original selections.)

 

[SeaPA]

Sounds like an accounting firm!

If I keep picking them, they will certainly be looking for a new way to make a living.

 

[FSUdawg]

Tony Finau
Henrik Norlander
Paul Casey
Wyndham Clark

 

[NoleinATL]

 

[NoleinATL]

D Johnson
S Burns
T Fianu
M Wolff

 

[fsu67810]

Paul Casey
Harris English
Tony Finau
Russell Henley

 

[NoleinATL]

Dang it. I said all week I wasnt taking DJ and read one article that convinces me no way he plays that poorly again. Well he is not +8 yet but +6 thru 9. Son of a gun

 

[Nolerball]

Dang it. I said all week I wasnt taking DJ and read one article that convinces me no way he plays that poorly again. Well he is not +8 yet but +6 thru 9. Son of a gun

Yeah, can we just trade him in for a used Scotty Cameron putter and a bent-lob wedge? Good gracious...what has happened to this man's game???

 

[Nolerball]

Boy, this tournament is full of bottom feeders, isn't it?

Paul Casey
Tony Finau
Luke List
Xinjun Zhang (no particular reason, just would like to see him in contention and listen to the announcers butcher his name.)

Ed - you are apparently getting your wish...Zhang is playing well - a-heck-uva-lot better than some U.S. golfers (cough-DJ-cough) and I use that term lightly...

 

[Nolerball]

Dang it. I said all week I wasnt taking DJ and read one article that convinces me no way he plays that poorly again. Well he is not +8 yet but +6 thru 9. Son of a gun

yeah, he went all 'Tin Cup' on #18...almost Bryson like (except in the drink)...strokes recorded? 9 - Nine - number 9...makes me think of the Beatles...

 

[NoleinATL]

+7 now. We might get triple 8’s Come on DJ

 

[Nolerball]

+7 now. We might get triple 8’s Come on DJ

Wow, some slow erosion on the course...just saw the change to +7. And I thought it was just polar ice caps that were melting away...

 

[NoleinATL]

Only need to hold on for 4 more holes and DJ last 5 rounds 61-67(win) 80-80-80

lol

 

[Bill From Tampa]

He showed signs of this atrocious play in that made for TV even to begin the return of golf.

 

[NoleinATL]

Birdie the last to card a 78, good enough for DFL but not the 80

 

[Bill From Tampa]

Birdie the last to card a 78, good enough for DFL but not the 80

Well, really it is now that bad for DJ. He is only 113 spots out of first place.

 

[Bill From Tampa]

DJ is a WD. He stated a back injury was the reason.

Either he just did not want to have another round like the past three rounds and just wanted to get out of Dodge or he really does have an injury in which case the PGA really needs an injury list. We just cn't this kind of havoc with our picking of teams.

 

[NoleinATL]

 

[NoleinATL]

DJ is a WD. He stated a back injury was the reason.

Either he just did not want to have another round like the past three rounds and just wanted to get out of Dodge or he really does have an injury in which case the PGA really needs an injury list. We just cn't this kind of havoc with our picking of teams.

I am leaning towards some type of injury, that was 3 very bad rounds in a row and he looked out of sorts.

 

[Bill From Tampa]

I am leaning towards some type of injury, that was 3 very bad rounds in a row and he looked out of sorts.

Maybe he should just rub some dirt on it (he typed in his best Peyton Manning impersonation).

I lean towards an actual injury. I only mentioned the other possibility because it has been done according to some former pros I have known.

 

[Nolerball]

I am leaning towards some type of injury, that was 3 very bad rounds in a row and he looked out of sorts.

Now I feel bad for doggin' him if he's injured...

 

[fsukenny]

Now I feel bad for doggin' him if he's injured...

I call bs ! If he was out of sorts, he should have bailed before the tournament and given someone else a shot.

 

[NoleLizards]

I think I've broken DJ by picking him 2 weeks in a row. Nice jop by me of switching out Noren (-4 today), as well.

 

[NoleinATL]

I think I've broken DJ by picking him 2 weeks in a row. Nice jop by me of switching out Noren (-4 today), as well.

Those are the worst, as we all think of guys we should have picked or were on the list, but when you write and change--ouch ( not to rub it in Liz )

 

[fsukenny]

I think I've broken DJ by picking him 2 weeks in a row. Nice jop by me of switching out Noren (-4 today), as well.

He was pissed I didn’t pick him, so he bailed!