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Sunday 27 July 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Kitayama wins 3M Open
TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 July 2025 · Kurt Kitayama’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,400,000 USD · 3M
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/20°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 26 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/18°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/21°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/22°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Sam Stevens USA · 262five back-nine birdies from a group ahead, but failed to birdie the reachable par-5 18th; Kitayama parred in to win by one Kurt Kitayama wins 3M Open, beating Sam Stevens by 1 for his 2nd PGA Tour victory (AP via CBS Sports recap)
156 started · cut -5, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
3M Open
TPC Twin Cities, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Kurt Kitayama
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
27 July 2025
Getting off to a start like that kind of helps settle you down. Final round, second-to-last group, there’s definitely some nerves.
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
27 July 2025
He helped me stay calm out there, make good decisions. It just helps having family on the bag.
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
27 July 2025
With Kurt shooting 29 on the front nine, it’s like, well, I’m six or seven back, whatever it was at the time. I can just play as freely and as aggressively as I want to
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Kitayama | 65 · 71 · 60 · 65 | 261 | −23 |
| 2 | Sam Stevens | 62 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 262 | −22 |
| T3 | David Lipsky | 68 · 68 · 64 · 64 | 264 | −20 |
| T3 | Matt Wallace | 65 · 67 · 68 · 64 | 264 | −20 |
| T3 | Pierceson Coody | 65 · 65 · 67 · 67 | 264 | −20 |
| T3 | Jake Knapp | 64 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 264 | −20 |
| T7 | William Mouw | 66 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 265 | −19 |
| T7 | Alex Noren | 70 · 62 · 65 · 68 | 265 | −19 |
| T7 | Takumi Kanaya | 67 · 64 · 65 · 69 | 265 | −19 |
| T10 | Noah Goodwin | 68 · 66 · 65 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| T10 | Chris Gotterup | 63 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 266 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1993-01-14, Chico, California; USA; turned pro 2015; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 97 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the 3M Open (week 30, 2025), OWGR player profile API; AP also says 'from 97th').
What’s in the bag
- Driver Titleist GT3 11°, Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX
- Fairway Wood Titleist GT1 3Tour 3-wood, Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 TX
- Fairway Wood Titleist GT1 7-wood, Graphite Design Tour AD DI 9 TX
- Irons TaylorMade P7CB 4, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Irons TaylorMade P7MB 5-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design SM10 52° (12 bounce, F grind), 56° (14 bounce, F grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Putter Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 Tour Prototype
standard bag, not confirmed for this week