How Kurt Kitayama went from ‘The Project’ to a PGA Tour winner

In the interview area at Bay Hill, Rory McIlroy stood hunched over a small TV that sat on the ground inside a black plastic tub, watching just like so many others along with him, the moment that Kurt Kitayama finally proved himself to the golf world. McIlroy had finished his 72 holes at the Arnold Read more…

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The clubs Kurt Kitayama used to win the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational

Kurt Kitayama had suffered one-shot defeats in the past year to stars such as Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, so it was fitting that Kitayama flipped the script for his first PGA Tour win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to hold off a star-studded leaderboard to win a wild one at Bay Hill.

Leaderboard

Sanderson Farms Championship - 2025
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
-Patrick Fishburn--1
-Chan Kim--1
-Mac Meissner--1
-Henrik Norlander--1
-Matt NeSmith--1
-Ben Kohles--1
-Eric Cole--1
-Joseph Bramlett--1
-Sami Valimaki--1
-Zac Blair--1
-Max McGreevy--1
-Ben Silverman--1
-Sam Ryder--1
-Greyson Sigg--1
-Kevin Roy--1
-Ryan Armour--1
-Kevin Streelman--1
-David Lipsky--1
-Lee Hodges--1
-Adam Hadwin--1
-Adam Schenk--1
-Peter Malnati--1
-Luke List--1
-Seamus Power--1
-Matthieu Pavon--1
-Francesco Molinari--1
-Zach Johnson--1
-Kevin Yu--1
-Tom Kim--1
-Tom Hoge--1
-Camilo Villegas--1
-Matt Wallace--1
-Taylor Moore--1
-Mackenzie Hughes--1
-Keith Mitchell--1
-Rasmus Højgaard--1
-Rafael Campos--1
-Brice Garnett--1
-Brandt Snedeker--1
-Michael Thorbjornsen--1
-Jackson Suber--1
-Ricky Castillo--1
-Patrick Rodgers--1
-Beau Hossler--1
-Doug Ghim--1
-Chad Ramey--1
-Mark Hubbard--1
-Thorbjørn Olesen--1
-Cristobal Del Solar--1
-Braden Thornberry--1
-Luke Clanton--1
-Thriston Lawrence--1
-Trevor Cone--1
-Mason Andersen--1
-Taylor Montgomery--1
-Frankie Capan III--1
-Taylor Dickson--1
-Niklas Norgaard--1
-Norman Xiong--1
-Matthew Riedel--1
-Pi Coody--1
-Tim Widing--1
-Cameron Huss--1
-Thomas Rosenmueller--1
-Kaito Onishi--1
-Kye Meeks--1
-Ben Martin--1
-Alex Smalley--1
-Doc Redman--1
-Car Young--1
-Victor Perez--1
-David Skinns--1
-Trey Mullinax--1
-Joel Dahmen--1
-Hayden Springer--1
-Cameron Champ--1
-Rico Hoey--1
-Jesper Svensson--1
-Lanto Griffin--1
-Justin Lower--1
-Kris Ventura--1
-Hayden Buckley--1
-Isaiah Salinda--1
-Paul Peterson--1
-Davis Riley--1
-Erik van Rooyen--1
-Byeong Hun An--1
-Davis Thompson--1
-Emiliano Grillo--1
-Adam Svensson--1
-Min Woo Lee--1
-Stephan Jaeger--1
-Max Homa--1
-Patton Kizzire--1
-Aaron Wise--1
-Christiaan Bezuidenhout--1
-J.T. Poston--1
-Nick Dunlap--1
-Akshay Bhatia--1
-Garrick Higgo--1
-Matt Kuchar--1
-Andrew Putnam--1
-Sam Stevens--1
-Jacob Bridgeman--1
-Nicolai Højgaard--1
-Harry Higgs--1
-Vince Whaley--1
-Matti Schmid--1
-Jason Dufner--1
-Ryo Hisatsune--1
-Danny Walker--1
-Ryan Palmer--1
-Will Gordon--1
-Chandler Phillips--1
-Will Chandler--1
-Gordon Sargent--1
-David Ford--1
-Harrison Endycott--1
-John Pak--1
-Kevin Velo--1
-Matteo Manassero--1
-Noah Goodwin--1
-Quade Cummins--1
-Takumi Kanaya--1
-Antoine Rozner--1
-Michael La Sasso--1
-Jeremy Paul--1
-Steven Fisk--1
-Brett Drewitt--1
-Anders Albertson--1
-Vince Covello--1
-Grant Landry--1
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