Brooks Barnhizer with the great assist!
The offseason is in full swing, free agency has started to slow down, and Ottawa Senators fans are turning their attention to what next season's roster might look like. But Sens fans will always have a soft spot for players who once battled for Ottawa, or at least some curiosity about how they're making out these days.
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43 minutes ago
- Washington Post
Kurt Kitayama wins 3M Open, beating Sam Stevens by 1 for his 2nd PGA Tour victory
BLAINE, Minn. — Kurt Kitayama finished a sizzling weekend with a final-round 65 to win the 3M Open on Sunday, beating Sam Stevens by one stroke for his second PGA Tour victory. Kitayama, who shot a career-best and tournament-record-tying 60 on Saturday to enter the final round within one of the leaders, birdied six of the first eight holes to build a cushion on a 91-degree afternoon at the TPC Twin Cities. 'Getting off to a start like that kind of helps settle you down,' Kitayama said. 'Final round, second-to-last group, there's definitely some nerves.' Kitayama took bogey on the par-3 17th hole for the third straight day, which shrunk his lead to one while playing in the second-to-last group. Stevens was one group ahead and failed to birdie the reachable par-5 18th. After hitting his approach on the closing hole into a greenside bunker, Kitayama safely blasted to 18 feet and easily two-putted for par, finishing at 23-under 261 with his older brother, Daniel, caddying for only the second time this season. 'He helped me stay calm out there, make good decisions,' Kitayama said. 'It just helps having family on the bag.' Matt Wallace, David Lipsky, Pierceson Coody and Jake Knapp tied for third, three strokes back. Kitayama, who previously won the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in 2023 , got a 500-point boost in the FedEx Cup standings to move inside the top 70 and secure a spot in the playoffs. He was projected to jump from 110th to 53rd. Kitayama, who tied for sixth at the 3M Open last year, has missed seven cuts this season. He tied for fifth twice, at the John Deere Classic and the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. This win was projected to bump his world ranking from 97th to 39th. The 32-year-old native of Chico, California, had his approach game in prime form. He hit a 7-iron from a fairway bunker on the par-4 14th from a fairway bunker within 2 feet of the hole for the last of his 20 birdies on the weekend, the most in a PGA Tour event since 2003. Stevens made five birdies on the back nine, continuing his strong season that includes three top-three finishes. He was second at the Farmers Insurance Open. The 29-year-old native of Fort Worth, Texas, is still seeking his first win, but this finish pushes him from 44th to 29th in the FedEx Cup with one event left in the regular season. 'With Kurt shooting 29 on the front nine, it's like, well, I'm six or seven back, whatever it was at the time. I can just play as freely and as aggressively as I want to,' Stevens said. 'I really didn't feel that many nerves on the back nine, which is good. Normally I get very nervous, so I had a lot of peace out there today.' Knapp, playing with Stevens, was in contention until his second shot on the 18th splashed into the water, leading to his only bogey of the day in his third top-five finish this year. Akshay Bhatia and Thorbjorn Olesen were the co-leaders going into Sunday, but the final pairing had a disappointing finish. Bhatia shot 75 and tied for 25th, and Olesen shot 73 to fall to a six-way tie for 14th that included first-round leader Adam Svensson. Svensson, whose 60 on Thursday was matched two days later by Kitayama, bounced back from a 75 on Friday with a 68-65 weekend. Defending champion Jhonattan Vegas had his best round of the tournament (67) and finished in a tie for 44th at 11-under. ___ AP golf:
Yahoo
44 minutes ago
- Yahoo
2025 3M Open prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player at TPC Twin Cities
