Taylor Moore
Personal information
Born (1993-07-28) July 28, 1993
San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceDallas, Texas, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arkansas
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins3
Highest ranking42 (April 16, 2023)[1]
(as of January 7, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT39: 2023
PGA ChampionshipT72: 2023
U.S. OpenCUT: 2023
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2023

Taylor Moore (born July 28, 1993) is an American professional golfer. After turning professional in 2016, he progressed through the PGA Tour's development tours, graduating to the top-level PGA Tour in 2021. He has one victory on the tour, the Valspar Championship in 2023.[2]

Amateur career

In 2014, Moore won the Saguaro Amateur.[3][4] He also tied as the leading medallist in the stroke play qualifying round of the U.S. Amateur.[5][6]

Professional career

Moore turned professional in 2016. That year, he played on the PGA Tour Canada, where he had five top-10 finishes and one victory, at the Staal Foundation Open; he finished third on the tour's order of merit to graduate to the Korn Ferry Tour for 2017. He played on the Korn Ferry Tour for four seasons, one of which was disrupted by suffering from a collapsed lung which left him unable to play for several months.[7] He claimed his first victory on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021, at the Memorial Health Championship, during the COVID-19 pandemic-extended 2020–21 season; he ended that season in fourth place on the regular season points list to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2021–22 season.

At the Valspar Championship in March 2023, Moore won for the first time on the PGA Tour; he overcame a two-stroke deficit in the final round to win by one from Adam Schenk.[7][8]

Personal life

Moore was born in San Angelo, Texas. He attended the University of Arkansas. In 2015, he was suspended from competing by the university after he was arrested and charged with felony voyeurism, alongside Nico Echavarría;[9] he later pleaded guilty to a lesser misdemeanor charge,[10] while Echavarría was found not to have been involved.[11]

Amateur wins

  • 2014 Saguaro Amateur
  • 2016 The All American

Source:[3]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Mar 19, 2023 Valspar Championship 71-67-69-67=274 −10 1 stroke United States Adam Schenk

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Jul 18, 2021 Memorial Health Championship 66-66-60-65=257 −27 3 strokes United States Erik Barnes

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Jul 17, 2016 Staal Foundation Open 68-70-66-66=270 −18 3 strokes Canada Corey Conners

Results in major championships

Tournament 2023
Masters Tournament T39
PGA Championship T72
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2023
The Players Championship T35

"T" indicates a tie for a place

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Week 15 2023 Ending 16 Apr 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Taylor Moore Bio". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Taylor Moore". World Amateur Golf Ranking.
  4. ↑ "Field Results Saguaro". Troon Saguaro Amateur Series. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  5. ↑ Masuda, Nick (August 13, 2014). "Showing maturation, Moore co-medals at U.S. Amateur". Golfweek. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "McCoy, Moore Share Medalist Honors at 2014 U.S. Amateur". USGA. August 11, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Schupak, Adam (March 19, 2023). "Four years after suffering a collapsed lung, Taylor Moore wins first PGA Tour title at the Valspar Championship". Golfweek. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ Leonard, Tod (March 19, 2023). "Taylor Moore comes from out of the pack to get his first PGA Tour win at Valspar". Golf Digest. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Arkansas golfers charged with felony video voyeurism". ESPN. Associated Press. May 7, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  10. ↑ Allen, Nate (July 30, 2015). "Razorback golfer pleads guilty to misdemeanor". USA Today. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  11. ↑ Wood, Ron (June 9, 2015). "Prosecutor declines to charge one of two UA golfers". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
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