Nick Taylor among record 6 Canadians set to tee it up at PGA Championship

Nick Taylor believes he's playing the best golf of his career. His results this season back that up.

Taylor is the highest ranked Canadian on the FedEx Cup standings, a position that's earned him a berth in this week's PGA Championship. He qualified for the second major of the men's golf season based on his 22nd overall ranking in the PGA Tour's points list.

The 35-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C., hasn't played in the PGA Championship for three years and has only appeared in one major — the 2022 U.S. Open — since 2020.

But given how Taylor's been playing this season, he's hoping for more.

"I've got a lot to accomplish this year. I'd really like to make the Tour Championship, that's a big goal of mine," said Taylor while travelling to Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y., for the PGA Championship. "We have three majors left, this week being one, and playing those and hopefully being in contention at some point."

Taylor's consistency this season has put him in five top 10s and made him a runner-up twice after 18 events. He most recently finished second with partner Adam Hadwin, also from Abbotsford, at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on April 23.

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Other highlights from this season include tying for sixth at the Fortinet Championship on Sept. 18, a tie for seventh at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 15, a runner-up finish at the WM Phoenix Open on Feb. 12, and a tie for 10th at the Valspar Championship on March 19.

"When I went to Hawaii, I felt like I was committed to what I was doing and I wasn't going to be searching anymore," said Taylor, who has been working with short-game coach Gareth Raflewski. "I think anybody can go down that rabbit hole and it never ends up