Player Profile

Kurt Kitayama

BIRTHDATE: 14-Jan-93
BIRTHPLACE: Chico, California
COLLEGE: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Nevada
VICTORIES: 5 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-1
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2026-03-08	Arnold Palmer Invitational	Bay Hill	Florida	PGA	18	69	74	71	71		285
2026-02-22	Genesis Invitational	Riviera	California	PGA	2	71	64	68	64		267
2026-02-15	AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	Pebble Beach	California	PGA	48	72	67	70	70		279
2026-02-08	Phoenix Open	Scottsdale	Arizona	PGA	24	69	71	70	66		276
2026-01-25	The American Express	PGA West (Stadium)	California	PGA	mc	71	69	66			206
2026-01-18	Sony Open in Hawaii	Waialae	Hawaii	PGA	40	65	69	73	68		275
2025-10-26	Bank of Utah Championship	Black Desert	Utah	PGA	15	68	70	69	64		271
2025-10-12	Baycurrent Classic	Yokohama	Japan	PGA	48	70	73	72	67		282
2025-08-17	BMW Championship	Caves Valley	Maryland	PGA	19	72	68	69	71		280
2025-08-10	St Jude Championship	Southwind	Tennessee	PGA	9	69	63	72	67		271
2025-08-03	Wyndham Championship	Sedgefield	North Carolina	PGA	31	67	66	72	68		273
2025-07-27	3M Open	Twin Cities	Minnesota	PGA	1	65	71	60	65		261
2025-07-20	Barracuda Championship	Tahoe Mountain	California	PGA	14	69	70	70	65		274
2025-07-06	John Deere Classic	Deere Run	Illinois	PGA	5	68	67	66	67		268
2025-06-29	Rocket Classic	Detroit	Michigan	PGA	51	70	68	68	72		278
2025-06-08	Canadian Open	Toronto	Canada	PGA	mc	71	68				139
2025-05-25	Charles Schwab Challenge	Colonial	Texas	PGA	22	69	67	67	73		276
2025-05-18	PGA Championship	Quail Hollow (North Carolina)	North Carolina	PGA	mc	73	71				144
2025-05-04	CJ Cup Byron Nelson	Craig Ranch	Texas	PGA	5	66	65	68	68		267
2025-04-27	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Louisiana	Louisiana	PGA	mc	61	75				136
2025-04-06	Texas Open	San Antonio (Oaks)	Texas	PGA	mc	71	78				149
2025-03-30	Houston Open	Memorial Park	Texas	PGA	39	68	65	68	72		273
2025-03-23	Valspar Championship	Innisbrook	Florida	PGA	mc	80	69				149
2025-03-16	The Players Championship	Sawgrass	Florida	PGA	33	72	70	78	66		286

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 69.57
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 69.41
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 69.57
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 69.14
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 69.57
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 69.92
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -1.61
Number of times in contention: 14
Average score relative to contenders: -0.12
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

Year	>2 shots better	0-2 shots better	0-2 shots worse	>2 shots worse
2026	-	-	-	-
2025	1	1	-	-
2024	-	-	3	1
2023	-	1	-	2
2022	3	1	1	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 0%
Retained After 2: 33%
Retained After 3: 100%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2026	-	-	-
2025	-	-	-
2024	-	-	-
2023	-	1/2	1/1
2022	0/2	0/1	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 33 not significant
Awarded Symbol: False

Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter

12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Contention rust

Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 2
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 68.94
Average score last season: 70.00
Difference: -1.06
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 68.94
Average score last season: 70.00
Average score 2 seasons ago: 69.32
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 70.24
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 69.57
Average score having played the previous week: 69.31
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 69.80
Standard Deviation: 3.46
Significant score is less than: 66.34
Awarded Symbol: False

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 5
Awarded Symbol: False

Kurt Kitayama - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
U.S. South-East	29	69.51	35.31	3.45	10.34	13.79
Florida	10	69.18	32.40	10.00	20.00	20.00
Georgia	2	70.14	42.50	-	-	-
Kentucky	1	68.04	26.00	-	-	-
Louisiana	4	70.85	32.50	-	-	-
North Carolina	6	69.85	44.17	-	-	-
South Carolina	3	68.38	28.33	-	33.33	33.33
Tennessee	3	69.44	36.33	-	-	33.33
U.S. North-East	7	68.63	26.86	-	14.29	14.29
Connecticut	2	69.11	40.50	-	-	-
Delaware	1	68.67	19.00	-	-	-
Maryland	2	68.60	17.00	-	-	-
Massachusetts	1	71.28	50.00	-	-	-
New York	1	66.60	4.00	-	100.00	100.00
U.S. Mid-West	9	69.54	30.33	11.11	22.22	33.33
Illinois	2	69.41	23.00	-	50.00	50.00
Michigan	2	69.66	35.00	-	-	-
Minnesota	2	67.31	3.50	50.00	50.00	100.00
Ohio	3	72.54	50.00	-	-	-
U.S. South-West	13	69.35	29.23	-	15.38	23.08
Arizona	4	68.65	26.00	-	-	25.00
Texas	9	69.74	30.67	-	22.22	22.22
U.S. West	25	69.98	38.00	-	4.00	8.00
California	15	70.30	41.40	-	6.67	6.67
Hawaii	6	70.02	38.33	-	-	-
Nevada	2	68.63	29.50	-	-	50.00
Utah	2	69.03	20.00	-	-	-

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	12	70.70	44.17	-	-	-
Feb	13	69.11	31.85	-	15.38	23.08
Mar	14	69.75	34.21	7.14	14.29	14.29
Apr	9	70.63	38.67	-	-	-
May	12	68.86	27.25	-	25.00	25.00
Jun	10	70.75	48.10	-	-	-
Jul	12	68.84	26.92	8.33	25.00	33.33
Aug	8	69.41	33.63	-	-	12.50
Sep	2	68.88	19.50	-	-	50.00
Oct	9	68.90	22.11	-	22.22	33.33
Nov	1	71.84	42.00	-	-	-

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Majors	11	69.42	41.45	-	9.09	9.09
Majors+WGC	12	69.44	38.42	-	16.67	16.67
Premier	72	69.52	33.69	2.78	9.72	15.28
Mid-Rank	8	69.72	27.38	-	25.00	25.00
Low-Rank	3	71.65	42.67	-	-	-