The Canadian Nick Taylor won the Phoenix Open, a PGA circuit tournamentby defeating American Charley Hoffman after two playoff holes.
The 35-year-old Winnipeg player He had to make two birdies in the final three holes to force a playoff over Hoffmanby equaling both at 263 strokes (-21) and finishing three ahead of two of the big favorites on the ‘noisy’ TPC Scottsdale field, Sam Burns and world number one Scottie Scheffler.
The former amateur world number one, winner of last year’s Canadian Open, arrived in better condition for the tiebreaker. Both made par on the first hole and a birdie on the second with a 3.3 meter putt gave him his fourth victory on the circuit..
With this he avenged his second place last year, when he fought for the victory but lost by two hits to Scheffler himself on a final day in which the Spaniard Jon Rahm, who came third, was in contention also. Despite everything, Taylor assured that the result and that day was a great step in his career that has helped him ever since.
The Argentine Emiliano Grillo finished in twenty second position with 275 hits, after completing an amazing final day, where he presented a card with 63 hits (-8).
Source: La Verdad
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