To much of the golf world, Kurt Kitayama’s peak came two years ago, when he stunned the field at Bay Hill Club & Lodge to capture the Arnold Pal

The PGA Tour moved from last week's British Open in Northern Ireland to Minnesota for the annual 3M Open. It offered a $8.4 million purse, with $1.512 million to the winner.

Kitayama carded 20 birdies on the weekend, the most birdies or better made on the weekend by a Tour winner since 2003, and finished with a 72-hole total of 23-under 261 for his second PGA Tour title.