Nick Taylor Player Profile And What's In The Bag

Article Updated - January 2025

Winning golf tournaments is not meant to be easy. Just ask Canada’s Nick Taylor, who needed two playoff holes to see off  Nico Echavarria of Colombia to claim the Sony Open in Hawaii - his fifth PGA Tour win.

The 36-year-old had an eagle at the par-five 18th while Echavarria got up and down from a greenside bunker to force the extra holes at Waialae. Both players birdied the 18th the second time around but when they repeated the hole, Echavarria missed from seven feet while Taylor holed out from about half the distance for his third successive playoff victory.

"I'm a bit stunned this worked out this way," he said. "To be able to hit a nice pitch, unfortunate for Nico to hit a three-putt there to open the door for me, but knowing I can rise to the occasion, it's pretty fun."

• Player Profile
• Last 10 Events
• Key Stats
• World Ranking
• What's In The Bag

Both players carded final-round 65s with Echavarria recovering from two opening bogeys with five birdies in six holes around the turn.

Taylor also had two bogeys in the opening nine but climbed back into contention with his own run of four straight birdies from the eighth.

Having led before Taylor's last-hole heroics, JJ Spaun bogeyed the 17th to finish a stroke behind the leading duo on 15 under alongside Germany's Stephan Jaeger.

England's Harry Hall, who had shared the opening-round lead, finished on 12 under.

Player Profile

Taylor was born in Winnipeg on April 14, 1988 and started playing golf at the age of 10. 

In 2007, at the age of 19, Taylor won the Canadian Amateur Championship at the Riverside Country Club. The same year he reached the last eight of the US Amateur, losing to eventual winner Colt Knost. He played for Canada at the Eisenhower Trophy in 2008.

He twice qualified for the US Open as an amateur, in 2008 and 2009, making the cut at Bethpage in 2009, where he shot a 65 in the second round before finishing 35th. He was the world’s top-ranked amateur before turning professional in 2010.

He played on the PGA Tour Canada from 2011 until 2013 before moving to the Web.com Tour for the 2014 season. He gained his PGA Tour card and in November 2014 won the Sanderson Farms Championship. He had to wait until 2020 for his second success, at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

During the 2022-23 season, Taylor started by finishing tied sixth at the Fortinet, tied seventh at the Sony Open was runner-up to Scottie Scheffler at the Phoenix Open and then won the Canadian Open last year, holing a huge putt to defeat Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff to become the first home player to win the event in 69 years. 

Last year he won the Phoenix Open, only the second Canadian ever to do so. 

This was his fifth win in 284 starts. He has also had two runner-up and eight top-five finishes, making 178 cuts and picking up $19.5m in prize money. He is second in the FedEx Cup standings and 73rd in the world rankings.

Last 10 Events

Sony Open in Hawaii - 1st

The Sentry - T48th

Butterfield Bermuda Championship - CUT

Zozo Championship - T33rd

Shriners Children's Open - T54th

Black Desert Championship - T25th

Procore Championship - CUT

FedEx St Jude Championship - 65th

Wyndham Championship - CUT

Olympic Men's Golf Competition - T30th

Key Stats

Driving Distance - 290.5 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 70.69%

Greens in Regulation - 80.56%

Sand Saves - 70%

Putts Per Round - 29.75

Scoring Average - 68.13

End of Year World Ranking Position

2020: 136

2021: 222

2022: 257

2023: 51

2024: 70

What's In Nick Taylor's Golf Bag?

Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 Degrees)

3-Wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 Degrees)

5-Wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max (18 Degrees)

Hybrid: Titleist TSR2 (21 Degrees)

Irons: Titleist T100 (5-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46, 54), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Red

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x