SHOUT OUT MINNESOTA - 2024 3M OPEN - FINAL 5:15PM

(2nd/-10) lost in a playoff two weeks ago at the ISCO Championship, his 2nd career runner-up on TOUR

 Fourth career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; 0-for-3 to date converting to victory (most recent: 2023 Rocket Mortgage  Classic/finished T14) 

 (MC/+7) misses the cut in his first career title defense on the PGA TOUR 

  (T42/-3) made the turn in the second round at 2-over for the tournament before carding a 5-under 30 on  the front nine (his second nine) to make the cut; Shipley, who made his first TOUR start as a professional at the Rocket  Mortgage Classic in June, has now made six cuts in seven starts this season (four in five as a professional), highlighted by  a T6 at the ISCO Championship (MC/John Deere Classic) 

A 5 under second round has him tied for 3rd with Jacob Bridgeman

(2nd/-7) records his best opening-round score since a 63 at the 2021 RSM Classic; enters the week 

No. 50 in the FedExCup standings as he seeks second trip to the TOUR Championship (14th/2020).

(T6/-5), the highest-ranked player in the field in the FedExCup standings (7) and Official World Golf 

Ranking (11), turns in a bogey-free 66; missed the cut in three prior starts at the 3M Open (2020, 2022, 2023)

Past champions in the field: Tony Finau (T14/-4), Cameron Champ (T46/-2), Lee Hodges (T121/+2)

Best finish in 22 prior tour starts: T14/2024 RBC Canadian 

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 Earns his first PGA TOUR title in his 65th career start at the age of 28 years, 1 month, 16 days 

 Collects 500 points and moves from No. 74 to No. 33 in the FedExCup standings 

 Moves from No. 110 to projected No. 54 in the Official World Golf Ranking, the highest position of his career 

 First wire-to-wire winner in tournament history and first on TOUR since J.T. Poston at the 2022 John Deere Classic 

 (T2/-17) records seventh runner-up on TOUR and his best result since winning the 2020 Shriners Children's  Open 

  (T2/-17) earns sixth runner-up and 52nd top-10 of his career; was seeking his third TOUR title and first  since the 2014 Travelers Championship 

  (T2/-17) earns his third career runner-up and first since 2022 Travelers Championship (went on to win the  following week at the 2022 John Deere Classic) 

 Defending champion Tony Finau finishes T7 at 15-under 269 in his bid to become the fourth player this season to  successfully defend a title on TOUR and first since Scottie Scheffler (WM Phoenix Open) 

 With a T7 finish, Aaron Baddeley earns a spot in next week’s field at the Wyndham Championship 

 After setting his career-best 127 through 36 holes on the strength of a 63-64 start, offset two bogeys with two birdies to  make the turn with an even-par 35; on the inward nine, added birdies at 10, 11, 13, 16 and 18 to sign for a 5-under 66 

 Enters the week at No. 74 in the FedExCup standings, 15 points behind No. 70 (K.H. Lee); top 70 after next week’s  Wyndham Championship advance to the Playoffs; projected to move to No. 33 with a win 

 Making his third start in the 3M Open (T28/2021, T11/2022), J.T. Poston (2 nd/-15) posted a 5-under 66 for the third  consecutive round; his only two bogeys through 54 holes came at Nos. 3 and 16 in round one; began this week after netting  T6 finishes in two of his last three starts at the John Deere Classic and the following week’s Genesis Scottish Open; finished  T41 at last week’s Open Championship 

 As the defending champion and highest ranked player in the FedExCup, Tony Finau is solo third at 14-under 199 in his bid to  become the fourth player this season to successfully defend a title on TOUR this season and first since Scottie Scheffler  (WM Phoenix Open) 

 With improved scores each round, Aaron Baddeley (4 th/-13) followed opening rounds of 69-66 with a 6-under 65 in round  three; best finish in three previous 3M Open starts was T23 in his first start of the 2019-20 season; began this week on the  heels of two missed cuts (Genesis Scottish Open, Barracuda Championship) 

 On the strength of six birdies and three pars on the front nine, Chinese Taipei native Kevin Yu (T11/-10) tied his lowest 9- hole score on the PGA TOUR with a 29 (R1/2023 Travelers Championship); becomes the sixth player to shoot 29 on the  front nine at TPC Twin Cities and first since Kevin Chappell (R2/2022) 

Hideki Matsuyama has his worst round of the tournament in Round 3. With a 73, it puts Hideki  at -7 and a long-shot to win the 2023 3M Open.

 127 marks his low 36-hole total on TOUR and sets the opening 36-hole scoring record at this event, bettering Bryson  DeChambeau’s 128 in 2019 

 One of two bogey free players through 36 holes (Lee Hodges) .

 Seeks second TOUR title after defeating Webb Simpson in a playoff to win the 2019 RSM Classic  

 (T3/-10) posts his sixth consecutive sub-par round at TPC Twin Cities and is now 6-under in six rounds on hole No. 18 at this event (68-65-69-70-64-68); qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in 15 consecutive seasons and currently  sits No. 120 in the FedExCup standings 

 (T3/-10) makes 12 birdies in 36 holes, with 10 of the 12 birdies coming on par-4 holes (par-3 8th/R1, par-5  12th/R1); making third start at this event (T28/2021, T11/2022) 

 50-year-old Stewart Cink (T33/-5) posts an 11-stroke improvement, following his first-round 74 with an 8-under 63, tied for  low round of the day with Doug Ghim (T33/-5), who also cards 74-63 

 (MC/-2) makes two double bogeys to card even-par 71 and miss his sixth cut in 19 starts this season; entered  the week at No. 75 in the FedExCup standings; top 70 after next week’s Wyndham Championship advance to the Playoffs 

 Justin Thomas (-2) enters the week at No. 75 in the FedExCup standings, 23 points behind No. 70 (K.H. Lee); top 70 after  next week’s Wyndham Championship advance to the Playoffs  

 Justin Suh (T6/-6), No. 1 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour, made his first cut on the PGA TOUR at the 2019 3M Open (T58) 

 Brandt Snedeker (T2/-7) posts his lowest round on TOUR since 2020 Shriners Children’s Open (63/R3); finished T59 at the 2022 Fortinet Championship before undergoing experimental sternum surgery on December 1 to heal a problem that has  plagued him since 2016; didn’t play again until the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (T41); missed four cuts in  four starts heading into this week; was T11 in 2021 in his only prior start at the 3M Open 

 Defending champion Tony Finau (T9/-5), at No. 10 the highest ranked player in the FedExCup standings in the field this  week, was 6-under through six holes before a 1-over inward nine led to a 5-under 66 

 2021 3M Open winner Cameron Champ withdrew before the first round and was replaced by Chris Stroud 

 Hideki Matsuyama (T2/-7) opens with a 7-under 64 for the second time in three appearances at the 3M Open; shot 64 to sit  T2 in 2019, eventually finishing T7; opened with 77 in 2022 but withdrew with a wrist injuring before the second round