The 3M Open was held at TPC Twin Cities, in Blaine, Minnesota and it was the penultimate week of the 2022/23 PGA Tour season and one of the last chances for players outside the FedEx Cup Top 70 to force their way into the lucrative playoffs beginning in less than two weeks.
American Lee Hodges took his opportunity and won his maiden Tour event and jumped from No. 74 to No. 33 in the FedEx Cup standings, ensuring he makes the playoffs. Hodges blitzed the field finishing on -24, seven shots ahead of his nearest rivals – Martin Laird, Kevin Streelman and J.T.Poston who shared T2 on -17.
Aaron Baddeley was the best placed Australian in T7 on -15. With his T7 finish, Baddeley earns a spot in next week’s field at the Wyndham Championship – win that and he’ll make the playoffs. Countryman Cam Davis finished a further shot behind on -14.
Lee Hodges (Winner/-24)
- 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
- Becomes 11th first-time winner of the season and third in as many weeks
- Akshay Bhatia/Barracuda Championship (note: Brian Harman at The Open Championship won the same week)
- Vincent Norrman/Barbasol Championship
- Marks second player to win the 3M Open for maiden TOUR victory (Matthew Wolff/2019)
- Largest victory margin at the 3M Open (previous: 3/Tony Finau/2022)
- Largest margins of victory on the PGA TOUR since 2019