The leaderboard at the 2024 3M Open features a handful of surprises and a handful of regulars after the first 18 holes of play. PGA Tour rookie Jacob Bridgeman tops the list after a birdie-birdie finish to his first round was enough for him to get in the clubhouse with a round of 8-under 63 for a one-stroke lead over Mackenzie Hughes. Currently outside the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings, Bridgeman looks to build off his career-low round on the PGA Tour over the next three days at TPC Twin Cities and capture his first top-10 finish of the season and perhaps the first victory of his young career.
In order to do so, however, he will need to fend off a number of PGA Tour staples, including Sahith Theegala who stands at 5 under and Tony Finau just one more adrift. "I think again I'm not afraid to say I don't think the golf course really suits my game up until this year," Theegala said. "Really struggled off the tee most of my life and last couple years included, so off the tee's so important out here.
I was really excited to come back because it's been the biggest improvement in my game. "Really drove it awesome all year and I was just excited to play from the short grass here because I had a lot of lakes and rough the last couple years," he continued. "It's kind of like a revenge week for me.
I just wanted to come back and see what I can do on the golf course that's beat me up pretty bad the last three years." Unlike Bridgeman, Theegala enters the week in prime position in th.