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Kurt Kitayama betting profile: Shriners Children's Open
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ST GEORGE, UTAH - OCTOBER 11: Kurt Kitayama of the United States plays his shot from the fourth tee during the second round of the Black Desert Championship 2024 at Black Desert Resort on October 11, 2024 in St George, Utah. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Kurt Kitayama hits the links in the 2024 Shriners Children's Open Oct. 17-20 coming off a 25th-place finish in the Black Desert Championship in his most recent competition.
Latest odds for Kitayama at the Shriners Children's Open.
The Shriners Children's Open tournament and course info
- Date: Oct. 17-20, 2024
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Course: TPC Summerlin
- Par: 71 / 7,255 yards
- Purse: $7M
- Previous winner: Tom Kim
At the Shriners Children's Open
- Kitayama has missed the cut in his last three appearances at the Shriners Children's Open.
- In Kitayama's most recent appearance at the Shriners Children's Open, in 2022, he missed the cut after posting a score of 3-under.
- Tom Kim finished with 0.335 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (39th in the field), 7.39 SG: Approach the Green (third), and 5.74 SG: Putting (fourth) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- Kim's average driving distance was 313.9 (50th in field), he hit 75% of greens in regulation (40th), with 28.25 putts per round (10th) en route to his win last year.
Kitayama's recent history at the Shriners Children's Open
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/6/2022 | MC | 70-69 | -3 |
| 10/3/2019 | MC | 71-69 | -2 |
Kitayama's recent performances
- Kitayama has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has made four cuts over his last five tournaments.
- Kitayama has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in three of his last five tournaments, including one finish within five strokes of the leader.
- He has finished with an average score of -7 those four times he's made the cut.
- Kurt Kitayama has averaged 314.1 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Kitayama is averaging -1.920 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Kitayama is averaging 4.924 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
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Kitayama's advanced stats and rankings
- Kitayama owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.417 (18th) this season, while his average driving distance of 307.8 yards ranks 38th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Kitayama sports a 0.511 mark (13th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Kitayama's -0.453 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 164th this season, and his 29.20 putts-per-round average ranks 126th.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 38 | 307.8 | 314.1 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 70 | 67.53% | 72.53% |
| Putts Per Round | 126 | 29.20 | 29.7 |
| Par Breakers | 149 | 21.99% | 22.84% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 47 | 13.46% | 12.04% |
Kitayama's best finishes
- While Kitayama hasn't won any of the 21 tournaments he has taken part in this season, he has collected two top-10 finishes.
- In those 21 tournaments, he had a 81% success rate in terms of making the cut (17 cuts made).
- Kitayama, who has 603 points, currently sits 74th in the FedExCup standings.
Kitayama's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Kitayama's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the WM Phoenix Open, where he ranked sixth in the field with a mark of 3.939 (he finished eighth in that event).
- Kitayama's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Black Desert Championship in October 2024, as he produced a 10.504 mark, which ranked him second in the field. He finished 25th in that event.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Kitayama's best effort this season was at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 3.104 (he finished 39th in that tournament).
- At the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, Kitayama recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark so far this season (4.480, which ranked 11th in the field). In that tournament, he finished eighth.
- Kitayama recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (9.922) in July 2024 at the 3M Open. That ranked sixth in the field.
Kitayama's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 18 | 0.417 | 1.631 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 13 | 0.511 | 4.304 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 84 | 0.054 | 0.909 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 164 | -0.453 | -1.920 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 47 | 0.529 | 4.924 |
Kitayama's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 16 | 71-70-64-73 | -2 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 29 | 72-64-71-66 | -19 | 48 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 24 | 70-62-68-70 | -10 | 33 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 39 | 69-74-67 | -6 | 18 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 8 | 68-67-67-69 | -13 | 78 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 39 | 70-69-69-75 | -1 | 20 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | MC | 78-73 | +7 | -- |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 19 | 70-71-71-67 | -9 | 90 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 36 | 73-68-66-70 | -3 | 16 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 35 | 71-73-82-68 | +6 | 24 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 33 | 70-71-66-70 | -7 | 27 |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 23 | 66-70-64-70 | -140 | 9 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 34 | 70-75-70-72 | +3 | 26 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 26 | 68-70-70-67 | -9 | 50 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 76-80 | +12 | -- |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 73-74 | +7 | -- |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 31 | 64-70-70-66 | -10 | 35 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 34 | 67-69-70-65 | -9 | 20 |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 41 | 77-69-74-71 | +7 | 19 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | 6 | 66-69-70-66 | -13 | 92 |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 67-70 | -3 | -- |
| October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 25 | 65-70-64-72 | -13 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Kitayama as of the start of the Shriners Children's Open.
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