Two weeks after winning the 2026 Minnesota State Open, Mazie Donahue is having a dream week at the PGA Tour’s 2026 3M Open.
Donahue bounced back from a 73 on Thursday to a 63 on Friday, moving him inside the top 20 at the halfway point of the event at TPC Twin Cities.
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In fact, while Michael Kim was signing his card after the 16th round of sub-60 in PGA Tour history, Donahue was threatening to match it. Donahue was 8 under after 13 holes, and the words “59 watch” were murmured again in Blaine, Minnesota.
Mazie Donahue plays a provisional shot from the second tee during the first round of the 2026 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.
Three consecutive pars followed, and it was a short-lived dream. He got a birdie on the 17th, but ended up with a bogey. Still, that 63 was 10 strokes better than 24 hours earlier. More importantly, this unlikely story unfolds over the weekend.
“It was surreal. It’s hard to explain in words. I mean, it’s something I’ve never really experienced before,” said Donahue, 25. “This is my first PGA Tour event. I mean, the most fans I’ve ever seen was probably 50 at the State Open a few weeks ago.”
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Those fans are definitely rooting for a local player who was a hockey goalie in high school.
“It was great to have so many friends come to watch and feel like a kid back home,” he said. “It was really fun because I’m not used to hearing the cheers when a birdie putt goes down. And some of my friends from college flew in from Boston to come see me. I mean, it’s really great to see everyone supporting me.”
Donahue played at Boston University. His cousin Harrison works as a caddy. This week is a family event with his parents, three brothers and grandpa in the gallery. However, the key person is absent. Donahue’s grandmother passed away on Monday. This week, he put the word “Grandma” on a golf ball in her honor.
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“My grandmother was definitely with me this week, or even today. Yesterday she left me for about the first 10 holes, and then it was like she came playing,” he joked. “Yes, she looks down on me and cares about me. It was a good day.”
He says he hopes her mental health will improve by the end of this week.
“I hope she’s not tired of me and can stay with me for a few more days.”
The story behind the name Muzzy, according to an article in the Minnesota Star Tribune, is that he and his siblings and cousins used to watch a lot of Spanish cartoons featuring a little green monster named Muzzy, and that’s what everyone started calling him.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek. Longshot’s Mazie Donahue achieves 3M open cut and carries on her grandmother’s spirit into the weekend
