WATCH: Highlights from the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship as BC’s Nick Taylor claims his first PGA TOUR victory
Canada has a new golfing champion.
26-year-old Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C. won the Sanderson Farms Championship today, shooting a final round 66 to finish at 16-under-par, winning by two strokes.
It was just Taylor’s 13th career start on the PGA Tour, and he becomes the first Canadian to win on the tour since Stephen Ames in 2009.
Taylor was born in Winnipeg, but was raised in Abbotsford before attending the University of Washington.
A top amateur in university, Taylor turned professional in 2010 but only qualified full-time for the PGA Tour this year.
Taylor won $720,000 and a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.
WATCH: Nick Taylor and fellow B.C. pro golf Adam Hadwin talked with Global BC in September about joining the PGA Tour