MINNEAPOLIS - Get ready, golfers -- the PGA Tour is coming back to Minnesota.
3M and the PGA Tour announced Monday they will bring an official PGA Tour event to the Twin Cities in 2019. No date has been given at this point but officials say the timing will be set in the coming weeks as part of the tour's 2018-2019 schedule announcement.
This will be the first time a PGA Tour event has been in the state since the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska.
According to a press release, the seven-year deal will bring the top golfers in the world to TPC Twin Cities in Blaine for a new FedExCup Season event, the 3M Open, which begins next summer.
"3M is honored to welcome the top players on the PGA TOUR to the Twin Cities, and we look forward to the many opportunities this tournament will bring to support our community," said Paul Keel, 3M senior vice president of Business Development and Marketing-Sales. "We’ve formed a great relationship with PGA TOUR Champions over the last 25 years and are excited to build on that partnership with the 3M Open."
3M’s long-time PGA Tour Champions partner Pro Links Sports will manage the 3M Open.