Monday Scramble: TPC Tricky awaits Tour's best at The Players

Kurt Kitayama prevails at Arnie's Place, the PGA Tour prepares for radical changes, the Players Championship takes center stage and more in this week's edition of the Monday Scramble:

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In what has already been an entertaining, star-driven start to the year, the Arnold Palmer Invitational produced the wildest Sunday so far.

Surviving a triple bogey (and a second OB ball of the weekend), Kurt Kitayama outlasted a half-dozen Ryder Cuppers, buried a go-ahead birdie putt on the 71st hole and sealed his first PGA Tour victory with a deft lag from long range on the final green to prevail at Bay Hill.

It was a long-awaited victory for Kitayama, who figures he’s played on at least 10…