The First Call 07-24-2025

FIRST THOUGHT

Odds and ends ahead of this week's 3M Open:

> The PGA Tour returns to Minnesota for the seventh straight season. The 3M Open debuted in 2019 as the Tour’s first non-major event in Minnesota since the 1969 Minnesota Golf Classic won by Frank Beard at Braemar Golf Club.
> 10 players in the field have competed in all six previous 3M Opens — Cam Davis, Tony Finau, Brice Garnett, Chesson Hadley, Tom Hoge, Beau Hossler, Patton Kizzire, Peter Malnati, Troy Merritt and Sam Ryder.
> 37 players in the field competed at last week's Open Championship, including three that finished inside the top 10 — Chris Gotterup, 3rd; Haotong Li and Wyndham Clark, T4.
> Maverick McNealy is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 18 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

POLL

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> Previous: LIV Golf has reapplied for Official World Golf Ranking points. Should LIV Golf receive ranking points? | Results

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What are your opinions of the 2025 Open Championship?

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> Last week's question: What do you believe LIV Golf needs to change in order to receive Official World Golf Ranking points? | Read

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EXPANDED NOTES >

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#QOTD

"The only putts that are easy are the ones that top off a triple bogey and have already been conceded."

— John Updike

ON TOUR

PGA Tour: 3M Open
Course: TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).
GCSAA Fact Sheet

LPGA Tour / Ladies European Tour: ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open
Course: Dundonald Links Golf Club, Irvine, Scotland.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 4:30-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon (NBC Sports app), 7-10 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 7-11 a.m. (NBC Sports app), 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay).

PGA Tour Champions: Senior British Open
Course: Sunningdale Golf Club (Old), Berkshire, England.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 2 p.m. (NBC).

LIV Golf League: LIV Golf UK
Course: JCB Golf and Country Club, Uttoxeter, England.
Television [ET]: Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FS2); Saturday, 8-10 a.m. (FS1), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FOX); Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FS1).

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