Adam Svensson signed for a bogey-free, 11-under 60 on Thursday to take a two-shot lead at the 3M Open.
He gained 4.89 strokes putting, his most in a round on Tour and led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting. Svensson made a career-best 194′ 2″ of putts (previous: 169’ 2” at the 2021 RSM Classic/R2). He also matched his most birdies or better in a round on Tour with ten (2024 Bank of Utah Championship/R1).
His new low 18-hole score on the PGA Tour set a new scoring record by two strokes and is the second-lowest round on Tour this season (59/Jake Knapp/R1/Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches).
“It was great. I had a great range session today. Just really putted amazing, I made a bunch of breakers. It was probably my best putting round I ever had so I’m pretty happy,” said Svensson.
“I made changes for the last couple years. I struggled on Sundays so I tried to not change my swing but just figure out something that I can improve over the weekend. I feel like I start off good and then kind of dwindle a little bit. Just been working on that.”
Svensson holds his fourth 18-hole lead/co-lead on Tour and is 0-for-3 to date converting to victory. The Canadian has won once, at the 2022 RSM Classic. His best finish this season was T24 at the Corales Puntacana Championship.
American Sam Stevens made a bogey at the 18th but still posted a career-low 9-under 62 for a share of second place at 9-under. He has had two top-10s this season including runnder-up at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Eight-time DP World Tour winner Thorbjørn Olesen of Denmark made one bogey and recorded his second round of 62 or better on Tour this season (61/RBC Canadian Open/R1). With 10 birdies he tied his most in a round on Tour (2024 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic/61/R4).
American Chris Gotterup opened with a bogey-free 8-under 63 featuring an eagle at the par-5 12th, his fourth bogey-free round on Tour this season, for a share of fourth place at 8-under. He has finished inside the top-25 in eleven of his 23 events played this season, highlighted by his second PGA Tour victory at the Genesis Scottish Open and solo-third finish at last week’s Open Championship.
Compatriot Chad Ramey made one bogey and Germany’s Matti Schmid stayed bogey-free for a share of fourth place.
Defending champion Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela lies in T53 at 3-under having made two bogeys and closed with a 68.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Svensson | -11 | 60 |
| T2 | Sam Stevens | -9 | 62 |
| T2 | Thorbjørn Olesen | -9 | 62 |
| T4 | Chad Ramey | -8 | 63 |
| T4 | Matti Schmid | -8 | 63 |
| T4 | Chris Gotterup | -8 | 63 |
| T7 | Brendan Valdes | -7 | 64 |
| T7 | Jake Knapp | -7 | 64 |
| T7 | Chris Kirk | -7 | 64 |
| T7 | Zac Blair | -7 | 64 |
| T11 | Kurt Kitayama | -6 | 65 |
| T11 | Rickie Fowler | -6 | 65 |
| T11 | Emiliano Grillo | -6 | 65 |
| T11 | Ricky Castillo | -6 | 65 |
| T11 | Matt Wallace | -6 | 65 |
| T11 | Victor Perez | -6 | 65 |
| T11 | Pierceson Coody | -6 | 65 |
| T18 | Ben Silverman | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Mac Meissner | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Max Homa | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Taylor Moore | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Brice Garnett | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Adam Hadwin | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Ben Kohles | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Luke Clanton | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Jesper Svensson | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Kris Ventura | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Niklas Norgaard | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Mark Hubbard | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | David Skinns | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Mackenzie Hughes | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | William Mouw | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Akshay Bhatia | -5 | 66 |
| T18 | Patrick Fishburn | -5 | 66 |
| T35 | Nate Lashley | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Vince Whaley | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Kevin Kisner | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Patrick Rodgers | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Seamus Power | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Gary Woodland | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Jackson Suber | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Taylor Dickson | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Thomas Rosenmueller | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Wyndham Clark | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Nick Hardy | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Matt McCarty | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Henrik Norlander | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Joel Dahmen | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Taylor Montgomery | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | David Ford | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Takumi Kanaya | -4 | 67 |
| T35 | Thriston Lawrence | -4 | 67 |
| T53 | David Lipsky | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Harry Higgs | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Greyson Sigg | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Camilo Villegas | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Taylor Pendrith | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Tom Kim | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Rafael Campos | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Antoine Rozner | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Cristobal Del Solar | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Kevin Roy | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Rico Hoey | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Danny Walker | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Keith Mitchell | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Isaiah Salinda | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Ryan Palmer | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Troy Merritt | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Garrick Higgo | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Jhonattan Vegas | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Lee Hodges | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Doug Ghim | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Chez Reavie | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Trevor Cone | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Noah Goodwin | -3 | 68 |
| T53 | Preston Stout(a) | -3 | 68 |
| T77 | Danny Willett | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Cameron Champ | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Max Greyserman | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Byeong Hun An | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Tony Finau | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Adam Schenk | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Patton Kizzire | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Davis Thompson | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Michael La Sasso(a) | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Webb Simpson | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Joseph Bramlett | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Adam Scott | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Matthieu Pavon | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Chan Kim | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Quade Cummins | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | John Pak | -2 | 69 |
| T77 | Mason Andersen | -2 | 69 |
| T94 | Alex Noren | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Lanto Griffin | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Si Woo Kim | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Ben Martin | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Yi Cao | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Kevin Velo | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Matthew Riedel | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Jeremy Paul | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Andrew Putnam | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Hayden Buckley | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Dylan Wu | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Haotong Li | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Austin Eckroat | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Karl Vilips | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Davis Riley | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Sam Ryder | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Max McGreevy | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Paul Peterson | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Braden Thornberry | -1 | 70 |
| T94 | Will Chandler | -1 | 70 |
| T114 | Maverick McNealy | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Sungjae Im | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Alex Smalley | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Steven Fisk | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Josh Radcliff | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Ryan Brehm | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Justin Lower | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Sam Burns | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Cam Davis | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | Par | 71 |
| T114 | Sami Valimaki | Par | 71 |
| T125 | Carson Young | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Chandler Phillips | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Sahith Theegala | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Kevin Yu | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Luke List | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Zach Johnson | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Ryo Hisatsune | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Jacob Bridgeman | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Brandt Snedeker | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Chesson Hadley | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Will Gordon | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Hayden Springer | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Brandon Matthews | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Carson Herron | +1 | 72 |
| T125 | Max Herendeen(a) | +1 | 72 |
| T140 | Aaron Baddeley | +2 | 73 |
| T140 | Harrison Endycott | +2 | 73 |
| T140 | Joe Highsmith | +2 | 73 |
| T140 | Thomas Campbell | +2 | 73 |
| T140 | Gordon Sargent | +2 | 73 |
| T145 | Beau Hossler | +3 | 74 |
| T145 | Tom Hoge | +3 | 74 |
| T145 | Nick Dunlap | +3 | 74 |
| T148 | Erik van Rooyen | +4 | 75 |
| T148 | Eric Cole | +4 | 75 |
| T148 | Kaito Onishi | +4 | 75 |
| T148 | Stephen Stallings Jr. | +4 | 75 |
| T152 | Peter Malnati | +5 | 76 |
| T152 | Michael Thorbjornsen | +5 | 76 |
| T152 | Trey Mullinax | +5 | 76 |
| 155 | Michael Feuerstein | +6 | 77 |
| W/D | Frankie Capan III | - | 78 |
