Izimbobo zokugcina zika-Kurt Kitayama zimtholele ukunqoba kokuqala kwe-PGA Tour e-Arnold Palmer Invitational

Ngemuva kwe-clutch yokugcina izimbobo ezimbili, u-Kurt Kitayama manje usengumnqobi kulo mdlalo I-PGA Tour ngemuva kokuthatha ekhaya i-Arnold Palmer Invitational ku-9-under.

I-Kitayama ihambe phambili ngamagoli amathathu emzuliswaneni wokugcina ngeSonto, kodwa njengoba sesibonile izikhathi eziningi esikhathini esidlule, akukaze kube yindlela elula yokunqoba. kugalofu.

Kwaba njalo ku-Hole 9 njengoba u-Kitayama ebona ukushayela kwakhe ebhokisini le-tee engena emanzini, okuholela ku-bogey kathathu eyasula ukuhola kwakhe.

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U-Kurt Kitayama wase-United States uphakamisa isandla ngemuva kokwenza inyoni endaweni yesikhombisa eluhlaza emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Arnold Palmer Invitational owethulwe yi-Mastercard e-Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course ngoMashi 05, 2023 e-Orlando, eFlorida.

U-Kurt Kitayama wase-United States uphakamisa isandla ngemuva kokwenza inyoni endaweni yesikhombisa eluhlaza emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Arnold Palmer Invitational owethulwe yi-Mastercard e-Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course ngoMashi 05, 2023 e-Orlando, eFlorida. (UMichael Reaves/Getty Images)

Nokho, lo mdabu waseChico, eCalifornia, wemba wajula futhi waqhubeka nokuhamba kwaze kwaba umgodi we-17 lapho esebenzisa ithuba lezinyoni.

Kusukela cishe ngamafidi angu-14 ukuphuma emgodini we-par-3, i-Kitayama yacwilisa i-putt, imnika inyoni yakhe yokuqala kusukela ku-Hole 7, nayo eyayiyisigaba sesi-3.

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Lokho kubuyisela i-Kitayama ku-9-ngaphansi, futhi okubaluleke nakakhulu, eyodwa-up nembobo eyodwa esele ukuze idlale.

Abadlali begalofu emhlabeni ongunombolo 2 noNo. 3, Rory McIlroy kanye noScottie Scheffler, ngokulandelana, babesemsileni we-Kitayama beya kulowo mgodi we-18. UMcIlroy ubeyi-stroke eyodwa emuva, kwathi uScheffler walandelwa ngababili.

Kodwa u-Kitayama wahlala epholile ngaleso sikhathi, ngisho nangemva kokuba ukushayela kwakhe kuhambe kabi kwesokunxele se-fairway. Ekudubuleni kwakhe, waligcina liphephile, ebeka ibhola lakhe cishe amafidi angama-47 ukusuka emgodini.

U-Kurt Kitayama wase-United States uhamba ewela uhlaza lwesihlanu emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Arnold Palmer Invitational owethulwe yi-Mastercard e-Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course ngoMashi 05, 2023 e-Orlando, eFlorida.

U-Kurt Kitayama wase-United States uhamba ewela uhlaza lwesihlanu emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Arnold Palmer Invitational owethulwe yi-Mastercard e-Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course ngoMashi 05, 2023 e-Orlando, eFlorida. (UMichael Reaves/Getty Images)

UKitaya ucishe wavusa isixuku ngesikhathi i-putt yakhe icishe yangena, yama odebeni lwenkomishi.

Ngalolo mqulu omangalisayo, nokho, wajabulela ukunqoba kwakhe futhi incazelo ye-tap-in putt yaletha ukumamatheka ebusweni bakhe.

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Ekhuluma ngemuva komjikelezo omuhle kakhulu wempilo yakhe (wadubula i-72), u-Kitayama wahlabeka umxhwele ngokuthi “ngilwe kanzima kangakanani.”

“Ngiye ngaseningizimu ngo-9, futhi kungazelelwe angisaholi,” etshela i-NBC. “Ngivele ngalwela kanzima. Ngiyaziqhenya ngalokho.”

Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi kwaba ukuwina kwakhe kokuqala emsebenzini, futhi kwaba usuku olukhulu kunazo zonke lomsebenzi we-Kitayama. Kuze kube manje, usezuze cishe izigidi ezi-4 zamaRandi ku-PGA Tour, ngokusho kweGolf Channel.

U-Kurt Kitayama wase-United States uyamamatheka embobeni yesikhombisa emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Arnold Palmer Invitational owethulwe yi-Mastercard e-Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course ngoMashi 05, 2023 e-Orlando, eFlorida.

U-Kurt Kitayama wase-United States uyamamatheka embobeni yesikhombisa emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-Arnold Palmer Invitational owethulwe yi-Mastercard e-Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course ngoMashi 05, 2023 e-Orlando, eFlorida. (UMichael Reaves/Getty Images)

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Nokho, ucishe wafanisa lelo nani ngokunqoba kwakhe kokuqala njengoba isikhwama se-Arnold Palmer Invitational sasingu-$3.6 wezigidi.