Sunday’s final round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational is officially in the history books. Kurt Kitayama gets his first win on the PGA Tour at Palmer’s API. He was the last man standing at -9, when the smoke cleared. And believe you me, it was plenty of smoke.
With a star-studded leaderboard filled with future Hall-Of-Famers galore, Kitayama answered the bell. Even at 5’6 inches tall his lack in statue was made up by his big heart and confidence of a worthy champion. His previous track record has seen lots of disappointment from some of the games iconic stars, but today was sweet revenge, on one of the toughest fields in golf. His win today at the API automatically gets him an invite to next months Masters, April 6th-9th, at Augusta National.
Even after triple bogeying the par 4 9th hole, he never thought for a minute that he was out of it. Today Kurt Kitayama stands ten feet tall and deservingly so. Congratulations to a tournament well played. I’m sure Arnie was proud and pleased at the results.
