Published July 17, 2008 on March 4, 2019

Kitayama Triumphs in Oman Open

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Kurt Kitayama produced a remarkable final day comeback at Al Mouj Golf to win his second European Tour title of the season at the Oman Open.

The American, who won his first European Tour title at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at Anahita earlier this season, played a marathon 33 holes on the final day after sandstorms and high winds delayed play in Muscat.

When darkness suspended play on Saturday evening, Kitayama was seven strokes off the pace after a quadruple bogey and consecutive bogeys on the first three holes of his third round. 

Returning on Sunday morning, Kitayama played the next 15 holes seven under par to sign for a round of 71 and a five under par total after the third round.

Starting his final round, he quickly moved up the leaderboard with birdies on the second and third holes as he chased five other players who shared or outright held first place at various points during the afternoon. Jorge Campillo set the clubhouse target of six under par after finishing an hour and a half before the final group.

Bogeys on the seventh and 11^th holes cancelled out Kitayama’s early gains but two consecutive birdies on the 16^th and 17^thholes saw him take first place outright as Maximilian Kieffer dropped a shot on the 17^th hole. Kitayama parred the final hole for a seven under par total, finishing one stroke ahead of Campillo, Kieffer, Clemént Sordet and Fabrizio Zanotti.

Joachim B. Hansen, Peter Hanson and Thomas Pieters shared sixth place on five under par.

 

