Nick Taylor pulled off an incredible clutch shot on the 72nd hole to force a playoff at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
The Sony Open in Hawaii headed to a playoff on Monday in a dramatic finish that saw Nick Taylor come up with a stunning play on the 72nd hole. Taylor looked certain to be out of the picture at the PGA Tour event after missing two four-foot putts for birdie on the 15th and 16th holes, leaving him two shots behind heading to the 18th.
The Canadian then played to behind the green of the par-five, leaving him with a 59-foot chip for the eagle he would need to join Nico Echavarria in the lead on 16-under. That’s when Taylor put his two easy birdie misses behind him with an incredible clutch shot that found the bottom of the cup to ultimately put him in a playoff.He later described the closing sequence as “absolutely nuts”. JJ Spaun and Stephan Jaeger both made bogeys late in their rounds to drop out of a share of the lead and miss the playoff.Taylor has history of clutch plays when in contention before. In 2023, he became the first Canadian to win the nation’s Open since 1954 after he drained a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole
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