Taylor Montgomery

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Top 50 from 2022 Korn Ferry Tour (thru 2022-23)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2020
• PGA TOUR: 2023

Additional Victories (2)

• 2020 Nevada Open
• 2021 Nevada Open

PLAYOFF RECORD

KORN FERRY TOUR (0-1)

• 2020-21 Lost to Dawson Armstrong, Hayden Buckley, LECOM Suncoast Classic

Personal

• Grew up playing baseball, basketball and football.
• Interests include sports, fishing and riding four wheelers.

Special Interests

• Fishing, riding fourwheelers

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Earned his first PGA TOUR card despite going without a victory, as he recorded nine top-10s (the second-highest total on Tour) in just 17 starts en route to a No. 7 finish on the season-long Korn Ferry Tour Eligibility Points List. Recorded three podium finishes, including two runners-up. Posted all nine of his top-10s across his final 12 starts of the season, a stretch which spanned late March through late August. Closed the season with seven top-10s in his final eight starts (including each of his final four starts). Finished second on Tour in the all-around ranking, third in putts per green in regulation (1.704), and led the Tour in both scoring average (68.36) and birdie average.

• Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship: Posted a fourth consecutive top-10 and his ninth top-10 in his final 12 starts of the season, finishing T9 at 9-under 275, highlighted by an 8-under 63 in the third round, at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.
• Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron: Logged a third consecutive top-four finish after he stood solo-second through 54 holes following an 8-under 61 in the third round. Ultimately finished T4 at 20-under 264 at the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron.
• Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna: Recorded his second consecutive top-three finish and his third podium finish of the season, as he held a share of the 54-hole lead and led outright in the final round until a quadruple bogey at the par-4 12th, leading to a T3 finish at 15-under 269 at the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna.
• Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper: Stood inside the top three after each round, ultimately totaling a 22-under 266 for T2, his second runner-up of the season and fifth runner-up in 52 career Korn Ferry Tour starts, at the Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper.
• NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank: Carded 25 birdies, tied for the most by any player in the field, but settled for T8, his third straight top-10, at 17-under 267 at the NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank.
• AdventHealth Championship: Carried the outright lead to the 72nd hole, but three-putted for bogey on the par-5 18th, his only bogey of the final round, as playing partner Trevor Cone birdied and created a two-shot swing for the win. Settled for solo-second, his fourth career runner-up finish in his first 55 Korn Ferry Tour starts, at 15-under 273 at the AdventHealth Championship.
• Visit Knoxville Open: Carded four rounds in the 60s, highlighted by a 7-under 63 in the third round, and totaled a 16-under 264 for T4, his third top-10 in a span of five starts, at the Visit Knoxville Open.
• Veritex Bank Championship: Stayed inside the top five through each of the first three rounds and entered the final round one stroke off the lead, but carded a final-round 1-under 70, the highest final round by four strokes among the 11 players who finished T7 or higher, and settled for a T4 with a 19-under 265 at the Veritex Bank Championship.
• Lake Charles Championship: Stood T41 through two rounds but played the weekend at 9-under par with rounds of 6-under 65 and 3-under 68, totaling a 12-under 272 for a T9 finish at the Lake Charles Championship.

2021 Season

Recorded 14 top-25s, including three T2s, in 38 Korn Ferry Tour starts across the 2020-21 combined season, finishing No. 26 in both the regular season points standings and Korn Ferry Tour Finals points standings. Logged T2s at the 2020 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, 2021 LECOM Suncoast Classic (lost in a three-man playoff), and 2021 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank, in addition to a solo third at the 2020 LECOM Suncoast Classic. Qualified for the 2021 U.S. Open and finished T57 in his first major championship start. Finished T1 on the Korn Ferry Tour in putting average with 1.701 putts per green in regulation.

• Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank: Fired a 9-under 62 in the third round and shared the 54-hole lead, and rallied to a 4-under 67 in the final round with an eagle-par-birdie-birdie finish, giving him a 22-under 262 and T2 finish at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank.
• LECOM Suncoast Classic: Carded a final-round 67 to enter a playoff at the LECOM Suncoast Classic before settling for a T2 finish after Hayden Buckley made birdie on the first playoff hole.

2020 Season

• Savannah Golf Championship: Carded four rounds under par at the Savannah Golf Championship to finish the week T10 at 17-under 271.
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship: Used weekend rounds of 67-68 to finish T2 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship. Finished the week at 10-under 274 at The Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course.
• LECOM Suncoast Classic: Carded a first-round 65 to take the 18-hole lead before eventually finishing solo-third at 21-under 267 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019