Kitayama handles windy day for lead
Kurt Kitayama is chasing his first PGA Tour victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla., with a world-class group of contenders right behind him.
Kitayama should be used to that.
Last year alone, he fell one shot sort of Jon Rahm in Mexico, Xander Schauffele in Scotland and Rory McIlroy in South Carolina.
Kitayama handled the wind that only made Bay Hill tougher, posting a 4-under 68 for a two-shot lead over Jordan Spieth, a three-time major champion and former No. 1 player in the world.
“Right now I feel like I'm just trying to get that win,” Kitayama said. “It's tough, especially with the guys I've been against. So I've just got to keep putting myself in that position to give myself a chance.”
Rahm finally looked human. His final five holes included a double bogey, three bogeys and a birdie. He shot 76, his highest score since a 76 in the third round of the PGA Championship last May, and fell six shots behind.
“How would I characterize it? What do you think I'm going to say? Excuse my language, but it's (expletive) hard,” Rahm said.
He was smiling as he spoke, happy to be done and resigned that a tough day at the office would not belong only to him in these
Kurt Kitayama shot a 4-under 68in the second round to take a two-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
conditions.
“It's firm. It's fast. And it's blowing 30 miles an hour,” he said. “It's a very difficult golf course.”
Kitayama was at 9-under 135, and the immediate challenge is Spieth, who tied for fourth in his lone appearance at Bay Hill.
Cameron Young looked to be right there until the final four holes. He was one shot behind until a pair of bogeys and then a shot from the thick rough into the water on the 18th for a double bogey and a 73. He was five behind.
Schauffele shot 70 and was three behind along with Corey Conners, who had the low round of the day at 66.
PGA Tour
Carson Young, a 28-yearold rookie on the PGA Tour, had to lean more on his
short game and posted a 5-under 67 and built a four-shot lead going into the weekend at the Puerto Rico Open.
Another tour rookie, Nico Echavarria of Colombia, had a 67 and was four shots back along with Paul Haley II (66).
LPGA
Danielle Kang avoided distractions during a rainsoaked day and shot a 9-under 63 for a one-shot lead after the second round of the Women's World Championship in Singapore.
Kang opened with a 71 for a 10-under 134 total after two rounds.
Allisen Corpuz (65), Hyo Joo Kim (67) and firstround leader Elizabeth Szokol (71) were a shot back at the Sentosa Golf Club. Szokol opened on Thursday with a 64.
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
MINNESOTA TWINS:
Optioned RHP Jordan Balazovic to St. Paul (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS: Signed G Sam Merrill to a 10-day contract.
Signed F Eugene Omoruyi to a 10-day contract.
Signed G Jamaree Bouyea to a 10-day contract.
DETROIT PISTONS:
WASHINGTON WIZARDS: Women's National Basketball Association
PHOENIX MERCURY:
Named Tully Bevilaqua assistant coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS:
Re-signed OL Ike Boeetger to a one-year contract.
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS:
WR Marcus Kemp.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DUCKS:
Acquired LW Brock McGinn and a 2023 third-round draft pick from Pittsburgh in exchange for D Dmitry Kulikov.
Returned F Quinton Byfield and C Rasmus Kupari to Ontario (AHL). ARIZONA COYOTES: Recalled F Reece Vitelli from Tucson. Acquired F Brett Ritchie and D Connor Mackey from Calgary in exchange for F Nick Ritchie and D Troy Stecher.
Returned C Jakub Lauko to Providence (AHL).
Re-signed G Ike Boettger to a one-year contract.
Returned RW Walker Duehr and LW Jakob Pelletier to Calgary (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS: Assigned RW David Gust and D Isaak Phillips to Rockford (AHL). Activated D Nikita Zaitsev from reserve. Recalled LW Anders Bjork from Chicago (AHL). Returned RW Joey Anderson to Rockford.
KINGS:
BOSTON BRUINS:
BUFFALO SABRES:
CALGARY FLAMES:
COLORADO AVALANCHE:
Recalled G Keith Kinkaid from Colorado (AHL).
