Jul. 17, 2008
By Jamie Batey, Special to PGATOUR.COM
A field of 78 players will participate in this week's 3M Championship at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn. It's the last tuneup before the three-event stretch of Champions Tour majors, starting with next week's Senior British Open at Royal Troon.
| Top 10s |
| Charles Schwab Cup Points | Champions Tour money leaders |
| 2 |
Bernhard Langer |
12 |
1,413 |
2 |
Bernhard Langer |
12 |
$1,264,728 |
| 3 |
Scott Hoch |
15 |
1,026 |
3 |
Loren Roberts |
15 |
$1,151,093 |
| 4 |
Loren Roberts |
15 |
1,003 |
4 |
Scott Hoch |
15 |
$1,096,173 |
| 5 |
Jeff Sluman |
14 |
796 |
5 |
Jeff Sluman |
14 |
$874,205 |
| 8 |
John Cook |
15 |
650 |
7 |
John Cook |
15 |
$768,713 |
| 10 |
Lonnie Nielson |
16 |
531 |
10 |
Lonnie Nielson |
16 |
$716,359 |
|
| 2008 Tournament winners |
| Scott Hoch |
2 |
Allianz Championship, the ACE Group Championship |
| Peter Jacobsen |
1 |
Wendy's Champions Skins Game |
| Fuzzy Zoeller |
1 |
Wendy's Champions Skins Game |
| Bernhard Langer |
2 |
Toshiba Classic, Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort |
| Andy Bean |
1 |
Regions Charity Classic |
| Jeff Sluman |
1 |
Bank Of America Championship |
| Loren Roberts |
1 |
Commerce Bank Championship |
|
| World Golf Hall of Famers |
| Hale Irwin |
1992 |
Bernhard Langer |
2002 |
| Tom Kite |
2004 |
Curtis Strange |
2007 |
|
| Major winners |
| Hale Irwin |
3 |
1990, 1979, 1974 U.S. Open |
| Bernhard Langer |
2 |
1985, 1993 Masters Tournament |
| Curtis Strange |
2 |
1989, 1988 U.S. Open |
| Fuzzy Zoeller |
2 |
1979 Masters Tournament, 1984 U.S. Open |
| Tom Kite |
1 |
1992 U.S. Open |
| Scott Simpson |
1 |
1987 U.S. Open |
| Jeff Sluman |
1 |
1988 PGA Championship |
| Dave Stockton |
1 |
1970 PGA Championship |
|
| Champions Tour major winners |
| Hale Irwin |
7 |
2004, 1998, 1997, 1996 Senior PGA Championship; 2000, 1998 U.S. Senior Open; 1999 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship |
| Gil Morgan |
3 |
1998, 1997 JELD-WEN Tradition; 1998 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship |
| Loren Roberts |
3 |
2006 Senior British Open; 2005 JELD-WEN Tradition; 2007 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship |
| Dave Stockton |
3 |
1996 U.S. Senior Open; 1994, 1992 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship |
| Graham Marsh |
2 |
1997 U.S. Senior Open; 1999 JELD-WEN Tradition |
| Peter Jacobsen |
2 |
2004 U.S. Senior Open; 2005 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship |
| Jim Colbert |
1 |
1993 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship |
| Dave Eichelberger |
1 |
1999 U.S. Senior Open |
| Bruce Fleisher |
1 |
2001 U.S. Senior Open |
| Tom Kite |
1 |
2000 JELD-WEN Tradition |
| Mark McNulty |
1 |
2007 JELD-WEN Tradition |
| Don Pooley |
1 |
2002 U.S. Senior Open |
| Mike Reid |
1 |
2005 Senior PGA Championship |
| J.C. Snead |
1 |
1995 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship |
| Jim Thorpe |
1 |
2002 JELD-WEN Tradition |
| Bobby Wadkins |
1 |
2006 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship |
| Fuzzy Zoeller |
1 |
2002 Senior PGA Championship |
|
| Previous winners of the 3M Championship |
| D.A. Weibring (2007) |
David Edwards (2006) |
Tom Purtzer (2005) |
| Tom Kite (2004) |
Wayne Levi (2003) |
Hale Irwin (2002, 1999, 1997) |
| Ed Dougherty (2000) |
Leonard Thompson (1998) |
Vicente Fernandez (1996) |
| Dave Stockton (1994) |
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| International Players |
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Australia |
Graham Marsh |
 |
Germany |
Bernhard Langer |
 |
Argentina |
Vicente Fernandez |
 |
Ireland |
Mark McNulty |
 |
Japan |
Massy Kuramoto, Joe Ozaki |
 |
Thailand |
Boonchu Ruangkit |
 |
Canada |
Rod Spittle |
 |
South Africa |
Fulton Allem, Hugh Baiocchi |
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