Scottie Scheffler brings a huge FedExCup lead to the 3M Open, where TPC Twin Cities offers one last scoring sprint before the playoffs.
The 2026 3M Open arrives with the FedExCup Playoffs looming, and Scottie Scheffler is bringing a massive target with him to TPC Twin Cities.
Only three regular-season tournaments remain, meaning every birdie in Blaine, Minnesota, could determine who advances and who starts planning an early offseason.
Scheffler leads the 144-player field and the FedExCup standings by such a ridiculous margin that Gary Woodland, the next-highest player in the field, sits 29th. Defending champion Kurt Kitayama is even farther back at No. 32.
That makes this less like a normal PGA Tour event and more like everybody trying to catch the fastest horse after it has already cleared the turn.
Scheffler has 20 career PGA Tour victories, but he’ll be making his first appearance at the 3M Open.
That matters because every champion since Matthew Wolff won the inaugural event in 2019 had previously played TPC Twin Cities.
In other words, the world’s top-ranked golfer has one genuine disadvantage: he hasn’t seen the place under tournament pressure.
Of course, Scheffler’s version of struggling remains absurd. He owns one victory this season alongside four runner-up finishes, two thirds and three more top-four results.
Even when he doesn’t win, he’s usually standing close enough to make everyone else uncomfortable.
Kitayama knows exactly how to attack this course. He fired a course-record-tying 60 in the third round last year before closing out the championship.
He also finished sixth in his 2024 debut and has averaged 67.43 in his other seven rounds at the venue.
Lucas Glover enters as another dangerous name after holding at least a share of the lead through the first three rounds in each of his last two starts.
He finished third at the John Deere Classic and fifth at the ISCO Championship without converting either opportunity.
TPC Twin Cities should invite another aggressive scoring week. The par-71 layout stretches 7,431 yards, but its large bentgrass greens and relatively forgiving driving profile reward players willing to attack.
Last year’s field averaged a tournament-record 68.84.
Calm conditions could push scores even lower before temperatures climb into the mid-90s Sunday.
Scheffler is the obvious favorite, but the playoff bubble adds desperation throughout the field. Players such as Woodland, Corey Conners, Sungjae Im, Tom Kim and Emiliano Grillo aren’t simply chasing a trophy.
They’re running out of runway.
And with Scheffler standing in front of them, the final FedExCup sprint already feels brutally unfair.
