Kurt Kitayama
33-Year-Old Golfer
2025 Stats
Rank
35
Winnings
$3,360,156
Winnings/Entry
$146,094
Entries
23
Rounds
74
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Kitayama started fast in his rookie season of 2022, earning over $2.5 million and landing in the top 50 at season's end. His second season was even better as he picked up his first PGA Tour win, earned over $6 million and made the TOUR Championship. Season three saw some regression, but he worked his way back this past season and looks to be on track again. A win at the 3M Open certainly helped in his effort to get back on track, and perhaps now that he's got win number two under his belt, he can think about getting back to the TOUR Championship. A promising sign for Kitayama is how he played down the stretch after he won at the 3M Open. Kitayama posted a top 10 at the St. Jude Championship and he followed that up with a top 20 at the BMW Championship. Kitayama has enough upside to be considered as a salary cap play this season and could be a sneaky play as someone who is generally under the radar. Read Past Outlooks
Share of 60th at TCHO
Kitayama finished in a five-way tie for 60th at the Texas Children's Houston Open after a one-under 69 in the final round.
ANALYSIS
Kitayama opened the tournament nicely with five birdies over the first 10 holes of the first round, finishing Thursday with a four-under 66 score. He dropped out of contention after going four-over par across the next two days, but he was surging Sunday with five birdies through six holes on the back nine before a triple bogey on the par-5 16th, followed by a bogey on the par-4 17th. Kitayama ranked in the top-25 in GIR, driving distance, birdies made and SG: Around-the-Green, but he also ranked 66th in SG: Putting and 73rd in SG: Off-the-Tee, losing 8.46 strokes collectively over those two categories. He has finished T18-MC-T60 in three Tour outings since his T2 at The Genesis Invitational. The next time Kitayama tees off will be April 9 at The Masters, where he finished T35 in his last appearance at Augusta National in 2024.
Kitayama opened the tournament nicely with five birdies over the first 10 holes of the first round, finishing Thursday with a four-under 66 score. He dropped out of contention after going four-over par across the next two days, but he was surging Sunday with five birdies through six holes on the back nine before a triple bogey on the par-5 16th, followed by a bogey on the par-4 17th. Kitayama ranked in the top-25 in GIR, driving distance, birdies made and SG: Around-the-Green, but he also ranked 66th in SG: Putting and 73rd in SG: Off-the-Tee, losing 8.46 strokes collectively over those two categories. He has finished T18-MC-T60 in three Tour outings since his T2 at The Genesis Invitational. The next time Kitayama tees off will be April 9 at The Masters, where he finished T35 in his last appearance at Augusta National in 2024.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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After unexpectedly winning a signature event and capturing more than $6 million in earnings in 2024, there was really nowhere to go but down for Kitayama, but the depths of which he sank was a little surprising. Kitayama was a sneaky sleeper heading into 2023, but not many could have predicted the season he had. The task in 2024 was to back up that season and that didn't really happen. Kitayama didn't fall off the map, but missing the top-70 was not in the plans. With that said, there is an opportunity here in salary cap leagues to find some value. Kitayama is not a $6 million guy, but he's better than $2 million. Whether he finishes closer to 2023 or 2024 is the question. He will be better this season, but anything more than $4 million might be a bit optimistic.
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Sixth in SG: OTT at Bay Hill
Kitayama closed with a one-under 71 on Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to finish three-under and tied for 18th.
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Makes things interesting at Genesis
Kitayama fired a seven-under 64 in the final round of The Genesis Invitational to finish tied with Rory McIlroy for second behind winner Jacob Bridgeman.
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Struggles around green at Pebble
Kitayama posted a nine-under cumulative score at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to finish tied for 48th.
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Cracks top-25 at WM Open
Kitayama fired a five-under 66 in the final round of the WM Phoenix Open to finish in a four-way tie for 24th.
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Ties for 40th in Hawaii
Kitayama closed with a two-under 68 on Sunday at the Sony Open in Hawaii to finish five-under and tied for 40th.
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