The PGA Tour is back in Utah for the first time in more than 60 years, with Nick Taylor among the players taking on the Black Desert Championship.
Taylor has been practising at Black Desert Golf Course ahead of the event, which is the latest in the PGA Tour FedExCup Fall calendar.
Patton Kizzire won the first event at the Procore Championship, with Kevin Yu then winning the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Rickie Fowler returned to golf at the Sanderson Farms Championship, having taken a break of almost three months following the birth of his second daughter.
Fowler changed his putter and mini-driver for the event, where he finished T16 on 17 under, with Yu beating Beau Hossler in a play-off.
Nick Taylor spots issue with Black Desert Championship course
Many PGA Tour professionals have now moved on from Mississippi to Utah for the latest tournament, which takes place in a lava field.
And four-time PGA Tour winner Taylor has discussed Black Desert after his practise rounds, saying in his Black Desert Championship press conference: “Yeah, like I said, off the tee, keeping it in play is definitely step one.
“The greens are quite large but they have small little pockets, and I think being so new, the grass hasn’t quite settled yet. So there’s going to be a lot of subtle breaks that make it pretty tricky to read.
“I think from far away it looks like there’s massive slopes and big breaks, but really once you’re in those areas where the pin will be… we’ve had a lot of little subtle double breakers from 10 feet quite often the last two days when I’ve played. There might be some head scratching from a lot of guys, I’m guessing, from that range.
“But like I said, I think there will be some really low scores every day, but I think I’ll be satisfied with a four to five-under, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw some guys going quite low.”
Can Nick Taylor bounce back from his Procore Championship cut?
Taylor will likely feel he has a point to prove after missing the cut at the Procore Championship in his last start.
The Canadian carded opening rounds of 70 and 73 in Napa, and will now be desperate to make it to Saturday in Ivins, Utah.
Taylor has one PGA Tour win this season, when he beat Charley Hoffman in a play-off at the WM Phoenix Open.
The 36-year-old Canadian has three top-10 finishes to his name in 2024, with 15 of 23 PGA Tour cuts made so far.
He was initially among the star-studded FedExCup Playoffs field, finishing 65th at the St Jude Championship.
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