Kurtayama will accept it – he was thinking 59. But can you blame it? IN 3 million open In the TPC twin cities in Blaine, Minn., None of the SH.BA-like 70 will finish the work.
Jhonatan Vegas won on 17 under last year. One year before Lee Hodges won on 24 under. In the six years of the tournament of the tournament, higher The winning result was 15 under.
So you can understand why Kitayama, who had an early Saturday, was not afraid of that holy number.
But it will have to be set for 60.
Kitayama shot the day on Saturday, finishing 11 under and dismissing the direction to enter the quarrel to come on Sunday. In the 17 -year -old under general, he is only a back of leaders with 54 holes Akshay Bhatia and Thorbjorn Olesen.
Three others – Takum Kanaya, Sam Stevens and Jake KNAPP – are on 17 under and 13 players in total are within four leaders’ blows on 18 under.
Kitayama’s 60s were not just a better career in the tournament, but a better personal. He fired a seven under 28 at the front, which included five right birds in no. 3-7. Fifty-nine was accessible when that Zog 15 and 16-there was a need to play the last two in one under, with 18 being par-5-but he could not rise up and down from the sand to par-3 17 and did Bogey. He almost kept his approach at 18 for Eagle, but had to choose for a striking bird.
“Yesterday’s round felt like I had no control,” said Kitayama, whose 60s linked the Adam Svenson course record on Thursday. “I hit some balls after, I talked to my coach, Chris Como, and a kind of work on a few things in the range. I felt like I found something I could go with. And warming up today, I felt quite well and this showed on the course. Yes, I was able to discover this.”
Kitayama said working with Como has improved his direction (he ranks 12th in Strokes Won: Off the Tee) but also says Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The hottest Golf player not called Scottie Scheffler, Chris Gotteruptitles of a group of players on 16 under. Gotterup won the scottish Open two weeks ago and finished solo third in the open championship last week. It is now a stellar round away from catching a three-week epic extension.
“This week everyone has shot low, so you will need to merge some birds,” Gotterup said. “I’m just ready for a day more – and then a week rest.”
Saturday was a fire exchange. Sunday will be one, too.
