To much of the golf world, Kurt Kitayama’s peak came two years ago, when he stunned the field at Bay Hill Club & Lodge to capture the Arnold Pal

Kitayama won the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational for his first Tour victory, and navigated the 18th hold delicately on Sunday, needing par for victory. He hit his second shot into a green-side bunker, but got to within 17 feet from there on the par-5 hole and two-putted for the win.

Kurt Kitayama lost his caddie for the 3M Open because Bryson DeChambeau called him to work with him in London. However, Kitayama had an ace up his sleeve.