Taylor Pendrith

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Taylor Pendrith
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Personal information
NicknamePendy
Born (1991-05-30) May 30, 1991 (age 33)
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Sporting nationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Career
College Kent State University
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 44 (September 8, 2024) [1]
(as of October 13, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T29: 2023
U.S. Open T16: 2024
The Open Championship DNP

Taylor Pendrith (born May 30, 1991) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has one PGA Tour victory which came in the May 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson. [2] Previously, he won twice on PGA Tour Canada in 2019.

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Amateur career

Pendrith attended Kent State University from 2010 to 2014, where he was teammates with fellow Canadian PGA Tour pro golfers Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes. [3] [4] He made the cut in the 2014 Canadian Open and was the low amateur. [5] He was part of the Canadian team that finished second, behind the United States, in the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy. [6]

Professional career

Pendrith turned professional in late 2014, after the Eisenhower Trophy. In 2015 he played mostly on PGA Tour Canada. He was runner-up three times and finished third in the Order of Merit to earn a place on the Web.com Tour. He finished tied for fourth place in the Club Colombia Championship, his second event on the 2016 Web.com Tour, but this was his only top-10 finish of the season and he missed the cut 14 times. [7]

Pendrith played primarily on the Canadian Tour from 2017 to 2019. He had little success in 2017 and 2018, however in 2019 was runner-up in the Osprey Valley Open, then won the 1932 by Bateman Open and Mackenzie Investments Open to finish second in the Order of Merit and earn a place on the Korn Ferry Tour. [8] [5] Playing on the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour, Pendrith was runner-up in three consecutive tournaments in July and runner-up again in the Wichita Open in September. His performances on the Korn Ferry Tour earned him a place at the 2020 U.S. Open where he finished tied for 23rd place after a final round of 70. [9]

Pendrith earned a promotion to the PGA Tour from the Korn Ferry Tour at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season.

In July 2022, Pendrith had his best finish to date on the PGA Tour with a T2 at the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic. [10]

In September 2022, Pendrith was selected for the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup, although he lost all four of the matches he played. [11]

In May 2024, Pendrith won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson for his first PGA Tour win, in his 74th career PGA Tour start. [2] [12]

Amateur wins

Source: [13]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1May 5, 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson −23 (64-67-63-67=261)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Ben Kohles

PGA Tour Canada wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 4, 2019 1932byBateman Open −17 (69-67-69-62=267)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Lorens Chan
2Sep 8, 2019 Mackenzie Investments Open −28 (69-62-62-67=260)8 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Mueller

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20202021202220232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T29CUT
U.S. Open T23CUTCUTT16
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament202220232024
The Players Championship T13T69CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 Dixon, Schuyler (May 5, 2024). "Canada's Taylor Pendrith wins Byron Nelson for 1st PGA Tour victory". CBC Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  3. ↑ "2013-14 Men's Golf Roster Taylor Pendrith". Kent State University. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Conners, Hughes & Pendrith inducted into Kent State Hall of Fame". Golf Canada. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Taylor Pendrith". Golf Canada . Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ "USA Holds Off Canada to Win 2014 World Amateur Team Championship". IGF. September 13, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ Kuipers, Lara (July 29, 2019). "Taylor Pendrith in the hunt for Korn Ferry Tour status". Golf Talk Canada.
  8. ↑ Stasiewich, Brendan (September 8, 2019). "Pendrith earns second Mackenzie Tour victory at Mackenzie Investments Open". PGA Tour.
  9. ↑ Stanley, Adam (September 20, 2020). "Canadian Taylor Pendrith saves best round for last at U.S. Open". Sportsnet.
  10. ↑ "Finau takes Rocket Mortgage for 2nd straight win". ESPN. Associated Press. July 31, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  11. ↑ Beall, Joel (September 25, 2022). "Presidents Cup 2022: Our grades for all 24 players, from an A+ for Spieth to an F for Scheffler". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  12. ↑ Dixon, Schuyler (May 5, 2024). "Taylor Pendrith gets 1st PGA Tour win at Byron Nelson after final-hole collapse from Ben Kohles". Associated Press. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Taylor Pendrith". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
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