Loaned C Cole Sillinger to Cleveland (AHL). DALLAS STARS: Returned C Fredrik Karlstrom, C Fredrick Olofsson, G Matthew Murray and G Adam Scheel to Texas (AHL). Reassigned G Adam Scheel to Idaho (ECHL) from Texas (AHL).
Recalled D Philip Broberg and F Devin Shore to Bakersfield (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS:
EDMONTON OILERS:
FLORIDA PANTHERS:
Returned C Zac Dalpe and G Alex Lyon to Charlotte (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD: Acquired a 2023 second-round draft pick and a 2024 fifth-round draft pick from Buffalo in exchange for LW Jordan Greenway. Acquired C Oskar Sundqvist from Detroit in exchange for a 2023 fourth-round draft pick. Acquired D John Klingberg from the Ducks in exchange for D Andrej Susty and the rights to F Nikita Nesterenko and a 2025 fourth-round draft pick.
Acquired C Frederic Allard and a 2024 fifth-round draft pick from the Kings in exchange for C Nate Schnarr. Loaned D Frederic Allard to Laval (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS:
NASHVILLE PREDATORS:
Returned F Luke Evangelista, C Mark Jankowski, C Zach Sanford, RW Kiefer Sherwood, RW Phil Tomasino and LW John Leonard to Milwaukee (AHL). Signed D Dante Fabio and G Kevin Lankinen to one-year contracts. Acquired F Rasmus Asplund from Buffalo in exchange for a 2025 seventh-round draft pick.
Acquired F Curtis Lazar from Vancouver in exchange from a fourth-round 2024 draft pick. Loaned and recalled D Kevin Bahl and G Akira Schmid to Utica (AHL). Assigned F Graeme Clark to Utica.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS:
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS:
Activated C Tanner Laczynski from injured reserve. Acquired LW Brendan Lemieux and a 2024 fifth-round draft pick from the Kings in exchange for C Zack MacEwen.
Reassigned LWs Drake Caggiula and Drew O'Connor to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on loan. Acquired D Tony Sund from San Jose n exchange for a conditional 2024 fifthround draft pick and a 2023 seventhround draft pick.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS:
ST. LOUIS BLUES:
Acquired LW Jakub Vrana from Detroit in exchange for C Dylan McLaughlin and a seventh-round 2025 draft pick.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING:
Reassigned D Darren Raddysh to Syracuse (AHL). Reassigned LW Jaydon Dureau from Orlando (ECHL) to Syracuse.
Recalled D Gabriel Carlsson and D Vincent Iorio from Hershey (AHL). Returned D Dylan McIlrath and C Aliaksei Protas to Hershey.
Acquired LW Vladislav Namestnikov from San Jose in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round draft pick.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS:
WINNIPEG JETS:
American Hockey League
COACHELLA FIREBIRDS:
Signed
Returned D Jake McLaughlin to Kansas City (ECHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLORADO RAPIDS:
Loaned D Gustavo Vallecilla to Columbus for the remainder of the season in exchange for $175,000 in general allocation money.
Acquired M Santiago Rodriguez from Montevideo City Torque on a designated player contract through the 2027 MLS season.
NEW YORK CITY FC: National Women's Soccer League
ORLANDO PRIDE:
Named Yolanda Thomas assistant coach.
Signed M Chloe Ricketts to a three-year contract.
