Talor Gooch

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

Early life and amateur career

Gooch was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Oklahoma State University. 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.

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. In August 2017, he won the News Sentinel Open. He finished sixth on the regular season money list to earn his PGA Tour card.

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.

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.

2022–2023: LIV Golf

Gooch joined the LIV Golf Invitational Series in May 2022. 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.

In April 2023, Gooch won his first LIV event by winning the LIV Golf Adelaide event in Australia, following it one week later with a victory at the LIV event in Singapore. In July 2023, Gooch won his third LIV event, LIV Golf Andalucía which was played at Valderrama in Spain. 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.

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. 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. 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.

Amateur wins

*2012 Oklahoma Stroke Play

Source:

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

LIV Golf League wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour

LIV Golf League playoff record (1–1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.''

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

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

¹Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

"T" = Tied

NT = No tournament

Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.

See also

* 2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates

References

External links

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American male golfers
Oklahoma State Cowboys golfers
PGA Tour golfers
LIV Golf players
Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Golfers from Oklahoma
Sportspeople from Midwest City, Oklahoma
1991 births
Living people
21st-century American sportsmen