TPC Twin Cities Sets the Stage for a Final Round to Remember
There's something about a Sunday final round in Minnesota that feels different from anywhere else on Tour. The morning light filters through those signature Twin Cities pines a little softer, the air carries that particular Midwestern crispness, and TPC Twin Cities reveals itself as the demanding yet fair test it was always designed to be.
A Course Built for Drama
TPC Twin Cities in Blaine has quietly become one of my favorite summer stops on the PGA Tour calendar. The Arnold Palmer design doesn't announce itself with the bombast of some newer venues—instead, it earns your respect hole by hole, with strategic bunkering and water features that force players to think their way around rather than simply overpower it.
Walking these fairways during tournament week, you notice how the course breathes with the crowd. The natural amphitheaters around the closing holes create an intimacy that bigger venues struggle to replicate. When the leaders make the turn on Sunday, the energy shifts palpably—this is a place where galleries can genuinely influence momentum.
Sunday's Final Round Storylines
The drama heading into Sunday centers on 21-year-old Jackson Koivun, who holds the 54-hole lead at 20 under par after firing a stunning 10-under 61 on Saturday. This is only Koivun's 13th career PGA Tour start and just his third as a professional since turning pro last month. A three-shot cushion over Emiliano Grillo and Ben Kohles gives him breathing room, but anyone who's watched final rounds at TPC Twin Cities knows how quickly leads can evaporate—or expand.
Koivun and Grillo tee off in the final pairing at 1:40 p.m. ET, and the contrast in experience alone makes this compelling theater. Grillo, the seasoned Argentine with a major championship pedigree, hunting down a young American sensation still learning the weight of Sunday pressure.
Six shots back, Scottie Scheffler begins his round at 12:50 p.m. alongside Brian Harman. The world's best player knows TPC Twin Cities rewards aggressive play, and a six-shot deficit is far from insurmountable if the putts start falling early.
The Full Sunday Tee Sheet
The day begins at 8:05 a.m. ET with Fabian Gomez and Sam Stevens, and the field works its way through morning pairings featuring the likes of Lucas Glover, Max Greyserman, and Tom Kim before the leaders emerge in the afternoon.
Notable mid-morning groups include:
- 10:10 a.m. – Corey Conners alongside Zach Bauchou
- 10:40 a.m. – Keith Mitchell paired with Tom Kim
- 12:40 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama with Lee Hodges
The afternoon wave brings the contenders, culminating in that final group where history awaits one of them.
How to Watch
Coverage begins on PGA Tour Live via ESPN+ at 8 a.m. ET for the early starters, with featured group and featured hole coverage throughout the morning. Golf Channel picks up from 1-3 p.m. ET before CBS broadcasts the closing stretch from 3-6 p.m. ET. If you want to see Koivun navigate the back nine with everything on the line, that CBS window is your destination.
The Takeaway
TPC Twin Cities has a way of delivering exactly what a Sunday final round should be: accessible enough for players to make birdies, dangerous enough to punish mistakes, and dramatic enough to keep everyone guessing until the final putt drops. Whether Koivun holds on, Grillo surges, or Scheffler mounts an improbable charge, this is a course that will give us a story worth telling. And isn't that exactly what we ask of these places?