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Nick Taylor

Canada’s Taylor Takes His National Open

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TORONTO – Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, British Columbia defeated England’s Tommy Fleetwood in a four-hole playoff Sunday to become the first Canadian to win the RBC Canadian Open since 1954 (69 years).

Taylor won the playoff with a 72-foot, 6-inch putt for eagle (longer than any putt in his career) and is the first Tour player to win a playoff with an eagle since Hideki Matsuyama at the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Taylor became the fifth Canadian with three or more wins on the PGA Tour and the fourth player from Canada to win on Tour this season, the most in a single season on record (since 1983).

With a first-round 75 and position of T120, Taylor is the second player on TOUR since 1983 to stand T-120 or worse after the first round and go on to win.

Fleetwood recorded his fifth career runner-up on Tour in his 119th start.