Scott Piercy’s 6-under 65 at 3M Open marked his lowest round of the season, holds ninth first-round lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR, since a 64 in round one of the 2021 Wyndham Championship (T15).
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Making his 120th career PGA TOUR start, Sungjae Im recorded his third career 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR.
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At T3, the last time Tony Finau was inside top-three of the leaderboard after an opening round on TOUR was the 2020 3M Open (finished: T3).
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Defending champion Cameron Champ (T106) and 2020 champion Michael Thompson (T51) seek to become the tournament’s first repeat winner. Champ seeks to become the fifth player to successfully defend a title this season.
First-round scoring average of 72.78 marks the highest scoring average in 13 rounds of 3M Open history.
Piercy entered the week after making swing, coach and caddie changes prior to the Barracuda Championship.
He holds first-round lead/co-lead for ninth time on PGA TOUR, 1-for-8 to date converting to victory (2012 RBC Canadian Open).
Holds the lowest opening-round score at the 3M Open (62/2019/T15); is making fourth 3M Open start (T15/2019, MC/2020, T71/2021).
His best finish in 24 TOUR starts this season is T11/Fortinet Championship.
Piercy seeks a fifth career PGA TOUR title and first since 2018 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, partnering with Billy Horschel.
Im (T1/-6) has his third career 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and second of the season (2019 Wyndham Championship/T6, 2022 Masters Tournament/T8).
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Finished T15 in only 3M Open start in 2019; comes off a T81 from last week’s The Open Championship.
He is a two-time winner on the PGA TOUR, including this season’s Shriners Children’s Open (first win: 2020 Honda Classic).
Seeks to become the eighth player to win multiple times on TOUR this season.
Tom Hoge (T3/-4), hit all 18 greens in regulation for the second time in his 640th round on TOUR, marks the sixth player to record two such rounds this season (2021 THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT/R4).
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Former professional tennis player Mardy Fish opened with 10-over 81 in his PGA TOUR debut.
