Amid a lousy season, Canadian Adam Svensson putted nearly perfectly Thursday, when his 11-under-par 60 set a 3M Open tournament record and gave him a two-shot lead after one round. The 31-year-old had missed the cut in 11 of 21 tournaments he started this season and had won $272,

Svensson came into the week 170th in the FedEx Cup standings, effectively needing a win to get inside the top 100 and give himself a look at a playoff spot. With a win, Svensson would move to 69th in the standings, putting him just inside the number needed to make it to the first playoff event with just one tournament to go.

It capped off a thrilling opening-round course-record 11-under 60 at TPC Twin Cities to grab the lead at the 3M Open by two strokes over Sam Stevens.