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Vaughn Taylor won his first PGA Tour Champions title and his first victory in over 10 years at the Constellation Furyk & Friends tournament. After a back-nine surge with five consecutive birdies, Taylor finished with a 4-under-par 68 to force a playoff against Alex Cejka. The two players tied for the lead after missing birdie chances on the first playoff hole but Taylor won on the second attempt with a crucial 10-foot birdie putt. This victory exempts him through the 2027 season and marks a significant comeback in his career.
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Vaughn Taylor won his first PGA Tour Champions title at the Constellation Furyk & Friends tournament on Sunday in Palm Coast, Florida, marking his first victory since more than a decade ago. After starting strong with five consecutive birdies on the back nine, Taylor found himself tied with Alex Cejka and Michael Wright for the lead. Despite Wright's double bogey on the 18th hole, it appeared that Cejka had secured second place as he was already dressed in his casual clothes, waiting to warm up on the range after posting a score of 65. However, Taylor managed to tie with Cejka at 271 total strokes and won a playoff match by making a crucial birdie putt from 10 feet on the second extra hole, securing his victory.
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Vaughn Taylor closed with a 4-under 68 and made a 10-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole Sunday to defeat Alex Cejka in the Constellation Furyk & Friends, his first PGA Tour Champions title and his first victory anywhere in more than 10 years.
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Taylor → close → years
Taylor was losing ground at Hammock Beach until he began the back nine with five straight birdies and was tied for the lead with Michael Wright.
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he → lose → Wright
But as nerves kicked in, Taylor three-putted the 17th and thought his chances were dwindling.
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chances → kick → 17th
Wright, in the group ahead, pulled his approach from a fairway bunker into the seaside vegetation down the left of the 18th, eventually making a double bogey.
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Wright → pull → bogey
Cejka already had holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th for a 65 and was the first to post at 17-under 271.
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Cejka → hole → under
Cejka figured that might get him second place — two players were ahead of them and playing the final few holes — and he already had showered and changed clothes when it was time to rush off to the range to warm up again.
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it → figure → range
Taylor joined him with a two-putt par on the 18th.
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Taylor → join → 18th
Taylor and Cejka both missed birdie chances on the 18th in the playoff, and the second time around the 50-year-old Taylor hit 7-iron to 10 feet, made the putt and clinched his fist.
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Taylor → miss → fist
The last of his three PGA Tour titles came in 2016, a one-shot victory over Phil Mickelson in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
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last → come → Am
Taylor had limited status this year and, still struggling to recover from an ailing hip that limited him in his final few years on the PGA Tour, started to wonder how much longer he could play.
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he → have → Tour
The victory changes his outlook.
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victory → change → outlook
Wright shot 69 with the double bogey and finished alone in third.
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Wright → shoot → third
Angel Cabrera closed with a 67 and was among five players who finished another shot behind.
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