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Wolff set the tournament record of
-21 under the fi rst year, and Thompson's
winning number was two shots higher at
-19 the following season, after the course
was toughened up a bit in the interim.
According to
MICHELE
REDMAN
Tournament Media
Director Lee Patterson, no alterations
were made to the course this offseason.
So, when fans return this summer for the
tournament, they will see the course as
Thompson and his cohorts found it in
2020.
Speaking of the fans, they will make
a welcome return to TPC Twin Cities
course to cheer on the competitors. The
number of fans allowed to attend is still
unknown. Patterson says that while some
fans will be allowed on the course, the
percentage of capacity is yet to be determined
and changes weekly. The PGA
Tour regulates that number, so watch
for more information as the tournament
nears at 3mopen.com/posts/3m-openhospitality-and-grounds-tickets-onsale-starting-may-19.
For tickets, visit
3mopen.com/spectators/tickets.
Land O'Lakes
Legends Classic
The Meadows at Mystic Lake,
Prior Lake
August 2-7
The inaugural Land O'Lakes Legends
Classic brings local and national star
power to The Meadows at Mystic Lake
in August. This fi rst-time event on
the LPGA Legends Tour is co-owned
and operated by local golf luminaries
Michele Redman, former LPGA star
and former coach of the University of
Minnesota Lady Gophers golf team, and
Jim Lehman, former MGA President and
two-time MGA Player of the Year.
" I wanted to get women's golf back up
in Minnesota and showcase the better
known and best players that women's golf
has had, " Redman
says. " I don't think
the women's Senior
Tour has enough
exposure, and this
is defi nitely a good
start to that. "
" I'm ready to get back
out there and play again.
[Land O'Lakes Legends
Classic] will be a very
competitive event,
coming a week after the
Senior Women's Open, so
let's just say we won't
have a lot of rust on our
game. "
-Michele Redman
play again, " Redman says. " It will be a
very competitive event, coming a week
after the Senior Women's Open, so a lot
of the women will ... let's just say we
won't have a lot of rust on our game. "
Tickets are $25 for adults, while fans 17
and under are admitted for free. Tickets
can be found at legendsclassicmn.com/
spectators/tickets/. For more information,
log onto legendsclassicmn.com/.
Trans-Mississippi
Amateur Championship
Windsong Farm Golf Club,
Independence
July 6-9
Golf spectators in Minnesota are the
benefi ciaries of tournaments being
held in the state a year after the pandemic
postponed them, and the Trans
Mississippi is another example. The 2021
version of the event will be conducted at
Windsong Farm GC, one of the premier
courses in the state.
One of the oldest and most prestiOriginally
scheduled for last season,
the event was postponed due to the pandemic,
a decision applauded by Redman.
Now, she and Lehman are excited to get
fans to the course this summer, beginning
with the pro-am scheduled for August 5.
" We can have up to 36 pro-am teams,
including four amateurs and one pro, "
Redman says. " And we are going to have
junior clinics that day. The plan is to get
a lot of younger players involved in the
game and draw a lot of people out to the
event. We've got to get back into going to
golf tournaments again. "
The Legends Tour was founded in
2000 with the goal of showcasing the talents
of some of the greatest women golfers
of all time-including 15 LPGA and
World Golf Hall of Fame members and
players who have combined for more
than 750 LPGA Tour victories. LPGA legend
Nancy Lopez is committed to play in
the event along with Redman, who had a
good season in 2019 with a fourth in the
Senior Women's Am and a top 10 in the
LPGA Senior Championship.
" I'm ready to get back out there and
24
MINNESOTAGOLFER Summer 2021
gious golf organizations in the U.S., The
Trans-Mississippi Golf Association was
formed in 1901 and has been conducting
its tournaments ever since. A list of
past champions features four consecutive
wins by local Harry Legg from 1909-1912,
Jack Nicklaus (1958) and Ben Crenshaw
(1972) and bodes well for the fi eld coming
to Independence in July. The list of recent
winners includes current PGA Tour pros
Cameron Champ (2017), Will Zalatoris
(2014 and 2016) and major champions
Colin Morikawa (2015) and Bryson
DeChambeau (2013). The 2020 champion
Pierceson Coody has been the defending
champion for two calendar years now.
PIERCESON COODY
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