Jackson Koivun holds off world's No. 1 Scheffler to win PGA 3M Open

[p]The 21-year-old American fired a five-under par 66 to finish 72 holes in a tournament record 25-under par 259 at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, to defeat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scheffler[/a] by three strokes.[/p][p][b]"I played a great round of golf,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koivun-jackson/YThW99ON/"]Koivun[/a] said. [b]"Had some nerves coming down 18. All throughout the crowd I kept hearing, 'Scottie's coming, Scottie's coming.'[/b][/p][p][b]"I just tried to tune that out and keep playing the golf I knew I could and was able to find some good putts coming down the stretch."[/b][/p][embed guid="55d6470f-2e56-424e-b4c9-5c1f4c5df3ac" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlWdIyMKM4U" social-type="youtube" /][p]American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hodges-lee/rZPQr7JR/"]Lee Hodges[/a] set the prior 3M Open scoring record at 24-under 260 to win in 2023.[/p][p]Former world amateur number one Koivun, who didn't miss a putt inside five feet all week, fired a 61 on Saturday to lead by three on the way to his first PGA triumph in just 24 days as a pro, poised and calm under pressure.[/p][p]Koivun took some of his aggressive shotmaking from words written on his glove - confidence, trust and dominate.[/p][p][b]"Dominate is a word I came up with in college because I wanted to see how good I can play,"[/b] Koivun said. [b]"It helped me a lot in college golf with my mindset, and I just kept doing it."[/b][/p][p]Scheffler, a four-time major winner, fired a bogey-free 63 to finish second on 262 with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harman-brian/llYhTgVG/"]Brian Harman[/a], the 2023 British Open champion, fellow Americans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mccarthy-denny/EZua6YUk/"]Denny McCarthy[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/phillips-chandler/65vRCa7M/"]Chandler Phillips[/a], and Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsuyama-hideki/GOHJOEb5/"]Hideki Matsuyama[/a], the 2021 Masters winner, sharing third on 264.[/p][p]Scheffler birdied six of his first 12 holes, but the 30-year-old American came up short in what would have been the greatest last-round comeback of his career, having started six adrift.[/p][p][b]"Not everything I hoped for," [/b]said Scheffler.[b] "I did what I could today. I was close... put up a good fight. Played nice today."[/b][/p][embed guid="d98a3d16-08ee-43e1-9412-a4b35b9bc7d1" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97xyglBDfLw" social-type="youtube" /][p]Scheffler, who won in January in the California desert, now has five runner-up efforts, including the Masters, among 11 top-four finishes this year.[/p][p]At the first, Koivun landed his approach inches from the hole and tapped in for birdie.[/p][p]Scheffler birdied three of the first eight holes to join a second-place pack.[/p][p]Koivun, however, sank an 11-foot birdie putt at the par-three fourth and a tap-in birdie at the par-five sixth to grab a five-shot edge.[/p][p]Scheffler began the back nine with three birdies, holing a four-foot putt at 10, a 28-foot putt at 11 and another from just outside 12 feet at the par-five 12th to reach 20-under and pull within three of the lead.[/p][embed guid="d356251e-3f16-4819-a99e-743fcca567de" url="https://x.com/PGATOUR/status/2081506043159339272?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Koivun answered with a par putt from just inside 15 feet at nine to keep that margin at the turn.[/p][p]Koivun sank a 10-foot birdie putt at 12, but Scheffler, who lipped out a five-foot birdie putt at 14, responded with a birdie putt from just inside five feet at 16 to stay three adrift.[/p][p]Scheffler birdied the par-five 18th from just inside five feet to reach the clubhouse two off the lead.[/p][p]Koivun drove the green at the par-four 16th and birdied from just outside five feet to restore his three-stroke edge, then parred 17 and closed with a par putt at 18 from just inside 14 feet for the victory.[/p]