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Below is a little something to wet your appetite for the PGA Champion’s Tour’s annual stop in Blaine for the 3M Championship. Look for updates throughout the week of what’s going down at the The Players Club- Twin Cities course in Blaine. Admission to the tournament is FREE and runs from July 6-12 with the opening round of the championship on Friday.
3M Championship
Facts and figures, courtesy of 3M Championship and PGA Champion’s Tour

Holes-in-one
1998- Bruce Lehnard, Hole 17 in Round 1
1999- Bruce Fleischer Hole 13 in Round 3
2000- Harold Henning Hole 17 in Round 2
2001- Bruce Lietzke Hole 4 in Round 2
2001- Graham Marsh Hole 4 in Round 3
2005- Tom Purtzer Hole 8 in Round 1
2005- Tom Jenkins Hole 13 in Round 2

Low scores
First Round- 62, Dana Quigley, 2008
Second Round-63, Don Pooley, 2003; R.W. Eaks, 2008
Third Round- 63, Jay Haas, 2007; Mitch Adams, 2007

Lowest 9-hole score
29- Gibby Gilbert, 1995 (Round 1, Front 9)
29- Chip Beck, 2007 (Round 3, Back 9)
29- Dana Quigley (Round 1, Back 9)

Double Eagles
2004- John Harris, Hole 6 in Round 2
2005- Larry Ziegler, Hole 3 in Round 2

Best come from behind win
3 strokes twice; Leonard Thompson (1998) and David Edwards (2006)

Visit the 3M Championship for yourself at www.3mchampionship.com