PGA Tour Brunch | Arnold Palmer | Wrap-Up
PGA Tour Brunch | Arnold Palmer | Wrap-Up
PGA Tour Brunch Wraps-Up the Arnold Palmer Bay Hill and Puerto Rico Open
By TERRY LYONS
ORLANDO - Kurt Kitayama won the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational, presented by Mastercard, earning his first PGA TOUR victory in his 50th career start. Kitayama became the first player since Robert Gamez in 1990 to win in his tournament debut
Kitayama became the second first-time winner of the season and first since Adam Svensson at The RSM Classic. He also became the first player to record a triple bogey in the final round (No. 9) and go on to win on Tour since Viktor Hovland (2020 Puerto Rico Open).
The 2019 Palmer winner, Rory Mcllroy, and Harris English finished T-2/runners-up while 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler finishe4 T-4 in his second title defense of the season.
Kitayama, English and Davis Riley earned spots in The 151st Open Championship via the Open Qualifying Series.
Jon Rahm finished T-39, snapping a streak of six consecutive Top-10s to start the season. Rahm remained No. 1 in the FedExCup standings and Official World Golf Ranking.
Arnold Palmer Invitational | Final Leaderboard
Kurt Kitayama 67-68-72-72—279 (-9)
Rory McIlroy 73-69-68-70—280 (-8)
Harris English 69-72-69-70—280 (-8)
Patrick Cantlay 68-71-74-68—281 (-7)
Jordan Spieth 68-69-74-70—281 (-7)
Scottie Scheffler 68-72-68-73—281 (-7)
Tyrrell Hatton 71-72-66-72—281 (-7)
Puerto Rico Open Final Leaderboard
Nico Echavarria 67-67-65-68—267 (-21)
Akshay Bhatia 66-71-67-65—269 (-19)
Nate Lashley 71-65-67-69—272 (-16)
Carson Young 63-67-71-71—272 (-16)
Michael Kim 70-66-71-66—273 (-15)
What They Said - Arnold Palmer Invitational
Kitayama Nabs First Tour Win (ESPN/Associated Press)
Prize Money from AP Invitational (Golf Week/USA Today)
What’s in Kitayama’s Golf Bag? (PGATourCom)
What They Said - Puerto Rico Open
Nico Echavarrias Press Conference (PGATourCom)
Prize Money from Puerto Rico Open (Golf Digest)
On This Day in Golf History
March 6, 1972 - Jack Nicklaus won the Doral Eastern Open in Miami, earning a first prize paycheck of $30,000 which put him ahead of Arnold Palmer on the all-time PGA Tour money list. At the time, Nicklaus had pocketed $1,477,200.86 in 11 years while Palmer made $1,471,226.83 in winnings over 18 years.
Parting Putt
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