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Taylor ends long wait for success
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Journeyman Vaughn Taylor surged to victory in the PGA Tour’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday, firing a seven-under 65 for a one-shot victory over five-time major winner Phil Mickelson.
For Taylor, it was the end of a victory drought stretching to 2005, while Mickelson remained in search of his first US PGA Tour title since the 2012 British Open.
Mickelson had birdied 17 and had a chance to force a playoff with a birdie at 18, but to his shock his five-foot putt lipped out to leave Taylor to celebrate his victory on 17-under par 270. Mickelson had looked poised to end his long dry spell when he took a two-shot lead into the final round of the Northern California tournament he has won four times. But an even par round of 72 that included four bogeys and two birdies wasn’t enough to get the job done and he settled for second on 271.
Sweden’s Jonas Blixt challenged early, aided by an eagle at the par-five sixth, but finished with a 69 for 272. Japan’s Hiroshi Iwata, tied for the lead after his third birdie of the day at the 11th, bogeyed 16 and 18 and finished tied for fourth on 273 alongside Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson, who carded a 71.
Taylor, 39, captured his third tour title, to go with back-to-back victories in the Reno-Tahoe Open in 2004 and 2005. He played in the Ryder Cup in 2006, but fluctuating form saw him lose his tour card, and he has bounced between the US tour and the developmental Web.com tour in recent seasons.
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