WASHINGTON SPIRIT: PGA - ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL PRESENTED BY MASTERCARD
At Bay Hill Club Orlando, Fla. Purse:
Yardage: Second round
$20 million
7,466;
Par:
Kurt Kitayama ....................... 67-68—135 -9 Jordan Spieth ......................... 68-69—137 -7 Corey Conners ....................... 72-66—138 -6 Xander Schauffele ................ 68-70—138 -6 Patrick Cantlay ....................... 68-71—139 -5 Matt Fitzpatrick .................... 70-69—139 -5 Davis Riley .............................. 70-69—139 -5 Justin Thomas ....................... 72-67—139 -5 Ludvig Aberg ......................... 70-70—140 -4 Scottie Scheffler ................... 68-72—140 -4 Adam Scott ............................. 69-71—140 -4 Cameron Young ...................... 67-73—140 -4 Thomas Detry ......................... 69-72—141 -3 Harris English ......................... 69-72—141 -3 Rickie Fowler .......................... 68-73—141 -3 Ben Griffin ............................... 69-72—141 -3 Max Homa ............................... 70-71—141 -3 Keith Mitchell ......................... 72-69—141 -3 Jon Rahm ................................. 65-76—141 -3 Justin Suh ............................... 69-69—138 -2 Wyndham Clark ...................... 70-72—142 -2 Tony Finau ............................... 70-72—142 -2 Viktor Hovland ....................... 71-71—142 -2 Sungjae Im .............................. 71-71—142 -2 Tom Kim ................................... 72-70—142 -2 Chris Kirk ................................. 67-75—142 -2 Shane Lowry ........................... 72-70—142 -2 Rory McIlroy .......................... 73-69—142 -2 Taylor Montgomery ............... 75-67—142 -2 Trey Mullinax .......................... 69-73—142 -2 Aaron Rai ................................. 68-74—142 -2 Sahith Theegala ..................... 72-70—142 -2 Luke Donald ............................ 71-72—143 -1 Padraig Harrington ................ 73-70—143 -1 Tyrrell Hatton ......................... 71-72—143 -1 Martin Laird ............................ 71-72—143 -1 Matthew NeSmith .................. 71-72—143 -1 Adam Schenk .......................... 68-75—143 -1 Ben Taylor ................................ 72-71—143 -1 Danny Willett .......................... 70-73—143 -1 Aaron Baddeley ....................... 72-72—144 E Jason Day ................................. 71-73—144 E TommyFleetwood .................. 73-71—144E Emiliano Grillo ......................... 70-74—144 E Cole Hammer ........................... 71-73—144 E David Lingmerth ..................... 75-69—144 E Francesco Molinari ................. 69-75—144 E Ryan Palmer ............................. 71-73—144 E Andrew Putnam ...................... 69-75—144 E Greyson Sigg ............................ 71-73—144 E Webb Simpson ......................... 72-72—144 E Brendon Todd ......................... 75-69—144 E Keegan Bradley ..................... 68-77—145 +1 Pierceson Coody ................... 74-71—145 +1 Will Gordon ............................ 73-72—145 +1 Mackenzie Hughes ............... 74-71—145 +1 Si Woo Kim ............................. 71-74—145 +1 Kyoung-Hoon Lee .................. 70-75—145 +1 David Lipsky ........................... 72-73—145 +1 Taylor Moore .......................... 73-72—145 +1 Robby Shelton ....................... 70-75—145 +1 Adam Svensson ..................... 72-73—145 +1 Kyle Westmoreland .............. 69-76—145 +1 Will Zalatoris ......................... 73-72—145 +1 Greg Koch .............................. 75-67—142 +2 Ryan Fox ................................ 73-73—146 +2 Russell Henley ....................... 71-75—146 +2 Zach Johnson ........................ 73-73—146 +2 Seonghyeon Kim ................... 72-74—146 +2 Alex Noren ............................. 73-73—146 +2 Seamus Power ....................... 72-74—146 +2 Davis Thompson .................... 75-71—146 +2 Cameron Davis ...................... 71-76—147 +3 Adam Hadwin ........................ 77-70—147 +3 Lucas Herbert ........................ 74-73—147 +3 Garrick Higgo ......................... 72-75—147 +3 Tom Hoge ................................ 73-74—147 +3 Patton Kizzire ........................ 