Talor Keith Gooch (born November 14, 1991) is an American professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career Gooch was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Oklahoma State University. He was already drawing notice for his talent as a six-year-old. His father, Ron Gooch, played minor league professional baseball in the Texas Rangers organization.
Professional career Gooch played on the PGA Tour Canada in 2015 and 2016. His best finish was second at the 2015 Syncrude Boreal Open. In December 2016, he tied for 23rd place in the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament to earn a place on the Web.com Tour in 2017. In August 2017, he won the News Sentinel Open. He finished sixth on the regular season money list to earn his PGA Tour card.
On the 2017–18 PGA Tour, Gooch made 12 cuts in 27 events with a best finish of T13 at the Wells Fargo Championship. He finished 139th on the FedEx Cup points list to retain conditional status for the following season. He had two top-5 finishes early in the 2018–19 season and finished 101st on the FedEx Cup points list.
In November 2021, Gooch won his first PGA Tour event at the RSM Classic in Sea Island, Georgia. Gooch shot a final round 6-under-par 64 to win by three strokes.
Gooch joined the LIV Golf Invitational Series in May 2022. Gooch placed 9th in the LIV Golf London at Centurion Club, earning $580,000. Gooch was also a member of the 4Aces GC team at Portland. In an interview after the event, Gooch compared the event to Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup events.
In April 2023, Gooch won his first LIV event by winning the LIV Golf Adelaide event in Australia, following it one week later with a victory at the LIV event in Singapore. In July 2023, Gooch won his third LIV event, LIV Golf Andalucía which was played at Valderrama in Spain. Following the end of the 2023 LIV Golf League's individual season, Gooch won an $18 million bonus for winning the season long points race.
Since 2024, Gooch has been the owner of the Oklahoma Wildcatters, one of ten bull riding teams in the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Team Series, which runs every summer and autumn in the United States.
Controversies Since joining LIV Golf in 2022, Gooch became involved in several off-course controversies in the media regarding comments about LIV's stature in the professional game. In July 2022, speaking after the LIV Golf Invitational Portland event; Gooch compared the atmosphere and crowds at the event as similar to that of playing in a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, despite having not played in one himself. In February 2024, Gooch commented on the prospect of Rory McIlroy winning the 2024 Masters Tournament; suggesting that if he were to go and win, it would come with an "asterisk" since some of the LIV Golf roster would not be playing in the tournament. McIlroy responded to this by suggesting that Gooch be more like Joaquín Niemann, another LIV player who had also competed in non-LIV events and received a special invitation to play in the 2024 Masters.
Amateur wins 2012 Oklahoma Stroke Play
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Professional wins (6) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Nov 21, 2021RSM Classic64-65-67-64=260−223 strokes Mackenzie Hughes
Web.com Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Aug 20, 2017News Sentinel Open66-67-68-65=266−181 stroke Jonathan Hodge
LIV Golf League wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Apr 23, 2023LIV Golf Adelaide162-62-73=197−193 strokes Anirban Lahiri2Apr 30, 2023LIV Golf Singapore164-65-67=196−17Playoff Sergio García3Jul 2, 2023LIV Golf Andalucía169-65-67=201−121 stroke Bryson DeChambeau4Jul 13, 2025LIV Golf Andalucía (2)69-66-70=205−81 stroke Jon Rahm 1Co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour
LIV Golf League playoff record (1–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12023LIV Golf Singapore Sergio GarcíaWon with birdie on first extra hole22023LIV Golf Jeddah Brooks KoepkaLost to birdie on second extra hole32026LIV Golf Korea Joaquín NiemannLost to birdie on first extra hole
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament20172018Masters TournamentU.S. Open66The Open ChampionshipPGA Championship Tournament201920202021202220232024Masters TournamentT14T34PGA ChampionshipCUTT44T20CUTT60U.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipNTT33T34CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship Tournament2019202020212022The Players ChampionshipCUTCT5CUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament20212022ChampionshipMatch PlayT56T18InvitationalChampionsNT1NT1 1Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
"T" = Tied NT = No tournament Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.
See also 2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
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