Kurt Kitayama narrowly missed out on posting a 59 throughout the third spherical of the 3M Open on Sunday, settling for a tie of the TPC Twin Cities course document with a 60.
Kitayama was 11 below via 16 holes, needing a birdie on every of the ultimate two holes to card a 59 in Blaine, Minn. Nevertheless, he despatched his tee shot on the par-3 seventeenth gap right into a green-side bunker that led to a par. Kitayama rebounded with a birdie on the par-5 18th to submit a 60, tying the course document set by Adam Svensson throughout the first spherical.
Starting his third spherical nicely out of competition, Kitayama charged up the leaderboard with seven birdies to make the flip in 28. He added 4 extra birdies to succeed in 11 below for his spherical via 16 holes.
Kitayama held the lead when he walked off the course, however very best scoring situations noticed a lot of the discipline carving up TPC Twin Cities. Newbie Michael La Sasso and veteran Tayler Montgomery additionally moved into competition with 8 below 63s earlier than 36-hole chief Thorbjorn Olesen had even teed off on Saturday.
La Sasso and Montgomery each made the reduce on the quantity.
“We had a blast,” La Sasso stated. “It is good being first out, good and calm, greens are recent. Undoubtedly a little bit quicker right this moment. Yeah, I had fun.
“It was numerous smiling so it was good.”
–Area Degree Media