Adam Svensson fires 60 to set course record at 3M Open
Canada's Adam Svensson took advantage of ideal scoring conditions Thursday morning to shoot a course-record 60 at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn.
Svensson reached the par-5 18th hole in two shots and had two putts to break the course record. He only needed one.
Svensson's eagle attempt from just over 48 feet hit the flagstick and dropped for an eagle, finishing an 11 under round of 60 with matching 30s on both nines. He now holds the course record by two shots over Scott Piercy's 62 in the first round of 2019 and Sam Stevens' round that was completed just a few groups ahead of Svensson on Thursday.
Stevens was on 59 watch when he reached 10 under through 16 holes. He narrowly missed a birdie putt on the 17th hole and then put his approach on 18 in the water. Stevens had to settle for a 62 after closing with a bogey.
'I had a good drive and I probably made the decision trying to shoot 59 because I was in between -- I have a pretty big gap between my 3-iron and my 3-wood, and I hit a terrible shot,' Stevens said. 'But I thought if I hit a 3-wood, it was just going to fly to the back of the green, and I kind of had to hit a 3-iron perfect to even cover the water. But I figured that was my best chance to shoot 59, so I gave it a go.
'Didn't hit a good shot, but made a nice up-and-down for 6, so I guess that's a positive. Yeah, not the best way to finish the round, but gave it a crack.'
With minimal wind and players able to play their balls up in the fairway due to heavy recent rains, scoring conditions were ideal.
'It's a great course but it's pretty straightforward, not a whole lot of adjustments, just sort of point and shoot and make as many birdies as you can,' Stevens said.
Not long after Stevens completed his round, Svensson stole the thunder with his eagle putt, completing a bogey-free round that included nine birdies.
It was a round few would have predicted. Svensson, who won the 2022 RSM Classic, has plummeted to 234th in the Official World Golf Ranking while missing 11 of his first 20 cuts in 2025. That includes his two most recent starts entering this week and four of his past five.
Svensson's best finish thus far in 2025 was a tie for 24th at the Corales Puntacana Championship.
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