70-77—147 +3 Peter Malnati ......................... 71-76—147 +3 Collin Morikawa .................... 74-73—147 +3 J.J. Spaun ................................ 74-73—147 +3 Sepp Straka ............................ 70-77—147 +3 Kevin Streelman .................... 72-75—147 +3 Nick Hardy .............................. 74-74—148 +4 Billy Horschel ........................ 73-75—148 +4 Thriston Lawrence ............... 76-72—148 +4 Troy Merritt ............................ 77-71—148 +4 Patrick Rodgers .................... 72-76—148 +4 Sam Ryder .............................. 74-74—148 +4 Nick Taylor ............................ 69-79—148 +4 Joseph Bramlett ................... 76-73—149 +5 Hideki Matsuyama ................ 71-78—149 +5 Justin Rose ............................. 75-74—149 +5 Scott Stallings ....................... 75-74—149 +5 Gary Woodland ...................... 75-74—149 +5 Christiaan Bezuidenhout .... 73-77—150 +6 Hayden Buckley .................... 75-75—150 +6 Beau Hossler ......................... 75-75—150 +6 Justin Lower .......................... 76-74—150 +6 Callum Tarren ....................... 74-76—150 +6 Sam Burns .............................. 77-74—151 +7 Charley Hoffman ................... 74-77—151 +7 Taylor Pendrith ...................... 77-74—151 +7 Chez Reavie ............................ 72-79—151 +7 Stewart Cink ......................... 73-79—152 +8 Eric Cole ................................. 72-80—152 +8 Aaron Wise ............................ 79-73—152 +8 Kamaiu Johnson ................... 75-77—152 +8 Joel Dahmen .......................... 74-79—153 +9 Lucas Glover ......................... 74-79—153 +9 Lee Hodges ........................... 76-77—153 +9 Alex Smalley ......................... 80-73—153 +9 Ryan Brehm ......................... 75-79—154 +10 Min Woo Lee ....................... 75-79—154 +10 Luke List ............................... 77-77—154 +10 Adrian Meronk .................... 73-81—154 +10 Tyson Alexander ................ 75-80—155 +11 Brian Harman ..................... 75-82—157 +13 Kevin Kisner ........................ 77-80—157 +13
LPGA - HSBC WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
At The New Tanjong Sentosa Island, Singapore Purse:
Yardage:
Second round
$1.8 million
6,776;
Par:
72
72
Danielle Kang ........................ 71-63—134 -10 Allisen Corpuz ....................... 70-65—135 -9 Hyo Joo Kim ............................ 68-67—135 -9 Elizabeth Szokol ..................... 64-71—135 -9 Ashleigh Buhai ...................... 69-67—136 -8 Linn Grant ............................... 69-67—136 -8 Nelly Korda ............................. 68-68—136 -8 Ayaka Furue ........................... 68-69—137 -7 Georgia Hall ............................ 71-66—137 -7 Nasa Hataoka ........................ 72-65—137 -7 Jin Young Ko ........................... 72-65—137 -7 Yuka Saso ................................ 67-70—137 -7 Carlota Ciganda .................... 69-69—138 -6 Jeongeun Lee6 ....................... 68-70—138 -6 Patty Tavatanakit ................. 68-70—138 -6 Chella Choi ............................. 71-68—139 -5 In Gee Chun ............................ 70-69—139 -5 Hannah Green ........................ 70-69—139 -5 Eun-Hee Ji ............................... 69-70—139 -5 Lydia Ko .................................. 70-69—139 -5 Celine Boutier ........................ 70-70—140 -4 Mina Harigae ......................... 70-70—140 -4 Megan Khang .......................... 69-71—140 -4 A Lim Kim ................................ 70-70—140 -4 Nanna Koerstz Madsen ........ 71-69—140 -4 Jennifer Kupcho .................... 71-69—140 -4 Alison Lee ............................... 70-70—140 -4 Xiyu Lin ................................... 72-68—140 -4 Leona Maguire ....................... 70-70—140 -4 Madelene Sagstrom ............. 73-67—140 -4 Jenny Shin .............................. 70-70—140 -4 Atthaya Thitikul .................... 70-70—140 -4 Lilia Vu .................................... 70-70—140 -4 Jodi Ewart Shadoff ................ 70-71—141 -3 Ariya Jutanugarn ................... 68-73—141 -3 Pornanong Phatlum ............... 