Making this week more special for Kitayama was having his older brother Daniel on the bag for only the second time this year. They’ll get to spend more time together now as Kurt said there’s no chance he’s going to mess with a winning combination.
Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas, making a comeback from injury, buried a three-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win for the first time in seven years to beat rookie Max Greyserman by a stroke to collect his fourth career victory.
While Lee Hodges had seemingly sucked most of the drama out of the last few holes of the 3M Open, his playing partner J.T. Poston provided plenty at the last possible moment.
It has probably been difficult for PGA Tour tournament directors to deny Aaron Baddeley a sponsor exemption this year. His letters had to have scored points for originality. And perhaps pulling at heartstrings. Especially considering he hasn’t been writing them.
Standing five shots back of third-round leader Scott Piercy after 54 holes, Tony Finau was asked about his chances headed into Sunday at the 3M Open. Finau, a tour veteran, knew the deal.
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