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Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.

PGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: The Open Championship (Scottie Scheffler); Barracuda Championship (Ryan Gerard)

THIS WEEK: 3M Open, Blaine, Minn., July 24-27

Course: TPC Twin Cities (Par 71, 7,431 Yards)

Purse: $8.4M (Winner: $1.512M)

Defending Champion: Jhonattan Vegas

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Thursday-Friday: 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)

Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 8:15 a.m.-7 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

X: @3MOpen

NOTES: Only two events remain in the regular season, with the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings qualifying for the first leg. Notable names on the bubble in this week's field include Rickie Fowler (No. 63), Gary Woodland (No. 78) and Adam Scott (No. 85) ... TPC Twin Cities, which was designed by Arnold Palmer, will play host to the event for the seventh consecutive year. ... Thirty-seven players in the field also competed in The Open Championship last week, led by Chris Gotterup (3rd), Haotong Li (T4) and Wyndham Clark (T4). Li's finish earned him a spot in the 3M Open, where he will make his event debut. ... Vegas is seeking to become the first player to successfully defend at the event. ... Ole Miss senior Michael La Sasso, who won the 2025 NCAA Division I individual national championship, will make his first start on tour this season as a sponsor exemption. Meanwhile, former Oklahoma State star Preston Sout will make his PGA Tour debut. ... Lee Hodges holds the tournament scoring record of 260 set in 2023.

BEST BETS: Chris Gotterup (+1800 at DraftKings) followed up his Scottish Open victory with a T3 at Royal Portrush to jump to No. 27 in the world rankings. ... Sam Burns (+1800) is among the most accomplished players in the field with five career tour victories. He nearly claimed a sixth, finishing second at the Canadian Open and holding the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open ... Maverick McNealy (+2000) is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 18. While he has yet to win on tour, he does have six top-10s this season and tied for third here in 2024. ... Wyndham Clark (+2500) carded a final round 65 to tie for fourth at The Open. ... Taylor Pendrith (+3000) has one PGA Tour title under his belt and finished fifth here last year.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, N.C., July 31-Aug. 3

LPGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Evian Championship (Grace Kim)

THIS WEEK: Women's Scottish Open, Gailes, Ayrshire, Scotland, July 24-27

Course: Dundonald Links (Par 72)

Purse: $2M (Winner: $300,000)

Defending Champion: Lauren Coughlin

Race to the CME Globe leader: Jeeno Thitikul

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Thursday-Friday: 4:30-8:30 a.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday: 8 a.m.-Noon (NBC Digital); Sunday: 7-11 a.m. (NBC Digital)

Streaming: NBC Sports App

X: @Womens_Scottish

NOTES: The event dates back to 1986 and has been co-sanctioned between the LPGA Tour and the LET starting in 2017. ... The 144-player field includes World No. 1 Nelly Korda, No. 5 Minjee Lee and England's Lottie Woad. Woad will be making her professional debut after securing the final point she needed through the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway at the Evian Championship. ... Scotland's Hannah Darling will also make her professional debut as a sponsor exemption. ... Charley Hull is in the field after withdrawing from the Evian Championship due to an illness that saw her collapse on the tee box.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: AIG Women's Open, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, Wales

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

LAST TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Andalucia (Individual: Talor Gooch; Team: Legion XIII)

THIS WEEK: LIV Golf UK, United Kingdom, July 26-28

Course: JCB Golf & Country Club (Par 71, 7,276 Yards)

Purse: Individual $20M (Winner: $4M); Team: $5M (Winners: $3M)

Defending Champions: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Legion XIII

Season Leaders: Individual: Joaquin Niemann; Team: Crushers GC

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV/Streaming: Friday-Sunday: 8:05 a.m. ET (FOX, LIV Golf Plus)

X: @livgolf_league

NOTES: This is the 11th of 13 events on the 2025 schedule, which will be followed by the Team Championship. ... LIV returns to the UK for the fourth consecutive year, with the JCB Golf and Country Club playing host to its second event. Six players in the field hail from England ... The field consists of 13 four-player teams competing in daily shotgun starts over 54 holes. Each team's top three scores are counted for each round. ... Niemann is the only player with multiple individual titles this season, having won four of the first 10 events, and leads the all-time LIV list with six. ... Legion XIII has won seven of its first 20 tournaments and has reached the podium five other times.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Chicago, Aug. 8-10

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

LAST TOURNAMENT: Dick's Open (Steve Allen)

THIS WEEK: ISPS Handa Senior Open, Berkshire, England, July 24-27

Course: Sunningdale GC (Par 70, 6,682 Yards)

Purse: $TBD

Defending Champion: K.J. Choi

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Thursday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday: 8:30 a.m.-Noon (GC), Noon-2 p.m. (NBC)

X: @euLegendsTour

NOTES: This is the final major of the season, with the event returning to Sunningdale for the first time since 2021 when Wales' Stephen Dodd won. ... Jimenez leads the tour with four victories this year, including his second career major title. ... The 144-player field includes seven World Golf Hall of Fame members, including four-time champion Bernhard Langer and two-time Open champions Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Boeing Classic, Snoqualmie, Wash., Aug. 8-10

--Field Level Media