Talor Gooch

Father, Ron Gooch, spent five seasons in the minor league system of the Texas Rangers. At age 9, when he won a U.S. Kids Golf World Championship after that Gooch started thinking about life on the PGA Tour. He grew up playing all sports but when he was 12 played in the Little League World Series.
T-13th during the stroke-play portion of the 2012 U.S. Amateur with rounds of 68 and 71, won his first match and lost his second to Andrew Presley 1 down. T-2nd during stroke play at the 2012 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship with a 6-under total of 136 that featured rounds of 72 and 64, but lost, 2 and 1, in the Round of 64 to Sam Saunders. T-5th during stroke play in the 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, but lost to Justin Shin in 19 holes in the Round of 64. T-13th in the 2013 Western Amateur, then lost to eventual champion and OSU teammate Jordan Niebrugge, 4 and 3, in the first round of match play. Named first-team All-Big 12 selection as a sophomore in 2012 at Oklahoma State. Was runner-up at the Big 12 Championship with a 3-over 213 that included rounds of 70-69-74. After graduating in 2014 turned professional. Missed the cut in the 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic.
2015 Notes: Played in 12 events on Mackenzie, PGA Tour Canada Tour, posted three top 10s. Best finish was T-2nd at the Syncrude Boreal Open after falling to Kevin Spooner in a five-hole playoff. Posted back-to-back top-10 finishes at The Wildfire Invitational (T-6th) and the Cape Breton Celtic Classic (T-4th) to finish the season 17th on the Order of Merit.
2016 Notes: Played again on the Mackenzie Tour in 12 events making the cut in 8 with four top-tens. Best finish was a pair of T-3rds, Freedom 55 Financial Open, and Niagara Championship. Was 15th on the Tour's order of merit. At the end of the year went to Korn Ferry Tour Q-School finishing T-23rd and making that tour for 2017.
2017 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 22; Rounds Played - 71; In Money - 14; Top-10 Finishes - 5; Scoring Average - 70.11 (Rank 35th); Regular Season Money - $271,316 (Rank 6th); Playoff Money - $8,033 (Rank 84th); Priority Rank - 14; Best Finish - Winner New Sentinel Open. Also runner-up the week before at the Price Cutter Charity. Was able to secure a PGA Tour card for 2018 with a 6th place finish on the money list.
2018 Notes: Played in 27 PGA tour events and made 12 cuts with five top-25 finishes. Best finish was T-13th at Wells Fargo Championship. Ended the season 139th in the FedExCup standings sending him to the Korn Ferry Finals. Played in all four and his best finish was T-21st at Nationwide Children's so finished 51st in finals money list so returns to the tour in 2019 playing off the 126 to 150 list.
2019 Notes: Made the best of limited starts, played in 17 PGA tour starts making ten cuts with two top-ten finishes. Was 4th at the Desert Classic with a final round 64, two shots back of winner Adam Long. The next week was T-3rd at the Farmers Insurance Open, five shots back of winner Justin Rose. The combination of these great finishes kept him in the top-100 of the FedExCup standings and got him into the playoffs for the first time. He finished T-71st at the Northern Trust and was 101st in the FedExCup standings, regaining full status on the PGA Tour for 2020.
2020 Notes: Was T-4th at the Houston Open, three shots back of winner Lanto Griffin. T-10th at the Genesis Invitational.