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The PGA TOUR returns to Minnesota next week for the second 3M Open – and just the second tournament during the Return to Golf that was in its original spot on the calendar this season. Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, and last year’s winner Matthew Wolff highlight the field, while Tommy Fleetwood returns to action. FIELD NOTES: Tommy Fleetwood makes his PGA TOUR return and 3M Open debut. The Ryder Cup star was in the field for THE PLAYERS Championship, but hasn’t played four rounds on TOUR since a third-place finish at The Honda Classic in March… Brooks Koepka will tee it up at the 3M Open alongside his brother, Chase. The elder Koepka has only one top-10 finish this season… Dustin Johnson makes his tournament debut… Tom Lehman, who helped work on the design of TPC Twin Cities, received a Sponsor Exemption… Erik Van Rooyen (who went to the University of Minnesota and won an award named after Lehman) and current University of Minnesota star Angus Flanagan are also among the sponsor invites. FEDEXCUP: Winner gets 500 FedExCup points. COURSE: TPC Twin Cities, 7,114 yards, par 72. A longtime stop on PGA TOUR Champions, TPC Twin Cities opened in 2000 and began hosting the 3M Championship on the over-50 circuit the following season. The Arnold Palmer design used Tom Lehman, a Minnesota native, as a consultant. STORYLINES: A year ago Matthew Wolff became just the third golfer in history to win an NCAA individual national championship and a PGA TOUR title in the same year – Ben Crenshaw and Tiger Woods are the others… Wolff returns to defend his title in Minnesota, which came in just his third TOUR start as a pro. His runner-up result at the Rocket Mortgage Classic a few weeks ago was his season-best so far… Six other golfers, besides Wolff, who finished in the top-10 at last year’s 3M Open (Lucas Glover, Troy Meritt, Carlos Ortiz, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, and Brian Harman) look to build off their 2019 success… The 2019 3M Open marked the return of the PGA TOUR to Minnesota after a 50-year absence. 72-HOLE RECORD: 263, Matthew Wolff (2019) 18-HOLE RECORD: 62, Scott Piercy (first round, 2019), Bryson DeChambeau (second round, 2019), Matthew Wolff (third round, 2019), Lucas Glover (fourth round, 2019) LAST TIME: Matthew Wolff got his professional career started with a bang as the 20-year-old notched his first TOUR victory less than a month after making his pro debut at the Travelers Championship. Wolff topped Bryson DeChambeau and fellow collegiate star Collin Morikawa by one shot after a Sunday 65 left him at 21-under for the week. Adam Hadwin finished fourth alone while Carlos Ortiz and Wyndham Clark rounded out the top five. With the win Wolff became the first player since 2016 to win have receiving a Sponsor Exemption. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 7:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).
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One year ago, our family experienced a terrible thing. At the same time, we ended up having a wonderful experience. Those two sentences only make sense because of Nationwide Children’s Hospital. In late-May 2019, we were in Ohio so I could play in the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. The Monday after the tournament, there was a U.S. Open qualifier at Scioto Country Club and Brookside Golf and Country Club. I didn’t play well at the Memorial, missing the cut, and that left me with a couple of days to get ready for the 36-hole qualifying tournament. On Monday morning, my wife, Soyoung, took me to the course, while our son, Eugene stayed at the hotel with his grandmother, my mother-in-law. At the golf course, I received a phone call from my wife who was telling me that our son had fallen off the bed and was hurt. I really didn’t think it was anything too serious. But when Soyoung told me they had gone to the hospital in an ambulance, I immediately withdrew from the tournament and left the course, heading straight to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. There, doctors told us Eugene had suffered a concussion and a fracture on his temporal bone that was causing spinal fluid to leak. It was a really dangerous situation. Doctors believe that when Eugene was falling off the bed, he landed at an odd angle, hitting right on the spot that caused all the problems. It was really a fluke. We basically moved into the hospital, and Soyoung and I probably didn’t eat anything for the first 48 hours. We slept very little, if at all. I kept looking at Eugene’s heart monitor because sometimes it can go up and down like crazy, so I stared at it and couldn’t fall asleep. We both had a hard time watching Eugene struggling. There was our child in real trouble. We felt helpless. The biggest problem was doctors couldn’t control and stop the fluid leak. They eventually decided surgery was the best option. After more than a week—eight days—as doctors were getting ready to perform the procedure, the leaking finally stopped. Very quickly, Eugene started acting normally. A couple of days later, doctors discharged Eugene, and we were free to go home. One problem. We couldn’t fly because the pressure inside an airplane was dangerous and could cause Eugene’s spine to start again leaking fluid. Our next choice? Drive 15 hours from Columbus to our home in Dallas. Knowing we didn’t want to do the drive in one day, we mapped out where children’s hospitals were on our route home—just in case. All along, we felt if we could get back home, everything would be OK, and Eugene would continue to improve. It took us three days to travel home, but we did arrive in Texas with no issues, and we were so thankful to be home safely. Of course, what happened was incredibly serious, but fortunately, Eugene’s accident occurred not far from one of the biggest and best children’s hospitals in the world. The staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital couldn’t have been nicer. The doctors and nurses were professional and kind in every way. When Soyoung and Eugene arrived at the hospital, everyone was so attentive. Before the day was over, 10 doctors had come to Eugene’s room and checked on him. It was so scary, but everybody did what they could to put my wife at ease. They did the same for me after I got there. The whole episode is not something I enjoy remembering, but the care Eugene received brings back a flood of good memories. Eugene does have some hearing loss in his left ear because of nerve damage associated with his fall. Other than that, though, he’s doing well and is happy. The accident, though, isn’t far from my mind, and I will often check on Eugene to see how he is doing. He’s just a normal little boy, he’s so active, he climbs up to everywhere and he jumps around. He also doesn’t remember anything about what happened. While you can’t tell anything was ever wrong, I still get kind of scared of what could happen to him. If he could suffer such a major injury falling from a bed, imagine what could happen when he’s doing regular kid stuff. I do call my wife a lot to make sure he’s doing well, and we do keep an eye on him. Today, we’re extraordinarily grateful he’s recovered, and we know he will have a long and happy life. We have Nationwide Children’s Hospital to thank for that.
Round 4 of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide takes place today at Muirfield Village. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action. Round 4 leaderboard Round 4 tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS). Sunday, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3:30 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday-Sunday, 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups, Featured Holes). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-6:30 p.m ET. Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. ET. Sunday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). FEATURED GROUPS Brooks Koepka, Jim Furyk Sunday: 9:55 a.m. ET (No. 1) Collin Morikawa, Phil Mickelson Sunday: 10:25 a.m. ET (No. 1) Tiger Woods, Marc Leishman Sunday: 11:25 a.m. ET (No. 1) MUST READS Rahm builds four-shot lead Tiger feels better, fails to make run JT’s dad steps in to caddie Finau finds fiery speed at Muirfield Village Rankings Tiger’s wins in his epic 2000 season Nicklaus Youth Spirit Award celebrates Patient Champions Tiger enters ‘very different world’ at Muirfield Village Inside Tiger’s dominance at Muirfield Village CALL OF THE DAY
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