72-69—141 -3 Hinako Shibuno ...................... 72-69—141 -3 Maja Stark ............................... 74-67—141 -3 Na Rin An ................................. 70-72—142 -2 Matilda Castren ..................... 72-70—142 -2 Hye Jin Choi ............................. 71-71—142 -2 Stacy Lewis ............................. 72-70—142 -2 Anna Nordqvist ..................... 73-69—142 -2 Yuting Shi ................................ 71-71—142 -2 Amy Yang ................................ 72-70—142 -2 Moriya Jutanugarn ................ 72-71—143 -1 Andrea Lee .............................. 72-71—143 -1 Yu Liu ........................................ 70-73—143 -1 Gaby Lopez .............................. 72-71—143 -1 Ryann O'Toole ......................... 73-70—143 -1 Sophia Schubert ..................... 72-71—143 -1 Marina Alex .............................. 72-72—144 E Cheyenne Knight ..................... 73-71—144 E Mao Saigo ................................. 73-71—144 E
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SPRING TRAINING
Friday's results
Dodgers 2, Angels 2
Chicago Cubs 4, San Diego 0 Houston 11, Atlanta 8
Boston 9, Minnesota 4
St. Louis 8, Miami 3
Detroit (ss) 6, Philadelphia 3 Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 6 Washington 11, N.Y. Mets 6 Chicago White Sox 6, Cincinnati 4 San Francisco (ss) 3, Colorado 2 Kansas City 6, Oakland 4 Cleveland 7, Milwaukee 4
Texas 11, San Francisco (ss) 7 Seattle 6, Arizona 3
Pittsburgh 1, Baltimore 1
Detroit (ss) 5, N.Y. Yankees 3
Today's games
Underdog
Underdog
Underdog
Atlanta (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Florida, 10:05 a.m.
Houston vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Florida, 10:05 a.m.
Minnesota vs. Atlanta (ss) at North Port, Florida, 10:05 a.m.
St. Louis vs. Washington at Palm Beach, Florida, 10:05 a.m.
Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Florida, 10:05 a.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Florida, 10:05 a.m.
Toronto vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Florida, 10:05 a.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Sarasota, Florida, 10:10 a.m.
Angels vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Arizona, 12:05 p.m.
Arizona (ss) vs. San Francisco (ss) at Scottsdale, Arizona, 12:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Oakland (ss) at Mesa, Arizona, 12:05 p.m.
Kansas City (ss) vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Arizona, 12:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Chicago White Sox at Phoenix, Arizona, 12:05 p.m.
Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Arizona, 12:10 p.m.
San Diego vs. Arizona (ss) at Scottsdale, Arizona, 12:10 p.m.
San Francisco (ss) vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, Arizona, 12:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (ss) vs. Oakland (ss) at Las Vegas, 1:05 p.m.
Dodgers vs. Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Arizona, 5:05 p.m.
At Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica Santiago, Chile
Purse:
Surface:
Men's Singles
Quarterfinals
$642,735
Red clay
Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Argentina, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-2 Sebastian Baez (3), Argentina, def. Laslo Djere (6), Serbia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Jaume Munar, Spain, def. Thiago Monteiro, Brazil, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Men's Doubles Semifinals
Andrea Pellegrino and Andrea Vavassori, Italy, def. Alejandro Tabilo and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera, Chile, walkover.
WTA - ABIERTO MEXICANO
At Club Sonoma Monterrey, Mexico Purse:
Surface:
Men's Doubles Semifinals
$259,303
Hardcourt outdoor
Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler, Austria, def. Wesley Koolhof, Netherlands, and Neal Skupski (1), Britain, 6-4, 4-6, 10-4.
Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, United States, def. Andre Goransson, Sweden, and Ben McLachlan, Japan, 7-5, 6-7 (2), 13-11.
At Westwood Country Club, Austin, TX Purse:
Surface:
Purse:
Women's Singles
Quarterfinals
$259,303
Hardcourt outdoor $259,303
Marta Kostyuk (8), Ukraine, def. AnnaLena Friedsam, Germany, 7-6 (6), 6-2.