Who was Kurt Kitayama’s caddie at 3M Open? Golfer’s brother’s position explored

Kurt Kitayama had his older brother, Daniel, on the bag on the 3M Open. The American golfer parted methods along with his long-time caddie, Tim Tucker, earlier this month after the John Deere Basic.

Kitayama’s brother accompanied him on the Barracuda Championship as effectively, earlier than the 3M Open, and in his second consecutive outing with Daniel, he gained an occasion on the PGA Tour.

Within the post-round press convention of the occasion, Kurt Kitayama opened up about his brother and mentioned, through Tee Scripts:

“This win’s going to be additional particular having him (his brother) on the bag. Very cool expertise and actually completely satisfied he is a part of it.”

Daniel Kitayama was additionally into golf throughout his faculty days. He studied on the College of Hawaii at Hilo and performed there from 2006 to 2007. Through the years, he caddied for his brother and monitored his recreation on the greens.

After the event, Kurt additionally talked about how he celebrated his victory along with his dad and mom.

“My dad — my mother did not reply so I referred to as my dad. I assumed they’d be collectively. My dad tells me my mother could not watch, she was I believe out someplace so she could not be too nervous watching. Then referred to as my girlfriend and she or he was ecstatic. Harassed. It is actually particular to have the ability to name them and see how they’re,” Kurt Kitayama added.

Kitayama began the sport with a strong spherical of 65, however on the subsequent day, he carded a spherical of 71 and managed to make the reduce.

Kitayama performed the ultimate two rounds of 60 and 65 to register a win within the recreation. Sam Stevens settled in second place, adopted by Matt Wallace, tied for third place with David Lipsky, Jake Knapp, and Pierceson Coody.

Kurt Kitayama talks about his recreation on the 3M Open

Kurt Kitayama opened up about his spectacular run and his recreation on the concluding 36 holes, which helped him seal the victory within the post-round press convention on Sunday. He mentioned, through Tee Scripts:

“I simply suppose I used to be in command of my irons, particularly getting off to the beginning at the moment was my wedges acquired me into these positions. I hit them tight. Type of trusted that early on and took benefit of the shorter holes with the wedges. , you do not anticipate to come back out like that after capturing 11 below, and to come back out like that was particular.”

Kitayama began the season on the PGA Tour on the Sony Open. Nonetheless, he struggled and needed to accept a T37 end. He subsequent competed at The American Specific and tied for 58th place.

Kitayama then missed the reduce on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open. He moreover missed the cuts on the Mexico Open and the Cognizant Basic as effectively. Nonetheless, after fighting tournaments firstly of the season, he bounced again with a T5 end on the CJ Cup Byron Nelson after which recorded one other T5 on the John Deere Basic.