2005-06: Played in eight events...Tied for 32nd-place at the TOPY Cup with a score of 228 (76-79-73)...Tied for 24th at the Gopher Invitational with a three-round score of 226 after shooting rounds of 76, 76 and 74...Tied for 64th-place at the Carpet Capital Collegiate...Tied for 26 at Hyatt Plantation Club Intercollegiate with a 218 (73-75-70)....Tied for 49th at Morris Williams Intercollegiate with a 224 (76-74-74)....Tied for 40th at the U.S. Collegiate Championship with a 227 (79-71-77)...Tied for fourth at CAA Championships with a 221 (74-71-76)...Named to the CAA all-tournament team...Tied for 95th at NCAA East Regional with a 231 (79-76-76)...Finished with a 75.16 stroke average...Earned Dean's List in the Fall.
2004-05: Competed in all 12 tournaments...Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Tournament Team...Recorded career-best finish at A-Sun Championships, tied for second-place with a career-low three-round score of 206...Matched career-low 67 twice, in the first-round of the Hyatt Plantation Club Intercollegiate and in the second-round of the A-Sun Championships...Tied for 73rd at the NCAA Championships with a 305 (71-79-76-79)...Tied for 96th at the NCAA East Regional with a three-round score of 224 (76-77-71)...Fired a career-low 67 in season-opening Radrick Farms Intercollegiate...Finished tied for 29th with a three-round total of 222...Followed with a three-round total of 214 (72-70-72) at the Mason Rudolph Championship to finish 21st...Shot a 215 at The Nelson Invitational to tie for 31st place...Carded a first-round score of 69.
2003-04: Saw action in 10 of State’s 11 tournament appearances in his first season of Division I golf...Set a season-best three-round tournament score of 219 at the Atlanta Intercollegiate...Carded a season-low 70 in the third-round of the Atlanta Intercollegiate and at the NCAA East Regional...Finished 60th at the NCAA Championships with a total score of 298.
2002-03: Sat out the season as a redshirt.
Prep: Taylor comes to Georgia State from Hexham, England, where he represented England schools in the European Championships at St. Andrews...Club Champion five years in a row...Northumberland schools champion shooting 64, a course record... Competed in the North of England Youths in 2001, shooting 74, 65, 69, 69, finishing seventh.
Personal: Son of Bruce and Dorethy Taylor...Born on December 26, 1982 in Lancaster, England...Has two older brothers, Matthew and Luke...Majoring in psychology.
Career Highlights
Lowest Score: 67 (2004 Radrick Farms Intercollegiate, 2005 Hyatt Plantation Club Intercollegiate & Atlantic Sun Championships)
Best Finish: 2nd (2005 Atlantic Sun Championships)
Low Tournament Score (2 Rds): 142 (2004 Mason Rudolph Championship)
Low Tournament Score (3 Rds): 206 (2005 Atlantic Sun Championships)
Best 1st Round: 67 (2005 Hyatt Plantation Club Intercollegiate)
Best 2nd Round: 67 (2005 Atlantic Sun Championships)
Best 3rd Round: 67 (2004 Radrick Farms Intercollegiate)
1st-5th Finishes: 2
6th-10th Finishes: 1
11th-20th Finishes: 1
Total Top-20 Finishes: 4
Tournaments: 32
Rounds: 96
Strokes: 7205
Career Stroke Average: 75.06
2005-06
TOPY Cup 76-79-73 228 32nd of 59
Gopher Invitational 76-76-74 226 24th of 63
Carpet Capital Collegiate 76-78-75 229 64th of 90
Hyatt Plantation Club Inter. 73-75-70 218 26th of 59
Morris Williams Intercollegiate 76-74-74 224 49th of 94
U.S. Collegiate Championship 79-71-77 227 40th of 69
CAA Championships 74-71-76 221 4th of 55
NCAA East Regional 79-76-76 231 95th of 141
Tournaments: 8; Rounds: 24; Strokes: 1804; Season Stroke Average: 75.16
2004-05
Radrick Farms Intercollegiate 76-79-67 222 29th of 78
Mason Rudolph Championship 72-70-72 214 21st of 75
Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Invit. 85-71-73 229 53rd of 77
The Nelson Invitational 69-74-72 215 31st of 82
Sun Trust Gator Invitational 77-75-75 227 50th of 77
Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 70-82-74 226 41st of 90
Hyatt Plantation Club Inter. 67-71-77 215 8th of 58
Conrad Rehling Spring Invit. 77-76-74 227 17th of 69
Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate 79-72-80 231 38th of 63
Atlantic Sun Championships 68-67-71 206 2nd of 60
NCAA East Regional 76-77-71 224 96th of 141
NCAA Championships 71-79-76-79 305 73rd of 81
Tournaments: 12; Rounds: 37; Strokes: 2741; Season Average: 74.08
2003-04
Kiawah Island Inter. 76-76 152 36th of 65
Mason Rudolph Champ. 71-83 154 66th of 90
Franklin Street Partners Invit. 79-81-76 236 34th of 45
Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Invit. 72-76-82 230 60th of 78
Seminole Intercollegiate 77-80-80 237 45th of 60
Hyatt/Dorado Beach Inter. 77-81-75 233 30th of 36
Conrad Rehling Spring Invit. 81-75-77 233 51st of 73
Atlanta Intercollegiate 75-74-70 219 31st of 64
Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate 76-73-72 221 30th of 66
Atlantic Sun Championships 76-71-80 227 40th of 55
NCAA East Regional 71-79-70 220 41st of 141
NCAA Championships 77-72-76-73 298 60th of 156
Tournaments: 12; Rounds: 35; Strokes: 2660; Season Average: 76.00
