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Kurt Kitayama

Kurt Kitayama

33-Year-Old Golfer
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2025 Stats
Rank
35
Winnings
$3,360,156
Winnings/Entry
$146,094
Entries
23
Rounds
74
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Kitayama started fast in his rookie season of 2022, earning over $2.5 million and landing in the top 50 at season's end. His second season was even better as he picked up his first PGA Tour win, earned over $6 million and made the TOUR Championship. Season three saw some regression, but he worked his way back this past season and looks to be on track again. A win at the 3M Open certainly helped in his effort to get back on track, and perhaps now that he's got win number two under his belt, he can think about getting back to the TOUR Championship. A promising sign for Kitayama is how he played down the stretch after he won at the 3M Open. Kitayama posted a top 10 at the St. Jude Championship and he followed that up with a top 20 at the BMW Championship. Kitayama has enough upside to be considered as a salary cap play this season and could be a sneaky play as someone who is generally under the radar. Read Past Outlooks
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Handedness Right
Status Pro
Height 5'7"
Weight 170 lbs
DOB 1/14/1993
Birthplace Chico, California
College UNLV
Country USA
Ties for 40th in Hawaii
January 20, 2026
Kitayama closed with a two-under 68 on Sunday at the Sony Open in Hawaii to finish five-under and tied for 40th.
ANALYSIS
Kitayama ranked T9 among the field in GIR percentage at Waialae Country Club where he also gained 2.4 strokes off the tee, though he lost a couple strokes with the flat stick. He'll peg it again this week at The American Express, tying for 58th in La Quinta last year when he tallied 16 total birdies and two eagles.
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Recent RotoWire Articles Featuring Kurt Kitayama See More
2026 Sony Open in Hawaii Betting: Picks, Odds, Predictions and Best Bets
2026 Sony Open in Hawaii Betting: Picks, Odds, Predictions and Best Bets
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The best bets and picks for the 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii, including why Ryan Pohle thinks Corey Conners is a great fit for Waialae Country Club this week.
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2026 Golf Draft Kit: Draft & Salary Cap Strategy
2026 Golf Draft Kit: Draft & Salary Cap Strategy
36 days ago
36 days ago
Jordan Spieth may be your favorite golfer, but should that be a factor in your fantasy draft? Len Hochberg lists a few tips to lead you to success in your league.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
2022
The majority of Kitayama's earnings in the 2022-23 season came in four starts. Those were a runner-up at the CJ Cup, win at the API, T5 at the WGC-Match Play and a T4 at the PGA Championship. Kitayama had just three other top-25s along with 10 missed cuts. He ended up just barely inside the top-100 in SG: Total and was outside the top-50 in scoring average. The 30-year-old is simply too inconsistent to project him to finish anywhere close to the $6.8 million he made in 2022-23.
Kitayama's success as a rookie on the PGA Tour came as a bit of a surprise this past season. After all, he was a 29 year-old rookie that was lacking much success on the lower tours, so when he posted two runner-ups in the span of a couple months this past season, it caught some attention. There's nothing wrong with being a late bloomer, there's no reason that Kitayama can't be wildly successful on the PGA Tour, it's just creates a little doubt when looking ahead. Kitayama got off to a very slow start this past season, but his play from February on was pretty solid. As such. he looks like a decent salary cap candidate this season.
The American-born UNLV product has won twice on the European Tour since 2018, but he'll now be eligible for more stateside events after securing a PGA Tour card via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Kitayama was ranked as high as 66th in the Official World Golf Ranking in early 2020, but he's since fallen just outside the top 150.
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T15 at Bank of Utah Championship
October 28, 2025
Kitayama fired a seven-under 64 on Sunday at the Bank of Utah Championship to finish 13-under and tied for 15th.
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Top-10 finish in Memphis
August 12, 2025
Kitayama fired a three-under 67 on Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to finish nine-under and tied for ninth.
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T31 at Wyndham Championship
August 4, 2025
Kitayama closed with a two-under 68 on Sunday at the Wyndham Championship to finish seven-under and tied for 31st.
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Takes victory in Twin Cities
July 27, 2025
Kitayama fired a six-under 65 in the final round to win the 3M Open by one stroke over Sam Stevens.
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Great ball-striking week
July 7, 2025
Kitayama closed with a four-under 67 to finish in a share of fifth place at the John Deere Classic.
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