Our Clients:

Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM

Jul 24, 2022 12:40 am

Scott Piercy extends lead to 4 shots at 3M Open

Scott Piercy fired a 5-under-par 66 on Saturday to set the 54-hole tournament record and extend his lead to four strokes at the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn.

Piercy sits at 18-under 195 heading into Sunday’s final round.

Saturday’s round was delayed six hours and 38 minutes by inclement weather.

Emiliano Grillo of Argentina shot 67 to sit solo second four strokes back. Tony Finau and Doug Ghim shot matching 65s to sit tied for third at 13 under for the tournament. Tom Hoge (66) is six shots back in fifth place.

Piercy is 18 holes away from his fifth career win on the PGA Tour and first since 2015. He finished his round with seven birdies — including five in a row on Holes 3-7 — against two bogeys. He finished his round with a bogey at the par-5 18th.

“It feels great,” Piercy said. “I obviously would have liked to have kind of finished off the last hole a little bit better. My goal, once I got off to kind of a good start, was to get to 21 and keep the pedal to the metal and just try to go. The last four, five holes, kind of some tired swings and a little bit of mental grind today. So I’m happy that I actually gained a stroke from three to four and let’s go do it again tomorrow.”

Piercy will be paired with Grillo, who used an eagle, four birdies against two bogeys to remain within reach of his second victory on tour and first since 2015.

“I’m pleased the way I closed the round,” Grillo said, while acknowledging that catching Piercy is a daunting task.

“(Piercy) played phenomenal today,” Grillo added. “If he brings half of his game from today to tomorrow, that’s going to be very tough. Obviously you’re looking at a very low round tomorrow to have a chance, but I’m just going to go out and try to have fun and like I say, try to play my best.”

–Field Level Media

You may also like

Nelly Korda
Jul 9, 2025 4:11 pm

Nelly Korda in search of first win of season at Evian Championship

Since it became the fifth major of women’s golf in 2013, the Evian Championship has crowned a litany of highly ranked champions. It’s not a tournament where surprises tend to…

scottie scheffler
Jul 9, 2025 4:09 pm

Golf Glance: Elite field at Scottish Open; LPGA major hunting in France

Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours. PGA TOUR LAST TOURNAMENT: John Deere Classic (Brian Campbell) THIS WEEK:…

Robert MacIntyre
Jul 9, 2025 1:31 pm

Reflective Robert MacIntyre counting memories before defense of Scottish Open

Robert MacIntyre returns to the Scottish Open exasperated by the year gone by since he birdied the final hole to win his home country’s national championship in North Berwick last…

More Golf News

Nelly Korda
Jul 9, 2025 4:11 pm

Nelly Korda in search of first win of season at Evian Championship

Since it became the fifth major of women’s golf in 2013, the Evian Championship has crowned a litany of highly ranked champions. It’s not a tournament where surprises tend to…

scottie scheffler
Jul 9, 2025 4:09 pm

Golf Glance: Elite field at Scottish Open; LPGA major hunting in France

Robert MacIntyre
Jul 9, 2025 1:31 pm

Reflective Robert MacIntyre counting memories before defense of Scottish Open

Rory McIlroy
Jul 9, 2025 12:38 pm

Scuffling Rory McIlroy breaks from holiday for Scottish Open

j.j. spaun
Jul 9, 2025 12:00 pm

J.J. Spaun in a new element after U.S. Open triumph

Read all
fb-post
advertisment
title-icon

Upcoming events

See all odds
[gs-fb-comments]