Talor Gooch

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Talor Gooch
Personal information
Full nameTalor Keith Gooch
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 nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
ResidenceMidwest City, Oklahoma
Spouse
Ally Gooch
​
(m. 2019)​
Career
College Oklahoma State University
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) LIV Golf
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins5
Highest ranking 31 (January 16, 2022) [1]
(as of July 28, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
LIV Golf3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T14: 2022
PGA Championship T20: 2022
U.S. Open 66th: 2017
The Open Championship T33: 2021
Achievements and awards
LIV Golf League
individual points list winner 		2023
LIV Golf League
money list winner 		2023

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

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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]

2022–2023: LIV Golf

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

In April 2023, Gooch won his first LIV event by winning the LIV Golf Adelaide event in Australia, [9] following it one week later with a victory at the LIV event in Singapore. [10] In July 2023, Gooch won his third LIV event, LIV Golf Andalucía which was played at Valderrama in Spain. [11] Following the end of the 2023 LIV Golf League's individual season, Gooch won an $18 million bonus for winning the season long points race. [12]

Controversies

Since joining LIV Golf in 2022, Gooch became involved in several off-course controversies in the media regarding comments about LIV's stature in the professional game. In July 2022, speaking after the LIV Golf Invitational Portland event; Gooch compared the atmosphere and crowds at the event as similar to that of playing in a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, despite having not played in one himself. [13] In February 2024, Gooch commented on the prospect of Rory McIlroy winning the 2024 Masters Tournament; suggesting that if he were to go and win, it would come with an "asterisk" since some of the LIV Golf roster would not be playing in the tournament. [14] McIlroy responded to this by suggesting that Gooch be more like Joaquín Niemann, another LIV player who had also competed in non-LIV events and received a special invitation to play in the 2024 Masters. [15]

Amateur wins

Source: [16]

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Nov 21, 2021 RSM Classic 64-65-67-64=260−223 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mackenzie Hughes

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 20, 2017 News Sentinel Open 66-67-68-65=266−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Hodge

LIV Golf League wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Apr 23, 2023 LIV Golf Adelaide 162-62-73=197−193 strokes Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri
2Apr 30, 2023LIV Golf Singapore164-65-67=196−17Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García
3Jul 2, 2023LIV Golf Andalucía169-65-67=201−121 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Bryson DeChambeau

1Co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour

LIV Golf League playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 LIV Golf Singapore Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García Won with birdie on first extra hole
22023 LIV Golf Jeddah Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open 66
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament T14T34
PGA Championship CUTT44T20CUTT60
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship NTT33T34CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2019202020212022
The Players Championship CUTCT5CUT
  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

Tournament20212022
Championship
Match Play T56T18
Invitational
Champions NT1NT1

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

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