Nick Taylor wins raucous WM Phoenix Open in playoff after crowd trouble bedevils tournament
Nick Taylor Wins rockus WM Phoenix Open in playoff after crowd trouble bedevils tournament Canada’s Nick Taylor completed a dramatic late fightback to win the WM Phoenix Open in a playoff on Sunday after crowd trouble marred the notoriously rockus PGA Tour event at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona three shots back
With four holes left to play 35-year-old Taylor rattled off three birdies including a 9-ft putt at the last to force American Charlie Hoffman into to a playoff at 21 under overall after both players birdied the first replay of the final hole only Taylor could repeat the feat at the subsequent try sinking his
Third successive Birdie on the 18th Green in the space of an hour to clinch his fourth PGA Tour title and $1 58 million in prize money it marks the Winnipeg born golfer second dramatic playoff victory in less than a year after a remarkable 72t Eagle putt
Secured him a home victory at the RBC Canadian open in June a moment made even more memorable by a security guard tackling Adam hadwin to the ground during the subsequent celebrations after seemingly mistaking the golfer for a fan he hadwin do
