PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Vaughn Taylor wasn’t among those who lobbied to convince the PGA Tour that The Players Championship should be moved from May to March, but he should have been.
This week’s Players is Taylor’s 11th start at the Tour’s flagship event. In his first two starts at the event he finished tied for 32nd and eighth (2005 and ’06, respectively), his best finish at TPC Sawgrass. The next year the event moved from March to May and he missed the next eight cuts.
If ever there was a player who supported the event’s move back to March it was Taylor, particularly after his opening 67 on Friday that featured five birdies and no bogeys.