BLAINE, Minn. — Tony Finau shot a 4-under 67 to win the 3M Open by three strokes Sunday, erasing a 5-stroke deficit with 11 holes left as Scott Piercy tumbled out of the lead down the stretch at windy TPC Twin Cities.

Piercy adopted his tournament-record 54-hole rating with a wince-inducing 76 to tie for fourth, Four strokes again.

Finau completed at 17-under 267. Sungjae Im (68) and Emiliano Grillo (71) tied for second place. James Hahn surged up the board with a 65 to match Piercy and Tom Hoge (70) at 13 below.

Piercy bogeyed 4 of six holes earlier than a triple-bogey implosion on No. 14, permitting Finau — enjoying within the previous trio — to take over for good on his solution to his third profession tour victory.

Finau made a 31-foot putt for birdie on the 15th inexperienced to strengthen his grip on the lead, because the 6-foot-Four Utah participant calmly and confidently walked the TPC Twin Cities course in his white hat and aqua-striped polo.

The surest signal this was Finau’s day got here on No. 17. His tee shot clanged off the aspect of the grandstand, ricocheted again onto the inexperienced and rolled into the tough — just some ft from the water. He landed the right chip inside a foot of the opening to make the par 3, then smiled barely as he playfully clamped his hand on his chest as if to fake the sequence gave him coronary heart hassle.

On the daunting par-5 18th, Finau discovered the water off the tee to face one ultimate problem. After the penalty stroke, his restoration pictures have been spot on. With Piercy wanting on from the green, Finau made a 3-footer for bogey to seal it. He pumped his fist a number of occasions, took off his cap and walked off to embrace his household.

Finau, who tied for third on the 3M Open in 2020, jumped from 30th to 17th within the FedEx Cup race. He entered the week ranked 17th on the earth.

Piercy shared the first-round lead with Im on Thursday after a 65 and pulled away from the pack Friday with a 64 to take a three-shot edge into the weekend.

The 43-year-old from Las Vegas, who nonetheless makes his native metropolis his house base, stretched his result in 4 strokes after enduring the 6 1/2-hour delay Saturday to let the rain and lightning play by means of. His foot bothered him a lot he began taking his proper shoe off after every swing and strolling in his sock to the the following lie.

That was nothing in comparison with the grind he discovered himself in Sunday. He was at 20-under after six holes. Lower than an hour later, Piercy was in hassle. After posting solely three bogeys on his first 61 holes, he went over par on seven of his final 11. That included the 7 he turned in on No. 14.

Piercy’s tee shot landed within the fairway bunker, and his sand wedge did not get him out of the sand. With a dangerous, last-ditch method to get again on observe, his subsequent strive from the bunker splashed within the water quick and left of the inexperienced — as an alternative of a safer play to the precise. After the drop, Piercy hit into the tough. Then his subsequent try stopped Three inches in need of the cup.

Grillo, the Argentine who tied for second on the John Deere Basic three weeks in the past, additionally had a triple bogey that loomed massive in the long run, a 7 on No. 7.