Nick Taylor notched another dramatic PGA Tour win at the Sony Open in Hawaii, adding a point to the Eagles to force a play-off over Nico Echavarria (Nico Echavarria).

Canada’s Taylor never looked like a winner at Waialei Country Club after missing two short-lived birdie chances in the closing stages, only chipping in from off the green on the final par-5 hole to finish at five under. With a score of 65, he jumped into the club lead.

Echavarria hit a wonderful bunker shot on the 18th hole for birdie, matching Taylor’s 65 and reaching 16 under par. Steven Yeager and J.J. Pandu shot one out of the playoff and finished tied for third.

Taylor had to make a 10-foot birdie on the hole to match Echavarria and keep the playoff alive, then got up and down the green to birdie the second playoff, And secured the victory when his opponent three-putted for par.

This is Taylor’s fifth win on the PGA Tour and his third consecutive playoff victory following the 2023 RBC Canadian Open and last season’s WM Phoenix Open. His latest success also earned him the Masters invitation.

Taylor beats Sony Open thriller

Previously, the match looked like a showdown between Yeager and Spahn, with Yeager catching Spahn with a 30-foot birdie on No. 14 and the American from a similar distance. Holed in, made par and stayed tied for the lead.

Jaeger hit his tee shot out of bounds on No. 16 and had to hit 20 feet for bogey, while Spahn missed a 10-foot birdie opportunity on the same hole and then had bogey on the next hole after failing to get up. avoid. Come down from the greenside bunker.

Meanwhile, Echavarria shot a 15-foot par on No. 15, a 12-foot birdie on No. 16, rescued par from a bunker on No. 17 and then hit a par on No. 18. A great bunker shot, stood up over the birdie — – birdie.

Taylor looked to have lost his chance, missing two four-foot birdie putts to fall two shots behind before making an eagle in dramatic fashion, while Spahn failed to join the match with a final birdie putt on the par-5. -off and Jaeger also had to settle for closing par.

“I’m kind of surprised it turned out this way,” Taylor said. “I was one to seven and had back-to-back birdies there. It’s always packed here, but I did a good job every day and really hung in there. Luckily for me, in the end Really good things happened.”

Eric Cole finished fifth, Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley finished sixth in the group and England’s Harry Hall played Sunday 69, one under par, ranking 10th. Hideki Matsuyama won at Kapalua last week at a PGA Tour-record 35-under par and finished with a 66 to tie for 16th.

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