The 3M Open begins Thursday to close out the month of July, and the penultimate PGA Tournament is one of the last two events for which players can earn qualifying points into the 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs. The sixth edition at TPC Twin Cities drew top-45 players Sahith Theegala, 2022 champion Tony Finau, Keegan Bradley, Akshay Bhatia, Sam Burns, Cam Davis, Nick Dunlap and recent Open Championship runner-ups Justin Rose and Billy Horschel, who both move up from outside the top-60 in the world rankings to top-35 with Horschel also top 30 in the FedExCup standings.

Many players are trying to move up in the FedExCup standings hoping to get a shot at the FedExCup Playoffs starting Aug. 15 for the St. Jude Championship in Memphis.

That includes last year’s 3M Open champion Lee Hodges, who sits at No. 72 in the FedExCup standings and just outside the top 70 players who qualify for the playoffs. Other players in the 3M field who are on the bubble between No. 65-82 include: Emiliano Grillo, Davis Riley, Luke List, Lucas Glover, Andrew Putnam, Adam Schenk, Keith Mitchell, Kurt Kitayama, Adam Svensson, Ben Kohles, Charley Hoffman, Harry Hall and Nick Dunlap.

FedEx Cup Playoffs Overview and Eligibility

The TPC Twin Cities is a par 71 that plays to 7,431 yards with water in play on 15 holes. The winner earns 500 FedExCup points plus $1.5 million of the $8.3 million purse.

Five years ago, PGA Tour rookies Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and 20-year-old Matthew Wolff all played in the 3M Open, along with Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman and Bryson DeChambeau. Wolff was invited on a sponsors exemption, and he drilled a dramatic 26-foot eagle putt on the 72nd hole and won as a big 125/1 longshot to take the title by 1-stroke over Morikawa and young Bryson DeChambeau.

The following year, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Keopka and Tommy Fleetwood made their way to the Twin Cities to play in the 3M Open, and another triple-digit longshot won with Michael Thompson posting a 19-under par winning score of 265.

Last year Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyma, Tony Finau, Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Ludvig Aberg, Sahith Theegala and Sepp Straka all took their swings in the 3M Open, and longshot Lee Hodges pulled away with a 7-shot win and record 24-under par, 260 total.

Now today’s future stars make their 3M debut with Luke Clanton, Nick Dunlap, Neal Shipley, Michael Thorbjornsen and local Minnesota Golden Gophers golfer Ben Warian teeing it up in the 156-player field. Also, former University of Minnesota golfer Erik van Rooyen is in the field and he finished T6 in last months Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. Rooyen will represent South Africa at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris with the golf competition Aug. 1-4.

Nick Dunlap just won last week’s Barracuda Championship in Tahoe to become the 1st player ever to win on the PGA Tour as an amateur and a pro in the same season.

Odds to Win 3M Open

Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from FanDuel Sportsbook refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting. Posted as available Monday.

• +1000: Tony Finau
• +1800: Sam Burns
• +2200: Sahith Theegala
• +2500: Akshay Bhatia
• +2800: Luke Clanton
• +3000: Keith Mitchell, Keegan Bradley
• +3300: Tom Hoge
• +3500: Billy Horschel, Taylor Pendrith, JT Poston
• +4000: Erik van Rooyen, Maverick McNealy, Cam Davis
• +4500: Patrick Rodgers, Nick Dunlap
• +5000: Adam Hadwin, Michael Thorbjornsen
• +5500: Emiliano Grillo, Kurt Kitayama, Sam Stevens
• +5500: Justin Rose, Ben Griffin
• +6000: Mac Meissner, Harry Hall, Chan Kim
• +6000: Mackenzie Hughes, Jhonattan Vegas
• +6500: Rico Hoey, Ben James
• +7000: Matt Wallace
• +7500: Beau Hossler, Max Greyserman
• +8000: Lee Hodges, Adam Svensson, Neal Shipley, Jake Knapp
• +8000: Patrick Fishburn, Doug Ghim, Andrew Novak, Seamus Power
• +8500: Thriston Lawrence, Austin Eckroat
• +9000: Ben Silverman, Ryo Hisatsune, Taylor Moore
• +10000: Pierceson Coody, Michael Kim, Kevin Yu

Additional prop bets will be offered including top finishing position bets with FanDuel providing more ways to win and updating Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s opening round.

Notable Tournament Matchups And Odds

Tournament match-ups vary from leading online sportsbooks, and are posted here along with any suggested bets, predictions and picks starting Tuesday as available. That includes round-by-round matchups, odds and bets, which went 2-o in Round 4 of the Open Championship.

3M Open Golf Picks

Golf odds plus leading golf analysts and contributors picks to win and top finishing position include: (As available by Wednesday)

• Golf Digest:
• SportingLife:
• GolfBet:
• Bamford Golf: Burns, van Rooyen, Hadwin and longshot Kizzire
• FanDuel:

The oversized greens put little emphasis on strokes gained Around the Green play, and in fact poor putters like Cameron Champ (2021) have won here at triple-digit odds as well. Wide fairways and stats of significance again favor Approach play with Ball Striking and Off-the-Tee stats driving Opportunities Gained (> volume of birdie oppty) as players attack the pins and more drivable Par 4’s with golfers navigating the water hazards.

How To Watch The 3M Open

The 3M Open will be shown all four days on the Golf Channel, and Saturday and Sunday on CBS from 3-6pm ET.

Check out the featured holes at No. 2, 7, 17 and 18 as players fire for more birdies and greens. PGA Tour Live and ESPN+ will provide added coverage on the Par 3 holes at 4, 8, 13 and 17 with tee times of featured groups to follow as posted by the PGA Tour by Wednesday.

Featured Groups and ESPN+ Bonus Coverage (All Times ET)

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