Jackson Taylor

Height:
6-3
Weight:
160
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wilmington, N.C.
High School:
Cape Fear Academy

2010-11: Competed in The Invitational at the Ocean Course and the Mason Rudolph Championship in the fall … competed in all five spring tournaments with a top finish of 40th (235) at the Seahawk Intercollegiate … posted a season-low score of 224 at the Irish Creek Collegiate, matching his career-low single round score of 70 in the second round … finished season with a 76.29 stroke average.

2009-10: Tied for individual medalist honors at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate, finishing two-under par … final round 70 at Wexford was a collegiate-best score … scored top-10 finish at Davidson College Invitational with a 224 to tie for eighth place … led team with a 28th-place finish 225 at the Furman Intercollegiate … matched career-low three-round score of 218 at the Irish Creek Collegiate … finished second on the team and 26th in the conference with a strokes-per-round average of 74.71 … competed in all nine tournaments, completing 24 rounds.

2008-09: Named to the 2009 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... competed in all nine tournaments on the schedule in his rookie campaign ... finished second on the team and 29th in the SoCon with a strokes-per-round average of 75.27 over 26 rounds of play ... brought home career-best seventh-place finishes in back-to-back tournaments, beginning at the Mizuno Savannah Classic, where he carded a three-round tournament score of two-over 218, which was a career-low tournament score, then followed with a nine-over 225 at the Davidson College Invitational ... fired a career-low round of 71 twice, with his first coming in his inaugural collegiate tournament, the Raines Development Group Intercollegiate, and then again on the second day of the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate ... was the team's best finish at that tournament and at the Marshall Invitational, finishing tied for 25th with a three-round 221 ... at his first SoCon Championships, shot a final-round 74 on his way to a total score of 225 and a tie for 26th place.

Prep/Personal: Had three tournament victories as a high schooler, taking home top honors at the 2008 EJGA Tour Championship, 2007 EJGA Emerald Classic, and the PJGT Arnold Palmer Classic, held at Duke University Golf Club ... finished in third place at the 2008 North Carolina High School Invitational ... in November 2007, tied for fifth place at the FCWT Duke Open ... three-time winner of the Cape Fear Academy Coaches Award, receiving the award as a sophomore, junior, and senior, while also garnering All-Conference honors all three years ... named First Team All-Area after junior and senior seasons, and NCIAA All-State as a senior ... shot a career-low round of 67 at the 2006 USGA Junior Amateur qualifying tournament ... son of Amy and Walker Taylor ... mother was the R. Stimson Award Winner as the outstanding female student-athlete for Davidson in 1983, while captaining field hockey team and playing basketball for the Wildcats ... Dad played golf for Clemson, and qualified to play in one PGA Tour event, two U.S. Amateur, four British Amateur, and four U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships ... has a brother, Bates, 16, and a sister, Juliet, 13.