The PGA TOUR today announced the four featured groupings for Thursday-Friday at the 3M Open, which will be contested at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota.
The 3M Open marks the seventh tournament since the PGA TOUR season resumed in June between the COVID-19 pandemic and is one of only two events in the revamped program that has kept its original date (July 20-26). Five events and four weeks remain until the start of the FedExCup playoffs and the climax of the Top 10 of Wyndham Rewards, a bonus pool that rewards the Top 10 in the regular FedExCup season.
Complete groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the 3M Open will be officially published at approximately 5:00 pm on Tuesday 21 July.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Television: From Thursday to Friday, from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday 13: 00-15: 00 (Golf Channel), 15: 00-18: 00 (CBS).
PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 7:45 am – 6:30 pm (Groups in the foreground). Saturday-Sunday, from 8 to 15 (groups in the foreground), from 15 to 18 (holes in the foreground).
Radio: Thursday-Friday, 13: 00-18: 30 Saturday-Sunday 13: 00-18: 00 (Radio PGA TOUR on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).
Featured Groups (FedExCup Rankings)
Dustin Johnson (25), Tony Finau (32), Tommy Fleetwood (81)
• The N. World 4 Johnson, who clinched his 21st TOUR victory at the Traveler Championship in June, seeks to extend his qualifying streak for the 12-season TOUR championship
• Finau held the 18-hole lead and shared the 36-hole lead at Nationwide’s Memorial Tournament last week before finishing eighth, his fourth top-10 of the season
England Tommy Fleetwood will make his first TOUR tour in March, while attending the 3M Open for the first time
Matthew Wolff (45), Max Homa (66), Burning Grace (155)
• Wolff will defend a title on the PGA TOUR for the first time since his first win at the 2019 TOUR 3M Open where he emptied a 26-foot eagle putt on the 72nd hole for victory
• Homa had three top-10s in its five starts before the TOUR was suspended in March
• Grace, a three-time member of the international Presidents Cup team, will make her first start in the 3M Open
Brooks Koepka (154), Keith Mitchell (86), Charles Howell III (67)
• The number 6 in the world Koepka, who finished in the top 10 in the FedExCup ranking in the last three seasons, is 154th in the FedExCup ranking; Koepka will compete for the third consecutive week in view of the title defense in the next two TOUR events: World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and PGA Championship
• Mitchell finished T22 last week at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, his best finish in five starts since the resumption of the season
• Howell is one of nine players who has qualified for the FedExCup playoffs every season since its inception in 2007
Bubba Watson (58), Pat Perez (75), Paul Casey (107)
• 12-time PGA TOUR winner and two-time Masters champion Watson will make his first TPC Twin Cities debut
Perez is one of eight players with a current streak of nine or more tie rounds or higher
• Casey’s first missed cut of the season came in last week’s Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide
