Final Leaderboard
Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Kurt Kitayama 65 71 60 65 261 (-23)
2 Sam Stevens 62 68 66 66 262 (-22)
T3 Matt Wallace 65 67 68 64 264 (-20)
T3 David Lipsky 68 68 64 64 264 (-20)
T3 Pierceson Coody 65 65 67 67 264 (-20)
T3 Jake Knapp 64 65 67 68 264 (-20)
Kurt Kitayama (Winner/-23)
• Second PGA TOUR title (2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard) in his 108th start at the age of 32 years, 6 months, 13 days
• Earns 500 FedExCup points to move from No. 110 to No. 53 in the FedExCup; third consecutive 3M Open winner to begin the week outside the top 70 in the FedExCup (Jhonattan Vegas/No. 147/2024; Lee Hodges/No. 74/2023)
• Projected to move from No. 97 to No. 39 in the Official World Golf Ranking
• 20 birdies on the weekend are the most birdies or better made on the weekend by a TOUR winner since 2003 (previous: 19/Hideki Matsuyama/2025 Sentry)
• 32 total birdies tie for the third-most in a 72-hole event on TOUR since 1983 (most: 34/Sungjae Im/2024 Sentry)
• Posted weekend scores of 28-29 on the front nine, the third player since 2003 to post back-to-back sub-30 scores on the same nine:
o Charley Hoffman: 29-29/2015 CJ CUP Byron Nelson/back nine/R3-R4
o Dustin Johnson: 29-29/2011 FedEx St. Jude Championship/front nine/R2-R3
• Played the front nine in a cumulative 13-under in the final two rounds (1-under in first two rounds)
• Sat T44 through 36 holes before recording a career-low 60 in the third round to move up to T3; second-lowest position through 36 holes by a winner this season (T48/Joe Highsmith/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches)
• Led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (9.666)
• Entered the week with two top-10 finishes in 18 starts this season (T5/THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, T5/John Deere Classic)
Kitayama Talks Win
Following his second career PGA Tour win, Kitayama spoke with reporters:
Kurt Kitayama
Miscellaneous notes:
• Sam Stevens (2nd/-22) closes with a back-nine 31 to collect his third career runner-up finish and second of the season (Farmers Insurance Open); led the field in Strokes Gained: Around the Green (3.565)
• Jake Knapp (T3/-20) posts his fourth top-10 finish of the season to move inside the top 50 in the FedExCup (No. 47); made his second bogey of the week at the par-5 18th hole, tied for the fewest bogeys or worse in the field (William Mouw)
• Playing the 2025 season with conditional status, Pierceson Coody (T3/-20) finishes inside the top 10 to qualify for next week’s Wyndham Championship; collects his third top-five finish in his 47th career TOUR start (best: T2/2024 ISCO Championship)
• Matt Wallace (T3/-20) posts his first top-10 finish on TOUR since the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (T4)
• David Lipsky (T3/-20) cards weekend rounds of 64-64 for his third top-10 of the season and second in four starts (T3/John Deere Classic)
• 54-hole co-leaders Thorbjørn Olesen (T14/-16/73) and Akshay Bhatia (T25/-14/75) combine for 6-over in the final round
(info courtesy of 3M Open)
