Talor Gooch

Talor Gooch

32-Year-Old Golfer
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Gooch's only chance to play in a PGA Tour would be via qualifying for either Open. He chose not to do so last year. Read Past Outlooks
Finishes T60 in Kentucky
May 20, 2024
Gooch registered a four-under 69 in the PGA Championship to finish tied for the 60th spot.
ANALYSIS
Gooch registered five birdies in the final round which was tied at 19th. He finished with three bogeys which was tied at 54th. Gooch will not attempt to qualify for the final two majors of the year, so unless he receives another special exemption he will only be teeing it up at the remaining LIV events this season.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Gooch will fall out of the top-50 and not qualify for the Masters, and he has not qualified for any of the other three.
Gooch put together a very similar season to what he did in 2019-20. He lost strokes again off the tee, but was top 70 on tour in all other areas. Gooch finished the season in the top 40 in scoring average. There's no reason to think the 29-year-old couldn't do it again in 2021-22.
Year 3 on the PGA Tour was Gooch's best last season, making 17-of-23 cuts and notching nine top-25 finishes. He ended up top-55 in both SG: Total and scoring average. The 28-year-old solid finish last season does provide some reason for optimism going into Year 4.
Gooch is a perfect example of why you shouldn't write-off anyone that didn't finish in the top-125 the previous season. As a rookie, Gooch finished 139th on the FedEx list, but he retains partial privileges by staying inside the top-150. He parlayed his limited amount of starts (16) into over $1 million in earnings and full privileges for the upcoming season. Gooch appears to have some potential and should be given consideration as a salary cap selection this season.
Gooch's rookie season on the PGA Tour came and went without a top-10 finish, but did include five top-25s as he earned just north of $650,000. He's got plenty of development to do as the 26-year-old was very average in iron play and putting and below average off the tee due to inaccuracy. Don't expect much to change from last season to this one, though there's a decent chance for him to notch his first PGA Tour top-10 at some point in 2018-19.
Gooch appeared to simply be going through the motions throughout a majority of the Web.com season as he placed top-five just once in his first 16 starts, but a runner-up finish at the Price Cutter Charity Championship in August preceded his first career victory at the News Sentinel Open. He earned over $170K during these two weeks alone, boosting him into position to become a rookie on the PGA Tour as he finished sixth on the Web.com's regular season money list. Gooch also made the cut at the 2017 U.S. Open, but a final-round 80 resulted in a second-to-last place finish among those who made the weekend.
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Playing PGA Championship
May 6, 2024
Gooch announced Monday that he has been given a special exemption to compete in the PGA Championship next week at Valhalla.
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Fourth in LIV Singapore defense
May 5, 2024
Gooch fired a four-under 67 in the final round at LIV Golf Singapore. He finished the tournament 12-under for fourth place.
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T21 at LIV Hong Kong
March 11, 2024
Gooch closed with a four-under 66 in the final round at LIV Golf Hong Kong to finish the tournament with a seven-way share of 21st place.
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Tied for sixth at LIV Jeddah
March 3, 2024
Gooch shot a three-under 67 in the final round at LIV Golf Jeddah for a share of sixth place.
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Surges to T2 at LIV Las Vegas
February 10, 2024
Gooch fired a three-under 67 in the final round of LIV Golf Las Vegas and finished in a tie for second place with Peter Uihlein at 11-under.
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