Tony Finau and family after winning the 3M last year. Stacy Revere

The second-to-last event of the PGA Tour regular season is here, and Justin Thomas will be competing at the 3M Open, a late addition to his schedule as he tries something of nothing in the dwindling moments of what has become a frustrating season. This is the first year that only 70 pros will make it to the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and JT is No. 75 in the standings.

Thomas missed the cut at three of this year’s four majors, but he’ll have a chance at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, to turn his season around. He’ll be joined by fellow top 20 players in the world Tony Finau and Cameron Young. Sungjae Im, Sepp Straka, Hideki Matsuyama and Sahith Theegala are just a few of the other notables trying to get a win heading into the playoffs.

Finau is looking to defend his victory here from 2022, which was the first of back-to-back wins a year ago. He erased a five-shot deficit to Scott Piercy who trudged through the Sunday back nine, leaving room for Finau to sneak through. Finau made four birdies over six holes on his final back nine to win by three shots. He would go on to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic the following week.

Sam Bennett, the low amateur at the Masters and seemingly a constant contender in big events, is playing on a sponsor’s exemption for the 3M Open. The Texas A&M star has made four of five cuts during his first year playing on tour, and he’ll look to keep the stellar play going strong with out outside shot at earning a full PGA Tour card with another solid performance.

This week’s winner will receive 500 FedEx Cup points and a $1.404 million share of the $7.8 million purse.

Tee Times
FIRST ROUND
First tee
7.45am Jimmy Walker, Kelly Kraft, Kramer Hickok
7.56am Sam Ryder, Doug Ghim, Ben Griffin
8.07am Robby Shelton, Austin Eckroat, SH Kim
8.18am Matt Wallace, Chez Reavie, Lucas Glover
8.29am Ryan Brehm. Richy Werenski, Matt Kuchar
8.40am Adam Svensson, Stewart Cink, Brandt Snedeker
8.51am Martin Laird, Tyler Duncan. Keith Mitchell
9.02am Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Doc Redman, Matthias Schwab
9.13am Troy Merritt, James Hahn, Max McGreevy
9.24am Dylan Frittelli Russell Knox, Taylor Pendrith
9.35am Kevin Tway, SY Noh, Zecheng Dou
9.46am Brent Grant, Noah Hofman, Sam Bennett
9.57am Michael Gligic, Eric Rolland, Caleb VanArragon (a)
1.10pm Ben Martin, Kevin Streelman, Taylor Montgomery
1.21pm Satoshi Kodaira, Chad Collins, Hank Lebioda
1.32pm Nate Lashley, CT Pan, Harrison Endycott
1.43pm KH Lee, Cameron Young, Sahith Theegala
1.54pm Justin Thomas, Joel Dahmen, Gary Woodland
2.05pm Emiliano Grillo, JT Poston, Cameron Champ
2.16pm Will Gordon, Andrew Novak, Austin Smotherman
2.27pm Scott Piercy, Brice Garnett, David Hearn
2.38pm Patton Kizzire, Austin Cook, Sean O’Hair
2.49pm Michael Kim, Kevin Chappell, Jonathan Byrd
3pm Erik van Rooyen, Ryan Moore, Alex Gaugert
3.11pm Ludvig Aberg, Peter Kuest, Ryan Gerard
3.22pm Trevor Cone, Tano Goya, Derek Hitchner

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10th tee
7.45am Zac Blair, Harry Hall, Paul Haley II
7.56am Mark Hubbard, Henrik Norlander, Justin Suh
8.07am Adam Hadwin, Patrick Rodgers, Ryan Fox
8.18am Nick Hardy, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge
8.29am Sepp Straka, Tony Finau, Hideki Matsuyama
8.40am Vincent Norrman, Mackenzie Hughes, Sungjae Im
8.51am Nico Echavarria, Cam Davis, Jim Herman
9.02am Brian Stuard, Alex Noren, Sam Stevens
9.13am Grayson Murray, Nick Watney, Brandon Wu
9.24am Aaron Baddeley, Chesson Hadley, Callum Tarren
9.35am Martin Trainer, Lee Hodges, Justin Lower
9.46am Augusto Núñez, Kyle Westmoreland, Frankie Capan III
9.57am Scott Harrington, Trevor Werbylo, Thomas Lehman
1.10pm Cody Gribble, Beau Hossler, Tyson Alexander
1.21pm Cameron Percy, Eric Cole, Dylan Wu
1.32pm Matt NeSmith, Carson Young, Kevin Yu
1.43pm JJ Spaun, Garrick Higgo, Lanto Griffin
1.54pm Trey Mullinax, Chad Ramey, Andrew Landry
2.05pm Robert Streb, Brian Gay, Charley Hoffman
2.16pm Stephan Jaeger, Greyson Sigg, Davis Thompson
2.27pm Ryan Armour, Aaron Rai, David Lipsky
2.38pm Ryan Palmer, Adam Long, Ben Taylor
2.49pm Jason Dufner, Peter Malnati, Harry Higgs
3pm MJ Daffue, Brandon Matthews, Kevin Roy
3.11pm Carl Yuan, Matti Schmid, Kaito Onishi
3.22pm Nicolai Hojgaard, Daniel Gale, Preston Summerhays (a)