RICHY WERENSKI TIES FOR THIRD AT 3M OPEN

BLAINE, MINN. — Michael Thompson birdied two of the last three holes Sunday for a 4-under 67 and a twostroke victory in the 3M Open, finishing his second PGA Tour win seven years after his first.

Adam Long took second after a 64. Former Georgia Tech golfer Richy Werenski, who shared the lead with Thompson after both Friday and Saturday, had a 70 for his worst round of the tournament and settled for a nine-way tie for third — three strokes back.

Thompson finished at 19-under 265 at TPC Twin Cities.

Tony Finau finished in the thirdplace group, too, after a 68. He was the only one among the five world top-30 players in the field to reach the weekend, far outperforming fellow high-profile peers Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Tommy Fleetwood and Paul Casey.

Nobody throughout the week in Minnesota was steadier than Thompson, who entered 151st in the FedEx Cup standings and rose to 39th on the way to Tennessee for the World Golf Championships event. He deftly steered around the water danger on the 18th, landing his approach on the back of the green within 15 feet. With Long in the clubhouse, having played five groups ahead, Thompson had two putts to win. He needed only one.

Thompson’s best previous finish this year was a tie for eighth at the Travelers Championship, and he missed the cut in his last start at the Workday Charity Open in Ohio two weeks ago. For this win, he not only secured a spot in the U.S. Open but a prize of $1,188,000, nearly 12% of his career earnings on the tour.

Finau was the only one in contention this weekend who’d already secured his U.S. Open spot, thanks to his seventh-place finish in the FedEx Cup standings last year and No. 16 world ranking on March 15 when the coronavirus prompted a three-month pause.

AP