Kurt Kitayama emerged victorious from a bunched up leaderboard in an exciting final round at the 2025 3M Open. Kitayama walked away from TPC Twin Cities with a trophy and 500 FedEx Cup Points, but that's not all. He also won a good chunk of cash. Here's the breakdown of how much money each PGA Tour player earned at the 3M Open, where there was a purse of $8.4 million. 3M Open 2025 prize money payouts POS PLAYER SCORE MONEY 1 K. Kitayama -23 $1,512,000 2 S. Stevens -22 $915,600 T3 D. Lipsky -20 $410,025 T3 M. Wallace -20 $410,025 T3 Pi. Coody -20 $410,025 T3 J. Knapp -20 $410,025 T7 W. Mouw -19 $263,900 T7 A. Noren -19 $263,900 T7 T. Kanaya -19 $263,900 T10 N. Goodwin -18 $263,900 T10 C. Gotterup -18 $263,900 T12 T. Montgomery -17 $186,900 T12 W. Clark -17 $186,900 T14 A. Svensson -16 $140,700 T14 C. Kirk -16 $140,700 T14 M. Meissner -16 $140,700 T14 T. Moore -16 $140,700 T14 J. Svensson -16 $140,700 T14 T. Olesen -16 $140,700 T20 C. Bezuidenhout -15 $95,508 T20 G. Woodland -15 $95,508 T20 B. Valdes -15 $95,508 T20 B. Kohles -15 $95,508 T20 E. Grillo -15 $95,508 T25 T. Rosenmueller -14 $69,020 T25 H. Higgs -14 $69,020 T25 A. Bhatia -14 $69,020 T28 K. Roy -13 $50,590 T28 K. Kisner -13 $50,590 T28 T. Kim -13 $50,590 T28 N. Hardy -13 $50,590 T28 C. Champ -13 $50,590 T28 R. Fowler -13 $50,590 T28 V. Perez -13 $50,590 T28 C. Young -13 $50,590 T28 S. Power -13 $50,590 T28 C. Ramey -13 $50,590 T28 N. Lashley -13 $50,590 T39 G. Sigg -12 $34,860 T39 G. Higgo -12 $34,860 T39 A. Eckroat -12 $34,860 T39 M. Homa -12 $34,860 T39 J. Dahmen -12 $34,860 T44 J. Vegas -11 $24,696 T44 Z. Blair -11 $24,696 T44 P. Fishburn -11 $24,696 T44 A. Hadwin -11 $24,696 T44 J. Bramlett -11 $24,696 T44 T. Merritt -11 $24,696 T44 M. Pavon -11 $24,696 T44 A. Smalley -11 $24,696 T44 M. La Sasso (a) -11 $0 T53 M. Hughes -10 $20,118 T53 C. Villegas -10 $20,118 T53 I. Salinda -10 $20,118 T53 A. Scott -10 $20,118 T57 R. Hoey -9 $19,320 T57 V. Whaley -9 $19,320 T57 D. Skinns -9 $19,320 T57 B. Garnett -9 $19,320 T61 M. Hubbard -8 $18,396 T61 T. Cone -8 $18,396 T61 M. Schmid -8 $18,396 T61 B. Silverman -8 $18,396 T61 C. Del Solar -8 $18,396 T61 S. Burns -8 $18,396 T61 L. Clanton -8 $18,396 T68 M. McCarty -7 $17,472 T68 T. Pendrith -7 $17,472 T68 N. Norgaard -7 $17,472 T68 S. Ryder -7 $17,472 T72 A. Rozner -5 $16,968 T72 H. Norlander -5 $16,968 74 S. Fisk -4 $16,968 75 D. Ford -3 $16,548 76 T. Dickson -2 $16,380 This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 3M Open 2025 payouts, prize money for each player in Minnesota
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
A former 7th-round pick could become a surprise receiving threat for the 49ers
The 2023 NFL draft hasn't borne much fruit for the San Francisco 49ers, but one seventh-round pick may be able to change that. Tight end Brayden Willis has seen limited action in his first two seasons, and the additions of TEs Luke Farrell and Ross Dwelley this offseason didn't bode well for his chances to make a bigger impact in his third season. When the 49ers selected Willis with the 247th overall pick there appeared to be some upside with him as a receiver that hasn't developed in the NFL. He caught 39 passes for 514 yards and seven touchdowns during his final season at Oklahoma. Since joining the NFL he's played only 73 offensive snaps in 17 games. As a pass catcher he's earned just two targets and doesn't have a reception. His path to more playing time starts with improving as a blocker, but making noise as a receiver could also earn him some additional snaps. He did just that in the team's third training camp practice. ESPN's Nick Wagoner included Willis's four-reception day as part of his practice recap on Twitter: A nice day for TE Brayden Willis, who hasn't established himself as much of a pass catching threat in the past couple of seasons. He had four receptions on the day and each of them would have gone for a decent gain. He even did a nice toe tap along the sidelines for a catch from Mordecai. Getting more receiving help from the TE group behind George Kittle would be a nice way to add a surprise wrinkle to the 49ers' offense. Farrell is primarily a blocker who was brought in to pass block while Kittle runs routes in multiple TE sets. Dwelley has also been a block-first player since originally joining the 49ers as an undrafted rookie in 2018. That duo has a combined 81 catches in 167 career games. It will take more than one unpadded practice for Willis to really make waves and move up the depth chart, but Friday was a good start toward the 49ers finding some pass catching help in an unlikely article originally appeared on Niners Wire: 49ers TE Brayden Willis may become much-needed receiving threat for SF
