The Open, aka the British Open, is in the books and winner Collin Morikawa is taking a deserved week off before representing the United States in the Olympics. Morikawa won his second Major with the Open following his PGA Championship win in 2020. So far, since he became a pro in 2019, he’s won five times.
Morikawa may not be in the field but Dustin Johnson and several other big names are and they are riding the top of the favorites list to win the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. Johnson comes in as the lone favorite at +700 with Louis Oosthuizen and Tony Finau both at +1400.
The same could be said for Johnson. Even though he was not a contender to win at The Open he did manage a top-ten finish (T8) and went seven under. Here are the favorites through +1800 to win the 2021 3M Open outright according to Intertops.
Dustin Johnson +700
Louis Oosthuizen +1400
Tony Finau +1400
Patrick Reed +1800
Brian Harman +2500
2021 3M Open Preview
Where: Blaine, Minnesota
Course: TPC Twin Cities
Format: Stroke Play
Par: 71
Length: 7,431
When: July 22-25, 2021
Purse: $6.6 Million
TV Coverage: NBCSportsGold/Golf Channel
TPC Twin Cities may play similarly to Royal St George’s during the weekend rounds at The Open. High temperatures and a lack of wind and rain made for perfect shot-making conditions on a course that became more forgiving as the tournament progressed.
That is when comparing to past Opens where sideways sea fueled rain and gusts of wind turned everything brown as balls were lost deep natural rough. Twin Cities will be as green as the course was in Sandwich England.
Another similarity will be the need to gain strokes with a putter and the greens themselves. If you watched the Open then you may have picked up on the movement of the ball after being struck by the putter. The greens this week are around 6,500 square feet with plenty of undulation and drain-off areas so expect some missed putts!
Twin Cities is not packed with trees but there are a bunch more than you saw last week at The Open. Those players who took part in the Barbasol in Kentucky should feel right at home!
2021 3M Open Picks
Louis Oosthuizen +1400
Oosthuizen was the leader after three rounds at The Open before a couple of bunker shots took him out of the running. You can bet he’ll have something to prove coming into the opening round on Thursday. Oosthuizen has finished his last six events in good fashion going T3, 2nd, T18, T2, T8, and 2nd respectfully. He’s only missed one cut this season.
Bubba Watson +3300
Bubba Watson has finished top twenty or better nine times this season and he is coming off of an impressive T6 at the Travelers. Watson is 7th in PGA “Off the Tee” stats this year and has been showing some of his old magic around the greens as of late and TPC Twin Cities is a great place to have a hot putter.
Luke List +5000
Luke List has been on the verge of winning seemingly for weeks, or months. His newborn son is out of the hospital and you could almost see the relief peel away as List started raking up Birdies at the John Deere two weeks ago. He finished T4 then and then went T5 last week at the Barbasol. He can crush a ball for distance and his putter is improving.
Others: Everyone is pointing to Dustin Johnson at +700 but I’m leaning toward Tony Finau at +1400 for the better value. Seamus Power (+3300) almost pulled off the win last week at the Barbasol before losing in a playoff.
2021 3M Open Betting Lines
Dustin Johnson +700
Louis Oosthuizen +1400
Tony Finau +1400
Patrick Reed +1800
Brian Harman +2500
Cameron Tringale +2800
Matthew Wolff +2800
Robert Macintyre +2800
Sergio Garcia +3300
Bubba Watson +3300
Seamus Power +3300
Emiliano Grillo +4000
Rickie Fowler +4000
Maverick McNealy +4000
Keegan Bradley +4000
Lucas Herbert +4000
Cameron Davis +4000
Hank Lebioda +4000
Charl Schwartzel +5000
Stewart Cink +5000
Ryan Moore +5000
Patton Kizzire +5000
Luke List +5000
Doug Ghim +5000
Dylan Frittelli +5000
Lanto Griffin +6000
Gary Woodland +6000
Jhonattan Vegas +6000
Brandt Snedeker +6600
Chris Kirk +6600
Charles Howell III +6600
JT Poston +6600
Richy Werenski +6600
Patrick Rodgers +6600
Brendon Todd +6600
Kyle Stanley +7000
Troy Merritt +8000
Mito Pereira +8000
Michael Thompson +8000
Adam Schenk +8000
Joel Dahmen +8000
Chez Reavie +8000
Steve Stricker +8000
Adam Hadwin +8000
Matt Kuchar +8000
Beau Hossler +10000
Brandon Hagy +10000
Erik Van Rooyen +10000
Bo Hoag +10000
Tom Lewis +10000
Brian Stuard +10000
Pat Perez +10000
Sam Ryder +10000
Scott Stallings +12500
Mark Hubbard +12500
Sepp Straka +12500
Ryan Armour +12500
Russell Knox +12500
Cameron Champ +12500
Adam Long +12500
Scott Piercy +12500
Matthew Nesmith +12500
Byeong-Hun An +12500
Joseph Bramlett +12500
James Hahn +15000
Rafael Cabrera Bello +15000
Brandon Stone +15000
Roger Sloan +15000
Kevin Tway +15000
Wyndham Clark +15000
Jason Dufner +15000
Keith Mitchell +15000
Robert Streb +15000
Brice Garnett +15000
Peter Uihlein +15000
Tom Hoge +15000
Denny McCarthy +15000
Satoshi Kodaira +15000
Scott Brown +20000
Chesson Hadley +20000
Cameron Percy +20000
Vincent Whaley +20000
Nate Lashley +20000
Austin Eckroat +20000
John Huh +20000
Vaughn Taylor +20000
Will Gordon +20000
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +20000
Camilo Villegas +20000
Andrew Putnam +25000
Harry Higgs +25000
Bronson Burgoon +25000
Chase Seiffert +25000
Sean O'Hair +25000
Tyler Duncan +25000
Ben Martin +25000
Robby Shelton +25000
Josh Teater +25000
Peter Malnati +25000
Wes Roach +25000
Michael Gligic +25000
Mark Anderson +30000
Jimmy Walker +30000
Aaron Baddeley +30000
Bo Van Pelt +30000
JJ Spaun +30000
Rob Oppenheim +30000
Austin Cook +30000
David Hearn +30000
Fabian Gomez +30000
Kiradech Aphibarnrat +30000
Quade Cummins +30000
Andrew Landry +35000
Luke Donald +35000
Sunghoon Kang +35000
John Pak +35000
Michael Gellerman +40000
Bill Haas +40000
Scott Harrington +40000
Ryan Hall +40000
Ricky Barnes +40000
Ted Potter +40000
Rhein Gibson +40000
Rafael Campos +40000
Chris Baker +50000
Shawn Stefani +50000
Kristoffer Ventura +50000
Angus Flanagan +50000
Tyler McCumber +50000
Johnson Wagner +50000
Brian Gay +50000
Sang Moon Bae +50000
Ben Taylor +50000
John Senden +50000
Ryan Brehm +50000
Zack Sucher +50000
Jonathan Byrd +50000
D J Trahan +50000
Sebastian Cappelen +50000
Ryan Blaum +50000
Nelson Ledesma +50000
Grayson Murray +50000
Dominic Bozzelli +50000
D.A. Points +75000
Michael Kim +75000
Brent Snyder +75000
Martin Trainer +75000
Kevin Stadler +75000
Hunter Mahan +75000
Matt Every +75000
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