Nick Taylor

37-Year-Old Golfer

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2025 Stats

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$5,431,209

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$236,140

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2026 Fantasy Outlook

Taylor became a five-time winner on the PGA Tour when he prevailed in a playoff at the Sony Open early in 2025. It was a pretty solid campaign all around that included 12 top-25 finishes. He ranked top 40 on Tour in SG: Total and scoring average. The Canadian has developed into a consistent ball striker ranking top 30 in driving accuracy and SG: Approach. Taylor's short-game and putting is also on the plus side for a Tour player as well. The 37-year-old has won a tournament each of the last three years, and it's hard to put it past him from being able to find his way into the win column again in 2026 given how solid he is all the way through the bag. That said, Taylor's ceiling is somewhat limited considering that he hasn't had more than three top-10s in either of the last two seasons. Read Past Outlooks

Handedness Right

Status Pro

Height 5'10"

Weight 170 lbs

DOB 4/14/1988

Birthplace Winnipeg, Canada

College Washington

Country Canada

T27 at the American Express

January 26, 2026

Taylor closed with a three-under par 69 on Sunday at the American Express to finish tied for 27th.

ANALYSIS
Taylor started strong this week much like he did last week at Sony as he opened with a pair of seven-under 65s in the first two rounds. He once again was one of the contenders in the mix heading into the weekend. However, an even-par third round kept Taylor from capitalizing on his strong start. This disappointing third round was attributed mostly to poor iron play, where Taylor ranked just 48th in SG: Approach, losing just over three strokes to the field on Saturday. A slight rebound on Sunday allowed Taylor to capture a top-30 finish, but it was yet again a disappointing weekend. Taylor will look to put four good rounds together in his next tournament at the WM Phoenix Open, where he has won before.

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Taylor might be the most obscure four-time winner on the PGA Tour. The reason is, even though he won twice in his first eight seasons, he rarely finished inside the top-100 come the end of the season. Consistency was a problem during those early years as he rarely posted more than two top-10s in any one season. That changed in 2023, however, as not only did he pick up his third win, but he also posted two other top-3s and a total of 14 top-25s. 2024 wasn't quite as good, but he did manage to find yet another win on his way to just over $3 million in earnings. Taylor's ceiling is around $6 million, but it's unlikely he'll get back to that level this year. With that said, he could easily finish somewhere between his 2023 and 2024 numbers this year, leaving him an intriguing salary cap option this season.

One of the best moments from the 2022-23 season was Taylor draining a bomb for eagle in a playoff to become the first Canadian to win the RBC Canadian Open in nearly 70 years. Taylor also added runner-up finishes at the WM Phoenix Open and the Zurich Classic. While he missed 10 cuts in 30 starts, he did finish in the top-25 on 15 occasions. Driving is the biggest weakness for the Canadian, but he is top-50 in SG: Approach, SG: Around-the-Green and SG: Putting. Now a three-time winner on Tour, Taylor still should have plenty of years left at age 35. Reaching the $6 million plateau again will be a challenge, but he is still a solid top-50 player.

Taylor had a respectable campaign, but he ranked toward the bottom of his peer group with respect to earnings-per-event. This is likely a product of both smaller tournaments and lower overall finishes. That’s not a great combination for fantasy purposes. Taylor played in plenty of events this past season (28), but he just wasn’t terribly competitive as his best finish was T15 at the Wells Fargo. If earnings-per-event is at all predictive, the Canadian could be due for some regression in the standings unless he finds another gear.

Taylor had a consistent enough season with 18-of-29 cuts made that would've made you think he would've qualified for the Tour playoffs, but a best finish of T10 wasn't quite enough. Not all is lost, however, as the Canadian is still exempt on tour for the next two seasons thanks to winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2020. Taylor has never been an elite ball-striker on tour, but if he can get his short-game back to where it was a couple years ago, he should be able to post more top-10s this season.

Taylor has established himself as a reliable PGA Tour player, qualifying for the playoffs in each of the last four seasons. He's a well-balanced player who doesn't have any major weaknesses in his game but also lacks an elite strength. After a convincing win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Taylor's next best finish thereafter was a T35 result. Nevertheless, the win will get him in many events next year and plenty of opportunities for a big payday.

Taylor has spent five seasons on the PGA Tour and he's been remarkably consistent during that time. In four of those five seasons, he ranked between 102and and 129th on the FedEx points list. His best season was 2017, when he finished 84th on the list. His earnings have ranged from $600k to $1.2 million. Basically, he's steady, but there's really no upside. Not a great formula for salary cap purposes.

Last season was Taylor's fourth on the PGA Tour and it was much like his previous three as far as his standing on the FedEx points list. Taylor actually picked up a win in his rookie season of 2015, but even with that win, he barely managed to top $1 million. Since then, he's topped $1 million just once in three seasons. Last season was fairly uneventful as Taylor managed just two top-10s all season. He picked up a top-10 in his first start in the fall and another top-10 in the final event prior to the FedEx playoffs. That top-10 was huge for Taylor, however, as it locked up his card for this season. Although he has that card, Taylor hasn't shown enough in his four years on the PGA Tour to justify a salary cap selection this season.

Taylor earned his spot inside the top-100 by recording three top-10s in the span of seven events, but he flamed-out at the end of the season, missing the cut in three of his final five events. On the positive side, his four top-10s were a career high as was his 20 cuts made. Taylor appears to be trending upward, but the question is – how fast can he improve. His number from last season is not too much of a burden, so he's certainly a guy that you can take a chance on in salary cap leagues.

Taylor is exempt by virtue of winning the 2014 Sanderson Farms, which is looking like an aberration. He had only one top-10 last season, in the alternate-field Puerto Rico Open. Nothing indicates a more successful season ahead.

Of the guys who made it through via the Web.com Tour Finals, Taylor might have the best story of them all. Dewsweeping in one of the first groups out, Taylor shot a 63 on the Dye Valley course at TPC Sawgrass in the final round of the Web.com Tour Championship to clinch his card, capping off a season in which he had no top-5 finishes but three top-30 finishes in the Web.com Tour Finals that gave him enough money to get a PGA Tour card. 11 missed cuts in 24 starts certainly doesn’t have a nice look to it, and a Reshuffle List of 34th will make the road tougher, but that 63 did show that this guy has a lot of moxie.

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Cannot capitalize on strong start

January 18, 2026

Taylor finished tied for 13th at the Sony Open in Hawaii after carding an even 70 during the final round.