TPC Scottsdale’s crisp white cups looked more like gaping sinkholes to Nick Taylor on Sunday evening. If anyone has the “clutch” gene when it comes to draining putts when they matter the most, it’s the 35-year-old Canadian.
As the Super Bowl commenced Sunday evening, Taylor captured his fourth PGA Tour win at the WM Phoenix Open in a two-hole sudden-death playoff. He birdied three of his last four holes in regulation and fired off two more birdies in the playoff to defeat WM ambassador Charley Hoffman.
The birdie run helped Taylor successfully avenge his 2023 second-place finish at this event, where he came up just two shots shy of defending champion Scottie Scheffler.
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All week Taylor demonstrated with his stellar play that the Stadium course is a routing that perfectly suits his eye. A Scottsdale resident, Taylor plays TPC several times every year and his course knowledge and comfort in the desert became all the more evident when he shot an opening-round 60 , tying the tournament’s 18-hole scoring record.