Taylor Pendrith

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Richmond Hill, Ontario
High School:
Bayview Secondary

What's in The Bag?

Driver:
Ping I-25

Irons:
Ping S5

Wedges:
Ping Anser

Putter:
Ping Redwood

Ball:
Titleist Pro V1X

Taylor Off the Course

Favorite Golfer:
Ben Curtis

Dream Foursome:
Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson & Gary Woodland to see who hits it the longest

Favorite TV Show:
Morning Drive

Favorite Music:
Everything

Favorite food:
Ribs

Other hobbies:
Hockey, baseball, hanging out with friends

Home course:
The Summit Golf and Country Club
(Richmond Hill, Ontario)

Favorite course:
Kawartha Golf and Country Club
(Peterborough, Ontario), because my sister Jennifer is the golf course superintendent

Who taught you to play?:
Myself

Most Memorable Moment:
Making it to match play at the 2012 NCAA Finals, finishing fifth as a team.

Anything else we need to know?:
Porter Cup Champion (66-66-63-67) in 2013; T2 Canadian Amateur (69-71-69-68); T46 PGA Tour Canada's Great Waterway Classic (75-66-70-72); T7 Monroe Invitational (70-70-73)

• Ranked No. 47 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings in eary as of May 19, 2014.

• Ranked No. 27 in the world by the Scatch Players World Amateur Rankings as of May 19, 2014.

2013-14 – Senior Notes

• Named Co-Mid-American Conference Golfer of the year with Kent State teammate Corey Conners
• First Team All-MAC
• MAC All-Tournament Team
• Qualified as Individual for 2014 NCAA Championships at Prairie Dunes in Kansas
• One of only two players in Kent State history to play in the NCAA Championships in all four college seasons, joining Kevin Miller (2010-13)
• Capped Kent State career by finishing T-69 at NCAA Championships at Prairie Dunes Country Club, shooting 71-70-74—215 (5-over par). Birdied last hole of college carere, the 390-yard 18th at Prairie Dunes.
• Finished T-3 at NCAA Sugar Grove Regional at Rich Harvest Farms by shooting 2-over-par (70-78-70—218). As the low individual not on a qualifying team, earned the right to represent Kent State as an individual at the 2014 NCAA Championships.
• Finished second individually at the Mid-American Conference Championships held at Prairie View Golf Club near Indianapolis May 1-3, shooting 6-under par (71-70-69-72—282).
• Shot best score for Kent State in the Boilermaker Invitational April 19-20 when he finished ninth (73-73-70—216).
• Led Kent State with a tie for sixth place individually at the Valspar Invitational at Floridian (72-67-70—209).
• Finished tied for fifth at Windon Memorial at 3-under-par (71-69-73-213), leading the Golden Flashes in their second-place finish.
• Playing despite an elbow injury, Taylor placed second at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational in Columbus. His 5-under-par total (67-73-68-208) was just one shot behind Brandon Hagy of No. 1-ranked Cal.
• Opened spring season with two top-four finishes in March: a fourth-place finish at the Davidson College Invitational (75-71-146, +2) and a third-place finish at the General Hackler Championship (76-71-70-217, +1)

2012-13 – Junior Notes

• MAC Golfer of the Year
• GCAA All-Midwest Region
• First Team All-MAC
• MAC Championship Medalist
• MAC All-Tournament Team
• Porter Cup Champion (66-66-63-67); T2 Canadian Amateur (69-71-69-68); T46 PGA Tour Canada's Great Waterway Classic (75-66-70-72); T7 Monroe Invitational (70-70-73)

2011-12 – Sophomore Notes

• First Team All-MAC
• Leads Kent State with six top 10 finishes on the year.
• Has placed 25th or higher in 11 of his 13 events.
• Second on the team with a 72.49 scoring average.

2010-11 – Freshman Notes

• Played in seven spring tournaments after mono sidelined him to just two evens in the fall.• Had a strong finish averaging 73.5 strokes per 5 events.
• Longest hitter off the tee for Kent State consistently averaging close to 350 yards.
• Was the Golden Flashes top finisher at the 2011 NCAA East Regional Averaged 75.26 strokes per round for the year
• Shot a team low 220 (73-74-73) to tie for 14th at the NCAA East Regional
• Tied for 10th at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (Apr. 23-24) with a 217 (72-77-68)
• Shot a 219 (72-74-73) and tied for 20th at the U.S. Collegiate Championship (Oct. 24-26) which featured 11 of the nation’s top 40 teams

Prior to Kent State

• Finished runner-up at the CJGA Mizuno National Golf Championship in August 2009 and took fourth at the Canadian International Junior Challenge in September
• Began the year representing Team Canada at the Triangular Cup in Bela Bela, South Africa, and also had two other top 20 finishes in three events that summer
• Won the Canadian Junior Long Drive Championship with a prodigious drive of 349-yards and had a ball speed tracked at 190 mph, which is 10 more than Tiger Woods
• Claimed two medalist honors in 2008 at the Mizuno Eastern Canadian Junior Championship and the CJGA Junior Open at Maples of Ballantrae while finishing runner-up at the CJGA Nike SAC Championship