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

Early life and amateur career

Gooch was born in

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. He played college golf at

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. 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

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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

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card. On the 2017-18 PGA Tour, Gooch made 12 cuts in 27 events with a best finish of T13 at the

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. 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

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points list. In November 2021, Gooch won his first PGA Tour event at the

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. Gooch shot a final round 6-under-par 64 to win by three strokes.

2022–2023: LIV Golf

Gooch joined the

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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

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events. In April 2023, Gooch won his first LIV event by winning the LIV 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.

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

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LIV Golf League playoff record (1–1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to

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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

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Canceled due to

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pandemic
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.

References

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