(Blaine, MN) — Jhonattan (Jonathan) Vegas made a two-putt birdie from nearly 100-feet away on the par-five 18th hole and won the 3-M Open by one-shot over Max Greyserman. This was the fourth P-G-A Tour win over Vegas’ career, but his first since 2017. He says it doesn’t seem seven years since his last win, but he’s glad he got one. He finished third at the 3-M Open two years ago and says the T-P-C Twin Cities course fits his game well because he is a good driver of the golf ball. He finished his four rounds at 17-under-par. Greyserman shot a final round 63 to shoot up the leaderboard and finish in second-place all by himself. Matt Kuchar was third, tied with Maverick McNealy. Former Gophers Erik van Rooyen and Ben Warian each missed the cut, as did Spring Lake Park graduate Troy Merritt and Fargo’s Tom Hoge. Defending champion Lee Hodges also missed the cut.
Jhonattan Vegas (-17)
•Wins the 3M Open by one stroke, earning his fourth PGA TOUR title comes at the age of 39 years, 11 months, 9 days in his 299th start
•After a T2 in his most recent 3M Open start of 2021, birdied the 72nd hole to close with a 1-under 71 to win and avoid sudden death with Max Greyserman
•PGA TOUR titles: 2011 American Express, 2016 RBC Canadian Open, 2017 RBC Canadian Open, 2024 3M Open
•With the win, snaps a winless drought of 6 years, 363 days since his 2017 RBC Canadian Open title
•Earns 500 FedExCup points and moves from No. 147 to 66th in the standings; only the top 70 qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs
•Played TPC Twin Cities in even-par on the front nine and 17-under on Nos. 10-18 for the week
•Improves to 2-for-3 when holding a lead/co-lead headed into the final round of a TOUR event (other win: 2011 American Express)
•Becomes the first international winner of the 3M Open (Venezuela)
•Becomes the first player in tournament history with a win and a runner-up (2021)
•Becomes exempt on TOUR through the 2026 season and earn spots in The Sentry, Masters Tournament and PGA Championship in 2025
•Becomes the second player to win on TOUR this season despite making a triple bogey (No. 7 in R1) and first since Scottie Scheffler at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
•Was limited to seven starts during the 2022-23 season due to a right elbow injury and had been competing in 2024 on a Major Medical Extension
Miscellaneous Notes
•PGA TOUR rookie Max Greyserman (2nd/-16) birdied six of his last nine holes to finish solo-second, his career-best result on TOUR, en route to an 8-under 63, tying Cameron Champ for the low round of the day; the 63 marks also his lowest score on TOUR in 21 career starts (25 rounds); the finish marks his third top 10 of the season and second in individual stroke-play events: T7/Texas Children’s Houston Open, T4/Zurich Classic of New Orleans (parterning with Nico Echavarria); with the finish, jumps from 87th in the FedExCup to No. 63
•Making his 555th start on the PGA TOUR, Matt Kuchar (T3/-15) followed a third-round 8-under 63 with a an even-par 71 in his bid for a 10th career PGA TOUR title; was seeking his first title since the 2019 Sony Open in Hawaii (a span of 5 years, 196 days); with the finish, moves from No. 153 in the FedExCup to 111th; is the only player to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs each year since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007; top 70 after the Wyndham Championship qualify
•Making his third start in the 3M Open, Maverick McNealy (T3/-15) followed a third-round 8-under 63 up with a 1-under 70 in his bid to become the 11th first-time winner this season and join inaugural champion Matthew Wolff (2019) as the only players to win the 3M Open in their tournament debut
(info courtesy of 3M Open)
