Talor Gooch

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Talor Gooch
Personal information
Born (1991-11-14) November 14, 1991 (age 32)
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)LIV Golf
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins2
Highest ranking31 (January 16, 2022)[1]
(as of October 30, 2022)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT14: 2022
PGA ChampionshipT20: 2022
U.S. Open66th: 2017
The Open ChampionshipT33: 2021

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

Early life and amateur career

Gooch was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Oklahoma State University.[2] He was already drawing notice for his talent as a six-year-old. His father, Ron Gooch, played minor league professional baseball in the Texas Rangers organization.[3]

Professional career

Gooch played on the PGA Tour Canada in 2015 and 2016. His best finish was second at the 2015 Syncrude Boreal Open. 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.[4] In August 2017, he won the News Sentinel Open.[5] 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.[6]

2022: LIV Golf

Gooch joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series in May 2022.[7] Gooch placed 9th in the LIV Golf London at Centurion Club, earning him $580,000. Gooch also was a member of the 4 Aces team at Portland. In an interview after the event, Gooch compared the event to Ryder Cup and President's Cup events.[8]

Amateur wins

  • 2012 Oklahoma Stroke Play

Source:[9]

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 Jonathan Hodge

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 2022
Masters Tournament T14
PGA Championship CUT T44 T20
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship NT T33 T34
  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 2022
The Players Championship CUT C T5 CUT
  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 2022
Championship
Match Play T56 T18
Invitational
Champions NT1 NT1

1Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.

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. ^ "Boy a Chip Off Block, Putt Above". The Oklahoman. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "2016 Web.com Tour Q-school leaderboard". The Golf News Net. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "Talor Gooch rallies from 5 shots back to win News Sentinel Open". ESPN. Associated Press. August 20, 2017.
  6. ^ "Talor Gooch picks up 1st Tour victory at RSM Classic". Thescore.com. Associated Press. November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  7. ^ McDonald, Patrick (May 31, 2022). "Dustin Johnson headlines field of players set to participate in first LIV Golf Series Invitational event". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Justin Thomas joins fans roasting Talor Gooch for his wild LIV Golf-Ryder Cup comparison". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  9. ^ "Talor Gooch". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

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