PGA TOUR 2023, 3M Open, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota, 27-30 July
Lee Hodges wins first PGA TOUR title with wire to wire victory at the 2023 3M Open
From PGA TOUR Daily Wrap-up, by The AP:
BLAINE, Minn. -- Lee Hodges rarely gets rattled, except perhaps during Alabama football games when he's rooting for his beloved Crimson Tide.
After using that unflappable demeanor to keep control of the 3M Open, Hodges finally let loose.
Hodges shot a 67 in the final round on Sunday for a wire-to-wire title at the 3M Open and his first PGA TOUR victory, setting tournament records with a 260 and a seven-stroke win. Read more
From Y!Sports/ USA Today, by Cameron Jourdan:
BLAINE, Minn. — Lee Hodges maintained all week he had nothing to lose at TPC Twin Cities.
Coming into the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota, Hodges sat 74th in the FedEx Cup standings. With only two weeks left until the playoffs began, it was now or never for the 28-year-old to make a run.
He did just that in record fashion. Read more
From RTE.ie:
American Lee Hodges won his first PGA Tour title in commanding fashion with a wire-to-wire victory in the 3M Open in Minnesota.
Hodges took a five-shot lead into the final round and carded two eagles in a closing 67 at TPC Twin Cities to finish 24 under par, seven strokes clear of compatriots JT Poston and Kevin Streelman and Scotland's Martin Laird. Read more
From Y!Sports, by AFP:
Lee Hodges fired two eagles in a four-under-par 67 on Sunday to claim his first US PGA Tour title with a wire-to-wire, seven-stroke triumph in the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota.
Hodges finished with a 24-under par total of 260 at TPC Twin Cities, where he'd pushed his lead to as many as seven and seen it shrink to three over playing partner J.T. Poston before Poston's disastrous triple-bogey at the final hole. Read more
From Sky Sports:
Lee Hodges finished seven shots clear of JT Poston, Kevin Streelman and Martin Laird to win the 3M Open in Minnesota; It was Hodges' first PGA Tour title victory and he took it in commanding fashion, leading through every round. Read more
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