Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen overcame a double bogey and took over the lead on the 3M Open by posting a 5-under-par 66 Friday at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn.
Olesen was 1 over par six holes into his spherical after hitting his tee shot out of bounds on the par-4 fifteenth and hitting a poor shot off his drop. He proceeded to birdie the subsequent two holes to erase that blemish, then add 4 birdies on the entrance 9.
Olesen entered the weekend at 14-under 128, one shot above Jake Knapp (65 Friday) and two forward of Pierceson Coody (65) and Sam Stevens (68).
Knapp is bogey-free by way of 36 holes as he seeks his second PGA Tour win. Olesen, in the meantime, is a 35-year-old veteran with eight wins on the DP World Tour however none in the USA.
A set of notable names tied at 10 beneath included Wyndham Clark (65), Chris Gotterup (69), Akshay Bhatia (66) and Joel Dahmen (65). Alex Noren of Sweden joined them there after posting the spherical of the day, a 9-under 62 with an eagle-birdie-birdie-bogey end.
Canadian Adam Svensson broke the course report Thursday with an 11-under 60 however turned the mistaken manner Friday, posting a 4-over 75 to drop again to 7 beneath.
Max Homa (8 beneath following a 68), Rickie Fowler (7 beneath; 70) and Sam Burns (7 beneath; 64) will make the minimize, projected at 5 beneath par as play wrapped up Friday.
These not prone to make the weekend included China’s Haotong Li (4 beneath), who was within the ultimate Sunday pairing with Scottie Scheffler ultimately week’s Open Championship; Sahith Theegala (2 beneath); and Tony Finau (4 over), a former 3M Open champion who made back-to-back double bogeys en path to a 77 Friday.
–Discipline Degree Media