The 3M Open provides one of the last two opportunities for players to play their way into the FedEx Cup Playoffs and into the all-important top 100 to secure their PGA Tour card for next season. The top of the leaderboard after the first round features a player in Adam Svensson looking to do both after shooting a scintillating 11-under 60 on Thursday.

Adam Svensson made a 48-foot eagle putt on the closing hole to complete an 11-under 60 that gave him a two-shot lead over Sam Stevens and Thorbjorn Olesen after one round of the 3M Open.

Adam Svensson fires a 60 to set the 3M Open record originally appeared on Bring Me The News. The annual 3M Open began in dramatic fashion on Thursday as Canadian Adam Svensson tied the course record of 60, following a 48-foot eagle put on the 18th hole. He's currently all alone in first place at 11 under par.

It capped off a thrilling opening-round course-record 11-under 60 at TPC Twin Cities to grab the lead at the 3M Open by two strokes over Sam Stevens.

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Tour coach: Vincent Whaley (75-1, Bet365) — Whaley’s main attribute is accuracy off the tee. That will serve him very well at the 3M Open. He had another strong week last week at the Barracuda, so with these odds, I think it’s a smart bet.

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