The 3M Open provides one of the last two opportunities for players to play their way into the FedEx Cup Playoffs and into the all-important top 100 to secure their PGA Tour card for next season. The top of the leaderboard after the first round features a player in Adam Svensson looking to do both after shooting a scintillating 11-under 60 on Thursday.

Adam Svensson made a 48-foot eagle putt on the closing hole to complete an 11-under 60 on Thursday that gave him a two-shot lead over Sam Stevens and Thorbjorn Olesen after one round of the 3M Open.

Adam Svensson fires a 60 to set the 3M Open record originally appeared on Bring Me The News. The annual 3M Open began in dramatic fashion on Thursday as Canadian Adam Svensson tied the course record of 60, following a 48-foot eagle put on the 18th hole. He's currently all alone in first place at 11 under par.

Adam Svensson, a 31-year-old Canadian with one PGA Tour victory, shot a course-record-tying 60 Thursday morning to take the early lead in the 3M Open at the TPC Twin Cities. Svensson made a 48-footer for eagle on the par-5 18th hole to tie the course and tournament record shared by Paul Goydos (2017) and Daniel Gale (2023).

The PGA Tour's 3M Open begins on Thursday in Blaine, Minnesota, where some of the top players on tour compete at TPC Twin Cities.

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Vegas won last year’s 3M Open with a final-hole birdie to best Max Greyserman by one stroke. It was Vegas’ first win in seven years and the fourth of his career. If he wins this weekend, he’ll be the first golfer ever to go back-to-back at this event.

Let's start in Minnesota, where Jhonattan Vegas shows up to defend his 3M Open title carrying the weight of potential history. Vegas's win last year was pure theater, moving him from No. 147 to No. 66 in FedEx Cup points after his victory.

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Tour coach: Vincent Whaley (75-1, Bet365) — Whaley’s main attribute is accuracy off the tee. That will serve him very well at the 3M Open. He had another strong week last week at the Barracuda, so with these odds, I think it’s a smart bet.

In the opening round of the 2025 3M Open, Greyson Sigg makes a 47-foot birdie putt on the par-3 13th hole.