3M Open at TPC

3M Open Links PGA Tour

For almost 20 years, TPC Twin Cities in Blaine hosted the 3M Championship, a PGA Tour Champions senior event. But a new chapter of golf in Minnesota began in 2019 with the inaugural 3M Open.

What started as the Burnet Senior Classic in 1993, played at Bunker Hills Golf Course in Coon Rapids, transformed a bit in 2001. 3M took over as the title sponsor and the tournament moved to TPC Twin Cities, where it remained the preeminent Minnesota golf event for almost two decades.

The 2018 3M Championship was the final Champions Tour event and its replacement was announced that same year.

An official PGA Tour stop and part of the FedExCup series, the 3M Open got the ball rolling in July 2019 at TPC Twin Cities.

The private golf club first opened in 2000, when Arnold

Palmer Design consulted with golf legend and Minnesota native Tom Lehman to convert a former sod farm into a premier golf course. The grounds were long considered one of the top designs on the PGA Tour Champions circuit. To challenge golfers at the PGA Tour level, the layout received some significant upgrades and reconfigurations.

Now a par 71 that plays up to 7,468 yards, the course is longer and narrower, with 27 water hazards and 74 bunkers.

The event marked the PGA Tour’s first regular stop in the state in half a century. The tour stopped in Minnesota 34 times between 1930-1969.

Each year a field of 156 golfers compete in the 3M Open. The tournament has been headlined by such notable names as Masters champions Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, and Dustin Johnson, and top-ranked players Brooks Koepka, Jason

Day, Tony Finau, Matthew Wolff, and Bryson DeChambeau.

With an annual impact of $50 million, the tournament is a major driver of economic activity in the region.