Jordan Spieth withdrew from this week's $8.8 million 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, thinning a field that prediction market traders now price without him.
Key Points:
- Spieth was listed as a late withdrawal from the 3M Open field released Jul. 17, with no reason made public.
- Scottie Scheffler said Wednesday that Spieth had likely earned rest after playing nine events in 11 weeks.
- The Blaine, Minnesota, event pays $1,584,000 to its winner and now runs without one of golf's best-known names.
Spieth Withdrawal Strips A Marquee Name From Blaine
The tournament listed Spieth as a late withdrawal on Friday evening, roughly 10 days after it announced his commitment through its own social media accounts. Those posts later disappeared from the account. Organizers offered no public explanation for the reversal, and Spieth has not addressed it himself.
Spieth missed the cut at The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale a week earlier, ending his tournament at 10 over par after two rounds. He is the second marquee name to fall off the Blaine entry list, following new Open champion Ryan Fox, who pulled out on Monday after his victory in England.
Scottie Scheffler, the world number one, said Wednesday in Blaine that his fellow Texan had probably earned a week at home after playing nine events in 11 weeks. The two have not spoken since The Open ended. Scheffler called the sport "more of a grind than anything," pointing to the mental toll rather than the physical one.
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Kalshi And Polymarket Carry The 3M Open Contracts
Kalshi lists a dedicated 3M Open category, where traders buy and sell contracts on the eventual champion rather than accept a price set by a sportsbook. Polymarket offers the same tournament winner market to its own users, sitting alongside conventional betting lines.
Contracts on both venues settle at one dollar when the outcome lands and at zero when it does not, so the trading price doubles as an implied probability. Golf markets usually populate on the Monday before a tournament begins. Spieth never reached those boards this week, because his name had left the entry list several days earlier.
Spieth Chases The FedEx Cup Top 50
The purse pays $1,584,000 to the winner, along with 500 FedEx Cup points and a two-year exemption on tour. Defending champion Kurt Kitayama returns to Blaine chasing a repeat that no player has managed since the tournament joined the PGA Tour schedule in 2019.
Spieth entered 19 tournaments this season, matching his total for all of last year, a stretch he took on to climb inside the top 50 of the FedEx Cup standings. He sits 55th with two regular season events remaining after Blaine. He has recorded no top-10 result and eight top-25 finishes in 2026, with a tie for 56th at the U.S. Open his best mark across five starts.
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