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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Sport
Edgar Thompson

Kurt Kitayama hangs on at Arnold Palmer Invitational for 1st PGA Tour win

Friends call golfer Kurt Kitayama “Kitty.”

During a pressure-cooker Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the world’s top players, Bay Hill’s boisterous, well-lubricated galleries and a national TV audience learned why.

Kitayama has nine lives. And like the nickname suggests, he always found a way to land on his feet during an 18-hole thriller featuring stomach-turning plot twists and heartbreak.

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