Kurt Kitayama
32-Year-Old Golfer
2025 Stats
Rank
35
Winnings
$3,360,156
Winnings/Entry
$152,734
Entries
22
Rounds
70
2025 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
Top-10 finish in Memphis
Kitayama fired a three-under 67 on Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to finish nine-under and tied for ninth.
ANALYSIS
Kitayama hit only 30 of 56 fairways in regulation and converted just 16 of 27 scrambling opportunities throughout his week at TPC Southwind, but he still managed to post his fourth top-10 result of the 2025 season while gaining 4.2 strokes ball striking in Memphis. He rises 15 spots from 52nd to No. 37 in the FedExCup standings, therefore advancing to this week's BMW Championship.
Kitayama hit only 30 of 56 fairways in regulation and converted just 16 of 27 scrambling opportunities throughout his week at TPC Southwind, but he still managed to post his fourth top-10 result of the 2025 season while gaining 4.2 strokes ball striking in Memphis. He rises 15 spots from 52nd to No. 37 in the FedExCup standings, therefore advancing to this week's BMW Championship.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
2022
The majority of Kitayama's earnings in the 2022-23 season came in four starts. Those were a runner-up at the CJ Cup, win at the API, T5 at the WGC-Match Play and a T4 at the PGA Championship. Kitayama had just three other top-25s along with 10 missed cuts. He ended up just barely inside the top-100 in SG: Total and was outside the top-50 in scoring average. The 30-year-old is simply too inconsistent to project him to finish anywhere close to the $6.8 million he made in 2022-23.
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T31 at Wyndham Championship
Kitayama closed with a two-under 68 on Sunday at the Wyndham Championship to finish seven-under and tied for 31st.
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Takes victory in Twin Cities
Kitayama fired a six-under 65 in the final round to win the 3M Open by one stroke over Sam Stevens.
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Great ball-striking week
Kitayama closed with a four-under 67 to finish in a share of fifth place at the John Deere Classic.
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T51 at Rocket Classic
Kitayama closed with an even-par 72 on Sunday at the Rocket Classic to finish 10-under and tied for 51st.
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Struggles in final round
Kitayama carded a three-over 73 in the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge to finish tied for 22nd place.
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