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The fourth and final major championship of the year is wrapped up as Scottie Scheffler won The Open last weekend, and he now just needs a U.S. Open title to complete the career grand slam. While there are no more majors this year, attention now turns to the FedEx Cup race as well as the Ryder Cup, both of which are right around the corner. The push to these two events really takes off this weekend at the 3M Open in Blaine, Minn. at TPC Twin Cities. 

This tournament is a big one for bubble players in the FedEx Cup standings, as well as those players looking to make final impressions on Ryder Cup captains. Only the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings make it to the first event of the PGA's postseason, while the U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams have six top players, like Scheffler, qualify automatically, while the rest are captain's picks. The 3M Open is the second-to-last event on the PGA Tour's regular season schedule. 

Before players tee off Thursday morning, who are the top 3M Open Picks? And what do the latest 3M Open odds look like right now? If you're interested in betting on golf and this week's 3M Open, you should first check out the 3M Open field and 3M Open odds at the top betting sites before making any PGA Tour picks. You can also use the best sportsbook promos from those sites to make 3M Open bets of your own, and make sure to watch the final two rounds of this year's tournament on CBS and Paramount+ Saturday and Sunday.

The 2025 3M Open field

Most of the PGA Tour's top stars will not be playing at the 3M Open because they're sitting comfortably in the FedEx Cup and/or Ryder Cup standings. That includes guys like Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. But there are still quite a few big names who made the quick turnaround from Northern Ireland out to Minnesota for this event. 

Chris Gotterup is red hot of late after winning the Scottish Open two weeks ago and finishing third at The Open. Sam Burns and Maverick McNealy are also going to play, as will Wyndham Clark and Rickie Fowler, both of whom finished in the top 15 at The Open.

Gotterup, McNealy and Burns are all locks in the FedEx Cup standings as they're all in the top 23, but if they want to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team, they'll need to make a strong final case to captain Keegan Bradley. Clark has been vocal about wanting to make the Ryder Cup team, and he's played better of late to jump to 51st in the FedEx Cup race. Fowler also leaped into the top 70 at 61st after a strong Open showing.

Notable players like Adam Scott, Davis Thompson, Rasmus Hojgaard and Emiliano Grillo are outside of the top 70 in the FedEx Cup and could use a big weekend in Minnesota. 

Past 3M Open winners in the field this week include Jhonattan Vegas (2024), Lee Hodges (2023), Tony Finau (2022) and Cameron Champ (2021). This year's winner earns 500 FedEx Cup points and a large chunk of the $8.4 million purse. 

2025 3M Open betting odds

Gotterup enters this tournament as hot as anyone in golf not named Scottie Scheffler after a Scottish Open win and third-place finish at The Open, and he and Burns are the co-favorites at DraftKings Sporstbook at +1800. McNealy is close behind at +2000. Here's what the top of the odds board at DraftKings looks like entering the first round of the 3M Open.

  • Chris Gotterup (+1800)
  • Sam Burns (+1800)
  • Maverick McNealy (+2000)
  • Wyndham Clark (+2500)
  • Max Greyserman (+2800)
  • Taylor Pendrith (+3000)
  • Michael Thorbjornsen (+3500)
  • Jake Knapp (+3500)
  • Si Woo Kim (+3500)

2025 3M Open best bets, longshots

Both McNealy and Pendrith finished in the top five at least year's 3M Open and are probably the favorites worth monitoring the most besides Gotterup, who is hoping his links dominance translates back to the States. 

Here are some other players worth keeping an eye on this week at the 3M Open, including what their current odds are:

  • In addition to winning this event back in 2022, Finau (+4000) has played extremely well here the last two years, finishing 12th last year and seventh in 2023. 
  • The cut line for the FedEx St. Jude Championship is the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings, and Grino (+5000) finds himself as the first man out at 71st in the standings entering this weekend. A big showing at the 3M Open could give him a big boost and even some cushion should he finish well this week. 
  • Knapp (+3500) has quietly played good golf of late, finishing in the top 27 of each of the last four events he's played, including fourth at the Rocket Classic. Knapp is as capable of shooting in the low 60s as anyone in this field, and he seems primed to get his second career win in the near future.
  • My favorite longshot play of the week is Patrick Fishburn at +6500. He finished tied for sixth in this event last year and has two top-20 finishes in July, including sixth at the ISCO Championship.