Taylor Montgomery

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Top 75 in 2020-21 Regular Season Standings (thru 2022)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2020

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

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• 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.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

• 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