Lee Hodges (Winner/-24) earned his first PGA TOUR title at the 3M Open in his 65th career start at the age of 28 years, 1 month, 16 days.
Collected 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.
Related: Lee Hodges’ career best sets him up for perfect end at 3M Open
First wire-to-wire winner in tournament history and first on TOUR since JT Poston at the 2022 John Deere Classic.
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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 the 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).
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Moves to 1-for-2 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (T3/2022 American Express)
Third 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the 3M Open (2019/Matthew Wolff, 2020/Michael Thompson).
23rd 54-hole leader/co-leader to win on TOUR in 2022-23; 260 sets the 72-hole scoring record at 3M Open (previous: 263/Matthew Wolff/2019).
Wins in his second start at the 3M Open (T16/2022).
With eagles on Nos. 6 and 12, becomes sixth 54-hole leader on record (1983-present) to make multiple eagles in the final round (all went on to win).
Martin Laird (T2/-17) recorded his seventh runner-up on TOUR and his best result since winning the 2020 Shriners Children’s Open.
Kevin Streelman (T2/-17) earned his sixth runner-up and 52nd top-10 of his career; was seeking his third TOUR title and first since the 2014 Travelers Championship.
JT Poston (T2/-17) earned his third career runner-up and first since 2022 Travelers Championship (went on to win the following week at the 2022 John Deere Classic).
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Defending champion Tony Finau finished 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).
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With a T7 finish, Aaron Baddeley earned a spot in this week’s field at the Wyndham Championship.
