Vaughn Taylor

Vaughn Taylor

Born: March 9, 1976
Age: 48
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Biography

Vaughn Joseph Taylor (born March 9, 1976) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour.

Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Taylor was raised in Augusta, Georgia, from infancy. After attending Hephzibah High School, he played golf for Augusta State University where he was an honorable mention All-American his senior season. He continues to reside in the Augusta area with his wife, Leot.

Taylor turned professional in 1999. 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 won four times on the NGA Hooters Tour, and once on the Nationwide Tour at the Knoxville Open. 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 2004 and 2005. 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. He had also previously had to sink a 14-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation play to make the cut. 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.

After a year that included a career high six top-10's, Taylor qualified to play on the U.S. Ryder Cup team for the first time in 2006. He earned a half point for his team with a record of 0-1-1.

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

In February 2016, Taylor won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, his first PGA Tour win since August 2005. Having only past champion status on the PGA Tour after finishing a painful 151st in the FedEx Cup, just a fraction of a point from conditional status, he started the week as first alternate. He had not been fully exempt since 2012. The win was also Taylor's first at a non-alternate event and moved him from 447th in the world to 100th.

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Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 22, 2004 Reno-Tahoe Open −10 (67-67-69-75=278) Playoff Stephen Allan, Hunter Mahan,
Scott McCarron
2 Aug 21, 2005 Reno-Tahoe Open −21 (64-67-64-72=267) 3 strokes Jonathan Kaye
3 Feb 14, 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am −17 (70-68-67-65=270) 1 stroke Phil Mickelson

PGA Tour playoff record (1-2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2004 Reno-Tahoe Open Stephen Allan, Hunter Mahan,
Scott McCarron
Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2009 Turning Stone Resort Championship Matt Kuchar Lost to par on sixth extra hole
3 2010 Shell Houston Open Anthony Kim Lost to par on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Jun 29, 2003 Knoxville Open −20 (68-69-67-64=268) Playoff Joe Ogilvie

Other wins (4)

  • 4 wins on the NGA Hooters Tour

Results in major championships

Tournament 1998 1999
Masters Tournament DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T10 CUT DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T66 CUT DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T28 CUT CUT CUT DNP
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Totals 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 3
  • Most consecutive cuts made - 1 (three times)
  • Longest streak of top-10s - 1

U.S. national team appearances

  • Ryder Cup: 2006

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