Final scores
281 K Kitayama (USA) 66 74 71 70, 
282 C Sordet (Fra) 71 71 70 70, F Zanotti (Par) 71 69 68 74, M Kieffer (Ger) 69 70 71 72, J Campillo (Esp) 69 78 66 69, 
283 P Hanson (Swe) 71 73 66 73, J Hansen (Den) 70 69 71 73, T Pieters (Bel) 68 75 69 71, 
284 S Jamieson (Sco) 67 76 66 75, C Paisley (Eng) 71 72 69 72, A Chesters (Eng) 73 74 68 69, 
286 J Smith (Eng) 71 76 70 69, J Luiten (Ned) 69 77 68 72, J Winther (Den) 73 73 69 71, V Dubuisson (Fra) 72 70 72 72, G Moynihan (Irl) 69 73 71 73, D Horsey (Eng) 68 76 70 72, 
287 S Crocker (USA) 72 72 70 73, B Hebert (Fra) 70 72 71 74, T Jaidee (Tha) 71 72 75 69, 
288 H Leon (Chi) 71 71 72 74, S Soderberg (Swe) 72 72 68 76, 
289 L De Jager (RSA) 71 77 70 71, D Borda (Esp) 72 74 74 69, H Tanihara (Jpn) 70 72 70 77, D Drysdale (Sco) 70 76 70 73, 
290 M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 75 75 70, D Lawson (Aus) 72 72 73 73, G Bhullar (Ind) 71 69 72 78, M Schmitt (Ger) 71 73 72 74, 
291 J Walters (RSA) 73 73 72 73, T Aiken (RSA) 75 73 69 74, M Korhonen (Fin) 70 78 71 72, S Hend (Aus) 73 74 71 73, N Cullen (Aus) 72 76 70 73, B Stone (RSA) 70 70 80 71, A Saddier (Fra) 68 76 72 75, A Pavan (Ita) 71 75 76 69, R McEvoy (Eng) 72 74 72 73, 
292 N Colsaerts (Bel) 72 76 71 73, T Detry (Bel) 70 73 76 73, J Choi (Kor) 73 73 74 72, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 72 74 72 74, D Fichardt (RSA) 75 73 70 74, 
293 R Macintyre (Sco) 71 74 70 78, B Dredge (Wal) 74 72 74 73, A Arnaus (Esp) 70 78 70 75, R Jacquelin (Fra) 68 79 72 74, M Manassero (Ita) 72 76 73 72, Z Lombard (RSA) 72 75 71 75, R Langasque (Fra) 72 75 71 75, N Bertasio (Ita) 72 73 72 76, J Wang (Kor) 77 71 72 73, M Baldwin (Eng) 70 75 71 77, E Kofstad (Nor) 72 70 71 80, 
294 O Wilson (Eng) 72 74 73 75, M Kawamura (Jpn) 73 71 74 76, 
295 J Catlin (USA) 76 72 73 74, P Figueiredo (Por) 71 77 76 71, P Dunne (Irl) 74 74 74 73, 
296 V Perez (Fra) 73 75 73 75, J Van Zyl (RSA) 75 73 74 74, 
298 S Vincent (Zim) 68 80 71 79, M Southgate (Eng) 75 70 78 75, G Migliozzi (Ita) 73 73 73 79, Y Miyazato (Jpn) 67 79 75 77, 
299 S Sharma (Ind) 72 74 75 78, A Wu (Chn) 76 71 79 73, C Bezuidenhout (RSA) 70 78 75 76, 
301 A Sullivan (Eng) 72 75 75 79, 
302 J Morrison (Eng) 72 76 75 79, 
149 R Ramsay (Sco) 70 79 0 0, D Lipsky (USA) 72 77 0 0, C Syme (Sco) 70 79 0 0, S Brown (Eng) 72 77 0 0, L Herbert (Aus) 75 74 0 0, M Orrin (Eng) 78 71 0 0, J Harding (RSA) 74 75 0 0, R Rock (Eng) 70 79 0 0, L Gagli (Ita) 72 77 0 0, E Molinari (Ita) 72 77 0 0, M Lee (Aus) 71 78 0 0, 
150 C Wood (Eng) 72 78 0 0, P Langfors (Swe) 75 75 0 0, R Karlsson (Swe) 72 78 0 0, P Waring (Eng) 73 77 0 0, K Reitan (Nor) 75 75 0 0, G Coetzee (RSA) 75 75 0 0, N Lemke (Swe) 72 78 0 0, 
151 A Cañizares (Esp) 68 83 0 0, L Johnston (Sco) 75 76 0 0, D Gavins (Eng) 73 78 0 0, N Elvira (Esp) 74 77 0 0, S Kim (USA) 72 79 0 0, 
152 J Singh Brar (Eng) 77 75 0 0, B Wiesberger (Aut) 72 80 0 0, K Koivu (Fin) 74 78 0 0, R Paratore (Ita) 73 79 0 0, G Green (Mas) 75 77 0 0, D Burmester (RSA) 74 78 0 0, R Gouveia (Por) 74 78 0 0, P Larrazábal (Esp) 72 80 0 0, 
153 T Pulkkanen (Fin) 74 79 0 0, M Pavon (Fra) 74 79 0 0, K Broberg (Swe) 75 78 0 0, B Ritthammer (Ger) 73 80 0 0, D Howell (Eng) 75 78 0 0, R Wattel (Fra) 73 80 0 0, K Samooja (Fin) 72 81 0 0, K Johannessen (Nor) 78 75 0 0, A Karlsson (Swe) 75 78 0 0, R Fisher (Eng) 74 79 0 0, J Kruyswijk (RSA) 72 81 0 0, S Gallacher (Sco) 72 81 0 0, G Forrest (Sco) 72 81 0 0, 
154 S Chawrasia (Ind) 77 77 0 0, D Law (Sco) 75 79 0 0, L Slattery (Eng) 79 75 0 0, M Warren (Sco) 77 77 0 0, P Lawrie (Sco) 71 83 0 0, 
155 S Brazel (Aus) 73 82 0 0, T Murray (Eng) 72 83 0 0, C Jin (Chn) 76 79 0 0, 
156 M Schwab (Aut) 74 82 0 0, 
157 T Bjørn (Den) 73 84 0 0, K Pratt (Aus) 76 81 0 0, B Evans (Eng) 74 83 0 0, 
158 A Quiros (Esp) 75 83 0 0, S Gregory (Eng) 77 81 0 0, J Dantorp (Swe) 79 79 0 0, O Fisher (Eng) 78 80 0 0, 
161 H Park (Kor) 75 86 0 0, I Cantero Gutierrez (Esp) 75 86 0 0, M Kinhult (Swe) 79 82 0 0, M Burrow (am) (Eng) 77 84 0 0, 
162 J Lagergren (Swe) 76 86 0 0, 
164 A Al Rumhy (am) (Oma) 82 82 0 0, 
168 O Al Mulla (Ksa) 83 85 0 0, 
** A Levy (Fra) 68 RT 0 0, C Shinkwin (Eng) 75 RT 0 0, G Fdez-Castaño (Esp) 76 RT 0 0, H Porteous (RSA) 76 RT 0 0, M Siem (Ger) 76 RT 0 0, S Manley (Wal) DQ 0 0 0,