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Kurt Kitayama Fires Final-Round 63 to Tie Major Record at PGA Championship

Hot putting on Aronimink’s tricky restored greens powered the leap.

American Kurt Kitayama matched the lowest final round in major golf history by firing a seven-under 63 in the PGA Championship at Aronimink

Overview

  • Kurt Kitayama shot a bogey-free 7-under 63 on Sunday at Aronimink Golf Club, tying the all-time lowest final round in a major.
  • He credited a lights-out putter after holing 141 feet of putts and said the flatstick carried him through the round.
  • The 63 was the championship’s best score by two shots and lifted him to 3-under 277 and a tie for seventh when he finished.
  • He made seven birdies, starting with three in a row, turned in 30 on the front nine, and capped the day with a 13-foot birdie at 18.
  • Only nine players since 1973 have shot 63 in a major’s final round, and he is just the second to do it in the PGA Championship, joining Brad Faxon in 1995.