Kurt Kitayama
(kit-uh-YAW-muh)
Height: 5'7" (1.7 m)
Weight: 170 (77 kg)
Age: 30 (January 14, 1993)
Birthplace: Chico, California
Residence: Henderson, Nevada
Family:
Single
Education:
University of Nevada-Las Vegas (2015, Finance)
Special Interests:
Basketball, playing video games
Turned Professional:
2015
City plays from:
Chico, CA, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTop 125 in 2021-22 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
International Victories (3):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
64 - 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta (Round 1)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#10 : 2023 THE CJ CUP in South CarolinaCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#41 : 2023 Cadence Bank Houston OpenCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,134,000 : 2023 THE CJ CUP in South Carolina (Finished 2)2022-23 Season Highlights
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PGA TOUR
THE CJ CUP in South Carolina - Held a share of the lead after the second round of THE CJ CUP in South Carolina and went on to finish second, his third career runner-up on TOUR. Led the field in Par-4 Scoring Average (3.80).
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 45 | 130 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 23 | $3,961,598 | ||||
| 2023 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | $1,215,438 | ||||
| 2022 | 24 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 41 | $2,547,912 | |||
| 2021 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 3 | $138,792 | |||||||
| 2019 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | $20,200 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $39,257 | |||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2022 | CUT | T72 | |||||||
| 2021 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| 2020 | T51 | T28 | T53 | ||||||
| 2019 | T64 | CUT | |||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2022 | CUT | T19 | ||
Personal
- Attended Chico High School in Chico, Calif.
- Older brother, Daniel, played golf two years at Hawaii-Hilo.
- First hole-in-one was on a par 4, the 16th hole at Southern Highlands GC in Las Vegas.
- Lists "Entourage" and "Billy Madison" as his favorite movies.
- Not many people know that he played basketball in high school.
- Would trade places with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for a day because "he is a very successful man and an incredibly hard worker."