Nick Taylor wins Sony Open on second playoff gap | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Nick Taylor of Canada beat Nico Echavarria on the second playoff gap immediately to win the Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club.

Taylor made a 2 1/2 foot birdie on the second playoff gap on the par 5 No. 18, after Echavarria missed a 7-footer for birdie.

Taylor made a 10-foot birdie on the primary playoff gap, additionally at No. 18, which Echavarria then matched from 5 ft.

Taylor, who earned his fifth PGA Tour win and third in a playoff, tied for seventh right here in 2023 and 2024. This was his ninth Sony Open.

This is Echavarria’s third Sony. He tied for twelfth right here in 2023 and 66th final 12 months. He began play with two PGA Tour wins.

Both began the ultimate spherical at 11 below, tied for third two pictures again. Both shot 5-under par 65 immediately, and each made clutch pictures on the ultimate gap of regulation.

Taylor eagled on No. 18 to get to 16 below, and a tie for first with J.J. Spaun, who nonetheless had two holes left.

Moments later, Echavarria birdied the 18th to make it a three-way tie.

Spaun then bogeyed No. 17 to fall again to fifteen below.

Third-round chief Spaun and Stephan Jaeger had been first and second many of the ultimate spherical, and tied at 16 below after 15 holes. Both wanted birdie on No. 18 to affix Taylor and Echavarria in a playoff or an eagle to win; neither did.

Jaeger’s tee shot at No. 16 was misplaced to the left, however he managed bogey with a provisional drive and a 15-foot putt. Still, Spaun regained the solo lead when he barely missed a 12-footer for birdie.

But Echavarria, who lurked at 15 below, and Taylor at 14 below did what they wanted to at No. 18 to get to the clubhouse with an opportunity for at the very least a playoff.

Hideki Matsuyama, who received final week at The Sentry on Maui in record-breaking trend, shot 66 to complete the match at 11 below.

Kaimuki High alumnus Chan Kim shot 2-under par Sunday to complete at 6 below.