Kurt Kitayama began the weekend at the 2025 3M Open eight shots back of the leader, having made the cut by just one stroke after the first two rounds. The former UNLV standout then produced one of the best weekend performances of the 2025 season to secure his second career win on the PGA Tour.

Kurt Kitayama picked up just his second PGA Tour title after outlasting Sam Stevens at the 3M Open, and in doing so, made a bit of history for himself. It had been more than a year since Kitayama’s first win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational back in 2023,

Daniel Kitayama, who has caddied off and on for his brother over the years, picked up the bag for the first time this season at last week’s Barracuda Championship.

Kurt Kitayama holds on to win 2025 3M Open originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Chico, California native Kurt Kitayama, after a dominant weekend that included a course-record 60 on Saturday and a 65 on Sunday, shot -23 to win the 2025 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine.

A complete list of the golf equipment Kurt Kitayama used to win the PGA Tour's 2025 3M Open: DRIVER: Titleist GT3 (11 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX shaft Shop Kurt Kitayama's driver FAIRWAY WOODS: Titleist GT1 3Tour (14.5 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 TX shaft, Titleist GT1 (21 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD DI 9 TX shaft - Order Kurt Kitayama's fairway wood IRONS: TaylorMade P·7CB (4), TaylorMade P·7MB (5-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts - Shop Kurt Kitayama's irons WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52, 56, 60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts Shop Kurt Kitayama's wedges PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 BALL: Bridgestone Tour B X Shop Kurt Kitayama's golf ball This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Winner's Bag: Kurt Kitayama, 2025 3M Open

Kitayama held on to win the 3M Open on Sunday afternoon outside of Minneapolis, just one day after he matched the course record with an 11-under 60. He nearly fired a 59 on Saturday, too, but he slipped and bogeyed the par-3 17th.

Kurt Kitayama lost his caddie for the 3M Open because Bryson DeChambeau called him to work with him in London. However, Kitayama had an ace up his sleeve.

The iron Kitayama hit on 14 was a TaylorMade P•7MC 7-iron. The P•7MCs are forged from 1025 carbon steel and use a five-step forging process that uses two to three times the forging pressure normally used in forged irons.

“There’s definitely no quit in him; he grinds. He’s always believed in himself. He’s always chased it,” Daniel said about his brother. He helped Kitayama connect with Tim Tucker, who was beside Bryson DeChambeau when he won the 2020 U.S. Open.