Talor Gooch

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Talor Gooch
Personal information
Born (1991-11-14) November 14, 1991 (age 30)
Midwest City, Oklahoma
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceMidwest City, Oklahoma
Spouse
Ally Gooch
​
(m. 2019)​
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins2
Highest ranking31 (January 16, 2022)[1]
(as of February 13, 2022)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT44: 2021
U.S. Open66th: 2017
The Open ChampionshipT33: 2021

Talor Gooch (born November 14, 1991) is an American professional golfer.

Gooch was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Oklahoma State University.[2]

Gooch played on the PGA Tour Canada in 2015 and 2016. His best finish was second at the 2015 . In December 2016, he tied for 23rd place in the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament, to earn a place on the Web.com Tour in 2017.[3] In August 2017, he won the News Sentinel Open.[4] He finished sixth on the regular season money list to earn his PGA Tour card.[2]

On the 2017-18 PGA Tour, Gooch made 12 cuts in 27 events with a best finish of T13 at the Wells Fargo Championship. He finished 139th on the FedEx Cup points list to retain conditional status for the following season. He had two top-5 finishes early in the 2018–19 season and finished 101st on the FedEx Cup points list.[2]

In November 2021, Gooch won his first PGA Tour event at the RSM Classic in Sea Island, Georgia. Gooch shot a final round 6-under-par 64 to win by three strokes.[5]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2012 Oklahoma Stroke Play

Source:[6]

Professional wins (2)[]

PGA Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Nov 21, 2021 RSM Classic 64-65-67-64=260 −22 3 strokes Canada Mackenzie Hughes

Web.com Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Aug 20, 2017 News Sentinel Open 66-67-68-65=266 −18 1 stroke United States

Results in major championships[]

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open 66
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT T44
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NT T33
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship[]

Tournament 2019 2020 2021
The Players Championship CUT C T5
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament 2021
Championship
Match Play T56
Invitational
Champions NT1

1Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Week 3 2022 Ending 16 Jan 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Talor Gooch – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "2016 Web.com Tour Q-school leaderboard". The Golf News Net. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Talor Gooch rallies from 5 shots back to win News Sentinel Open". ESPN. Associated Press. August 20, 2017.
  5. ^ "Talor Gooch picks up 1st Tour victory at RSM Classic". Thescore.com. Associated Press. November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "Talor Gooch". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

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