He started the week as first alternate, only earning entry after Carl Pettersson withdrew, and had not been fully exempt since 2012. In February 2016, Taylor won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, his first PGA Tour win since August 2005. He made two starts on the PGA Tour before making two starts on the Web.com Tour, where he missed the cut in Panama and withdrew due to illness in Colombia.

Taylor started the 2015–16 season playing on both the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour, having only past champion status on the PGA Tour after finishing 151st in the FedEx Cup, just a fraction of a point from conditional status.

Taylor's highest world ranking was 37th in 2007 and career high in the FedEx Cup placing was 35th in 2010.

He earned a half point for his team with a record of 0–1–1. Ryder Cup team for the first time in 2006. In 2005, he led the event wire-to-wire and held a six-stroke advantage entering the final round, to claim a comfortable victory by three strokes from Jonathan Kaye.Īfter a year that included a career high six top-10s, Taylor qualified to play on the U.S. He had also previously had to sink a 14-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation play to make it into the playoff. His victory in 2004 was one of five wins by rookies that year and came after holing an 11-foot birdie on the first extra hole during a four-man sudden-death playoff. Taylor has three victories to his name on the PGA Tour his first two victories coming in consecutive years at the Reno-Tahoe Open, an alternate event, in 20. He won four times on the NGA Hooters Tour, and once on the Nationwide Tour at the Knoxville Open. He played his early years on the Hooters and Nationwide Tours, getting valuable experience before playing his first full year with a PGA Tour card in 2004. He continues to reside in the Augusta area with his wife, Leot. After attending Hephzibah High School, he played golf for Augusta State University where he was an honorable mention All-American his senior season. Vaughn Joseph Taylor (born March 9, 1976) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour.īorn in Roanoke, Virginia, Taylor was raised in Augusta, Georgia, from infancy. For the actor, see Vaughn Taylor (actor). This article is about the professional golfer.

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