Kurt Kitayama began the weekend at the 2025 3M Open eight shots back of the leader, having made the cut by just one stroke after the first two rounds. The former UNLV standout then produced one of the best weekend performances of the 2025 season to secure his second career win on the PGA Tour.

Kurt Kitayama has his second PGA Tour victory. He won the 3M Open in Minnesota on Sunday, closing with a 65 for a total of 23-under 261 to beat Sam Stevens by one stroke.

Instead, the 26-year-old World No. 26 opened with a scintillating 63, eventually earning his third top-10 of the season. After the tournament, Gotterup took to X to let us (and the whole world) know it.

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.

Watch highlights from players around the top 70 FedExCup standings fight their way through the final round of the 3M Open for valuable points to help them make the playoffs.

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.

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.

On Sunday, the 3M Open featured the strange combination of low scoring and lowered voices. Perhaps because of the heat and the lack of established star power on the leaderboard, Minnesota golf fans seemed strangely reserved.