2019 3M Open (The 37th of 46 events in the PGA TOUR Season) Blaine, Minnesota July 4-7, 2019 Purse: $6,400,000 (winner: $1,152,000) TPC Twin Cities Par/Yards: 35-36—71/7,468 Second-Round Notes – Friday, July 5, 2019 Weather: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 81. Wind N/NE 8-12 mph 36-hole cut: 85 players at 3-under 139 from a field of 156 professionals. With more than 78 players making the 36-hole cut, a 54-hole cut will reduce the field to low-70 and ties Second-Round Leaderboard Bryson DeChambeau 66-62—128 (-14) Adam Hadwin 64-66—130 (-12) Scott Piercy 62-70—132 (-10) Sam Saunders 65-67—132 (-10) Brian Haman 65-67—132 (-10) Sam Burns 66-66—132 (-10) Things to Know • Bryson DeChambeau posts career-low score of 62 to take fifth 36-hole lead/co-lead • Adam Hadwin offsets two early bogeys with seven birdies, looks to improve Presidents Cup standing • Sam Saunders inside the top five on a course originally designed by late grandfather Arnold Palmer • Arjun Atwal looks to become the second Monday qualifier to win on the PGA TOUR this season • Phil Mickelson misses fourth cut in last six starts Bryson DeChambeau (entering the week) Age 25 (9/16/93) Country USA FedExCup 25 OWGR 8 PGA TOUR starts 87 PGA TOUR wins 5 PGA TOUR top-10s 16 Starts in 2018-19 15 Wins in 2018-19 1 Top-10s in 2018-19 4 Bryson DeChambeau (1st/-14) • Of four previous 36-hole leads/co-leads on the PGA TOUR, has never converted for a win • So far this season, 16 36-hole leaders/co-leaders have converted for the win on TOUR. Nate Lashley won last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic in wire-to-wire fashion • Beginning on No. 10, made nine birdies and no bogeys, good for a career-low 9-under 62 • Marks his first PGA TOUR start to open with back-to-back bogey-free rounds • 36-hole total of 128 marks his career-low for 36 holes on TOUR • Total through two rounds of 14-under par marks his career best • Made four putts from over 20 feet, the most he has made in a round on TOUR from outside 20 feet • Made 137’ 2” total feet of putts in round two (93’ 2” in R1) • His 14 birdies through two rounds ties his record for most through 36 holes in a TOUR event (2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational) • Hit nine of 14 fairways for the second day in a row and 17 of 18 greens in regulation (11/18 in R1) • Including his fifth career PGA TOUR win at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, has collected four top-10 finishes in 15 starts this season. In his most recent start before this week, finished T8 at the Travelers Championship Adam Hadwin (2nd/-12) • After tying his lowest round of the season (64), overcame two early bogeys with a total of seven birdies to claim sole possession of second place • 12-under falls one stroke shy of his best opening 36-hole score of the season in relation to par (Desert Classic/T2) • Seeks his second PGA TOUR win (2017 Valspar Championship) • Four top-10 results this season: T10/THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, T10 Mayakoba Golf Classic, T2/Desert Classic, 6th/RBC Canadian Open • With a top-10 finish, would match season-best number of top-10s (5/2017) and would be his 20th career top-10 • Currently No. 49 in FedExCup, has advanced to the Playoffs each season since joining the TOUR in 2015 • Looks to improve position on Presidents Cup International Team standings (No. 19) Sam Saunders (T3/-10) • On the course originally designed by his late grandfather, Arnold Palmer, overcame bogeys on two of his first three holes with a total of seven birdies, including both of his last two holes • Began the week on the heels of six missed cuts in his last seven starts • Currently sits at No. 188 in the FedExCup standings • Remains in search of his first career TOUR win in 146th start. Best finish is a playoff loss at the 2015 Puerto Rico Open • Made a return to the PGA TOUR this season by virtue of a 120th-place finish in last season’s FedExCup Arjun Atwal (T7/-9) • Shot a 9-under 62 in the Monday qualifier at Victory Links GC to earn a spot into this week’s field • Should he win this week, would become the first to do so after Monday qualifying since Corey Conners earlier this season at the Valero Texas Open. Atwal claimed his only TOUR title, the 2010 Wyndham Championship, after Monday qualifying • Making third start of the season this week (70th/Puerto Rico Open, MC/Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship) • Was last fully-exempt on TOUR in 2012 • Remains in search of his second TOUR victory in his 219th start this week • Looks for his first top-10 finish on TOUR since The RSM Classic in 2012 (T10) • Collected his last official victory at the 2014 Dubai Open on the Asian Tour • Has won on the PGA TOUR, Korn Ferry Tour, European Tour and Asian Tour Miscellaneous notes • Fighting illness, first-round leader Scott Piercy (T3/-10) posted a 1-under 70 and heads into the weekend four strokes back • Brian Harman (T3/-10) followed an opening-round 6-under 65 with a 67; seeks second top 10 in last three starts (T8/Travelers Championship) • First-Year PGA TOUR Member Sam Burns (T3/-10) birdied his first three holes, Nos. 10-12, en route to a 5-under 66 • First-Year PGA TOUR Member Curtis Luck (T7/-9) followed a 3-under 68 with a 65 in round two that included a 5-under stretch on Nos. 15-18 (birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle) • 60-year-old Minnesota native Tom Lehman (T35/-6), who consulted on course renovations at TPC Twin Cities where he played the 3M Championship eight times, made the cut thanks to scores of 67-69—136 • Matt Every (T43/-5) made six consecutive birdies (12-17), tying his longest consecutive birdie streak of his PGA TOUR career • World No. 1 and FedExCup No. 2 Brooks Koepka (T70/-3) posted a 1-over 72, marking his fourth over-par score in his last six rounds on TOUR. He would need a solo-seventh finish or better this week to pass FedExCup leader Matt Kuchar • Phil Mickelson followed a 3-over 74 in round one with a 73 in round two to miss his second consecutive cut (Travelers Championship) and fourth in his last six starts • Notable newcomers: Collin Morikawa (T11/-8), Justin Suh (T23/-7), Viktor Hovland (T23/-7), Matthew Wolff (T35/-6) • Nicholas Lindheim withdrew before his second round Bogey-free rounds R1 (10): Scott Piercy (62), Patton Kizzire (66), Brendan Steele (66), Bryson DeChambeau (66), Ryan Armour (66), Dylan Frittelli (66), Brian Gay (67), Roberto Diaz (67), Tom Lehman (67), Scott Brown (68) R2 (14): Bryson DeChambeau (62), Corey Conners (64), Jason Dufner (65), Kevin Streelman (65), Charles Howell III (66), Charlie Danielson (66), Chase Wright (66), Sebastian Munoz (66), Viktor Hovland (66), Sam Ryder (66), Martin Laird (67), Carlos Ortiz (67), Roger Sloan (67), Arjun Atwal (68) Scoring averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 34.981 35.310 70.290 -- R2: 34.673 34.771 69.444 69.870 Early Late R1: 70.17 70.42 R2: 69.33 69.55 Toughest hole Easiest hole R1: Par-4 9th hole (4.374) Par-5 12th hole (4.542) R2: Par-4 9th hole (4.359) Par-5 12th hole (4.373) .