3M Open One And Done Pick Strategy (2024)

Golf One And Done pool pick strategy for the 2024 3M Open, where Tony Finau, Akshay Bhatia, and Sam Burns are among the favorites.

Akshay Bhatia is among the 3M Open favorites (Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire)

The PGA Tour returns to the USA, heading to Minnesota for the 3M Open. Despite many top golfers from The Open Championship not playing, several options ranked inside our Top 30 overall and near the top of the odds board are worth considering for this event.

Let’s explore some strategies as you officially enter the stretch run of the OAD season.

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Last Week’s One And Done Pick Results

• Xander Schauffele had an excellent closing round to win his second major of the year and take home the $3.1 million prize. Schauffele’s popularity was limited by his heavy past usage in pools, and typically less than 3% of pool entries had selected him.
• Justin Rose and Billy Horschel finished in a tie for 2nd, and both were virtually unpicked, as were fourth-place finisher Thriston Lawrence and fifth-place finisher Russell Henley.
• Shane Lowry (6th) and Jon Rahm (tied for 7th) had the best finishes among semi-popular options.
• The popular picks mostly failed at The Open, as Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrell Hatton, Ludvig Aberg, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, and Cameron Smith all missed the cut and were among the most popular picks for the week.

3M Open One And Done Pick Strategy: Purse Info

The 3M Open has a total prize purse of $8,100,000, with $1,458,000 going to 1st place.

That puts it well behind any upcoming FedEx Playoff events like the FedEx St. Jude Classic or BMW Championship and in a similar range to past events like the John Deere Classic and Mexico Open.

With so few events left, you probably want to save at least your top two golfers overall available to you for the upcoming higher purse events, but everyone else is in play.

If you want to see where this tournament’s purse ranks in your specific One And Done pool, you can set up your pool entry in our Golf One And Done Picks product.

2024 3M Open Overview For One And Done Pools

This analysis serves as a complement to the data provided in our product, which provides customized weekly pick grades that consider factors like:

• The total number of picks you need to make this season
• The specific tournaments included in your pool
• The golfers you’ve already picked so far

Here are notable highlights for the 2024 3M Open field:

• None of the golfers ranked inside our Top 20 are playing this week, but several in our Top 30 are teeing it up. This means you are not really at risk of using a “must-save” golfer for the FedEx playoffs if you have effectively planned out your
• The highest-ranked players in the 3M Open are Tony Finau (22nd), Sam Burns (23rd), Sahith Theegala (27th), Billy Horschel (28th), and Akshay Bhatia (29th).
• Lee Hodges won this event last year, while Finau and Cameron Champ are in the field, representing as champions from the past three 3M Opens.

One And Done Pick Advice For The 2024 3M Open