TPC Twin Cities Key Fantasy Stats

3M Open

July 22nd – 25th, 2021

TPC Twin Cities

Blaine, MN

Par: 71 / Yardage: 7,431

Purse: $6.6 million

with $1,188,000 to the winner

Defending Champion:
Michael Thompson

by Sal Johnson

Founder, Chief Data Officer, GOLFstats

E-mail me at:
sal@golfstats.com

This is based on the most vital stats from TPC Twin Cities, based on data from last year’s 3M Open, and using data from all the players in the field with stats from 2021.
Last year was the second year of the 3M Open, it was a popular venue for a Champions Tour event before making the switch for 2019. The switch proved to be very successful as the community got in back of the tournament and made it a mainstay for the Minnesota area. Now the heart and soul of the event is the course, TPC Twin Cities. It’s a course most players like because they can produce a low score on it. Last year the scoring average was 69.95, a full shot under par and it was the 23rd hardest course on tour. Winner Michael Thompson produced a winning score of 19 under par and he had 22 birdies for the week The previous year it played to a 69.45 scoring average, which is a shot and a half below its par. Ranking wise it’s T-36th hardest on the PGA Tour as seven other courses played easier.
With the course playing that easy, it’s not surprising to see that the course had more birdies made on it (1,976) than any other course in 2019. In 2020 the course had 1,769 birdies placing it 36th
So the stats make the point that this is a bombers course. The same in 2020 as 1,769 birdies were making it the 36th hardest with only five other courses on the PGA Tour making more birdies. So it’s important to note, making birdies could be one of the most important parts of playing well at TPC Twin Cities.
In looking at our four categories, we have picked four that are needed to win. First, we will use Strokes Gained Tee-the-Gree in which it looks at the combination of length of drive off the tee, accuracy, and ability to hit greens. Last year the average drive was 296.0 yards for all drives and ranked 21st meaning that only 17 other courses on the Tour saw longer driving averages. As for accuracy off the tee, the course was 24th with 62.81% of the drives in the fairway. Looking at last year’s winner Michael Thompson, he ranked 46th in driving distance and T-22nd in accuracy so he ranked 17th in Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green. Ass for 2019 winner Matthew Wolff he ranked 36th in Driving Distance and T-31st in Accuracy so he ranked 1st in Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green.
Our 2nd category is Greens in Regulation. This is a type of course that greens are pretty easy to hit in regulation so TPC Twin Cities was ranked 33rd on tour with 71.62% of the greens hit. So this shows that a lot of players hit the greens last year. The winner last year Thompson hit 60 of 72 for 83.33% which ranked T-3rd. In 2019, winner Wolff hit 60 of 72 for 83.33% which ranked T-6th. Kevin Streelman. hit the most greens, 64 of the 72, but finished T-34th.
Our 3rd category is Strokes Gained Putting which is an important part of the game. Last year the putting average at TPC Twin Cities was 1.767 as the course ranked 24th. It averaged 29.40 putts per round which ranked it 11th and in the important inside ten feet it ranked 28th. Thompson last year took 115 putts which ranked T-21st and in Strokes Gained Putting was ranked 1st. In putts inside ten feet, he ranked 3rd making 61 of 64 putts. In 2019 Wolff took 115 putts which ranked T-25th and in Strokes Gained Putting he was 39th. In the important putts made inside 10 feet, Wolff made 65 of 71 and ranked T-27th.
The last category is Par Breakers. As we said earlier in this piece 1,769 birdies were made on the course, with only five other courses making more birdies. It had a total of 36 eagles, which ranked T-26th. Last year’s winner Michael Thompson made 22 birdies which were ranked T-7th and didn’t make an eagle. So Thompson was T-12th in Par Breaker. In 2019 TPC Twin Cities had a total of 52 eagles, which ranked 43rd at it ranked 39th in Par Breakers. Nate Lashley made the most birdies of anyone in the field, 28 so his Par Breakers rank is 1st. Now Wolff made 26 birdies and one eagle as he was 1st in Par Breakers.
Wolff had an epic battle with Bryson DeChambeau and his eagle on the 72nd hole was the reason he won the tournament by a shot. Thompson played great and cruised to a two-shot victory.

*Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green: Combination of distance off the tee, accuracy off the tee, and hitting greens

*Greens in Regulation: Number of greens hit in regulation.

*Strokes Gained Putting: Gives the equivalent to putting based on strokes gained or lost

*Par Breakers: Who makes the most birdies and eagles per round.

Of the 156 players in the field, 125 have stats on the PGA Tour for 2021.

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