Kurt Kitayama Wins 3M Open, Beating Sam Stevens by 1 for His 2nd PGA Tour Victory
- On July 27, Kurt Kitayama at TPC Twin Cities secured his first PGA Tour victory with a 65, winning by one stroke over Sam Stevens.
- Thorbjorn Olesen shot 4-under 67 on Saturday to share the third-round lead with Akshay Bhatia, while others posted 63 and 65.
- Kurt Kitayama won $1.512 million in prize money, securing a spot in the FedExCup Playoffs.
- That boost shifted Kurt Kitayama from 110th to 53rd in FedExCup projections, securing his spot in the playoffs.
- Next, the PGA Tour heads to the Wyndham Championship with an $8.2 million purse, after which the FedExCup Playoffs will get underway.
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Kitayama wins 3M Open. Lottie Woad wins in her pro debut and Harrington takes a 2nd senior major
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Kurt Kitayama finished a sizzling weekend with a 6-under 65 to win the 3M Open on Sunday by one shot over Sam Stevens for his second PGA Tour victory.

Kitayama wins 3M Open, beating Stevens by 1 for his 2nd PGA Tour victory
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Kurt Kitayama finished a sizzling weekend with a final-round 65 to win the 3M Open on Sunday, beating Sam Stevens by one stroke for his second PGA Tour victory.
Kurt Kitayama wins 3M Open, beating Sam Stevens by 1 for his 2nd PGA Tour victory
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Kurt Kitayama finished a sizzling weekend with a final-round 65 to win the 3M Open on Sunday, beating Sam Stevens by one stroke for his second PGA Tour victory. Kitayama, who shot a career-best and tournament-record-tying 60 on Saturday to enter the final round within one of the leaders, birdied six of the first eight holes to build a cushion on a 91-degree afternoon at the TPC Twin Cities. “Getting off to a start like that …
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