Weekend recap: Canada's Nick Taylor, Felix Auger-Aliassime win trophies

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What looked like a pretty quiet weekend in the Olympic sports realm turned out to be quite exciting as a pair of Canada's Summer Olympians won individual tournaments while American ski-racing star Lindsey Vonn ramped up her comeback. Also, Olympic women's hockey prospect Chloe Primerano helped Canada to a junior world title.

Let's get you caught up on all that.

Nick Taylor won in dramatic fashion again.

In 2023, Taylor authored one of the greatest moments in our country's golf history when he sank a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to become the first Canadian man to win the Canadian Open in 69 years. Last February, he rallied from three shots down with four holes left to steal the Phoenix Open with an 11-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole.

Yesterday, Taylor delivered in the clutch again at the Sony Open in Hawaii. After chipping in from 60 feet for eagle on the 18th hole to get into another playoff, he made a 10-footer for birdie to stay alive and then hit a beautiful wedge to set up another birdie to defeat Chile's Nico Echavarria for the win. 

Taylor's latest playoff victory earned him $1.6 million US of the $8.7M purse along with entries to the Masters and all of the PGA Tour's $20M signature events. He was in danger of missing out because of a frustrating dip following his Phoenix Open win last winter. Taylor went the rest of the year without a solo top-10 finish, missed the cut in all four majors, tied for 30th at the Paris Olympics and was left off Canadian captain Mike Weir's International team for the Presidents Cup in Montreal. "It was a