Canadian Nick Taylor shot a final round of six-under 66 on Sunday, and rallied to win the Sanderson Farms Championship by two strokes.
John Rollins had carded a four-under 68 in the third round Saturday and started the day two strokes clear of the field at 14-under-par 202 while gunning for his fourth PGA Tour title. Taylor was four shots behind at 10-under after 54 holes.
The 26-year-old PGA Tour rookie, carded three birdie in the first five holes at the Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi, to get within one shot of Rollins who parred his first 10 holes on Sunday.
Taylor would bogey the par-4 sixth to fall two behind, but would go on to tie Rollins for the lead after he birdied the seventh and eight back-to-back. On the back nine he would take the outright lead as he would birdie 13th through 15th to open up a three shot lead.
He would go on to par the remaining holes to finish at 16-under 272 for the tournament. Boo Weekley also closed with a 66 to grab a share of second place. He was joined at minus-14 by Jason Bohn who shot a 69.
Rollins, who also held a share of the lead after 36 holes, would unravel on the back nine, stumbling to a one-over 73 at the Country Club of Jackson. Rollins dropped into a tie for fourth place at 13-under-par 275. He ended alongside Peter Uihlein (65) and Justin Thomas (67).
William McGirt (72) took seventh place at 12-under 276, while Robert Streb, winner of The McGladrey Classic a couple of weeks back, shot 70 and was one shot back at 11-under 277.
Blayne Barber (66), Garrett Osborn (68), Carlos Sainz (69), Mark Wilson (70) and David Toms (72) rounded up the Top 10 finishers as they ened up in a tie for ninth at 10-under 278.
For the Abbotsford, B.C. native, this was his first win on Tour, to which he qualified after firing a 63 at the Web.com Tour Championship to earn his PGA Tour card for this season. It was just Taylor’s 13th career start on the PGA Tour.
It's the first time a Canadian-born player has won the tournament since Oct. 21, 2007, when Mike Weir won the Fry's Electronics Open. Stephen Ames, who represented Canada on the PGA Tour but was born in Trinidad and Tobago, won the Children's Miracle Network Classic on Nov. 15, 2009.
Taylor was born in Winnipeg, but was raised in Abbotsford before attending the University of Washington.
A top amateur in university, Taylor turned professional in 2010 but only qualified full-time for the PGA Tour this year. Taylor won $720,000 and a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour heads this weekend to El Camaleon Golf Course in Playa del Carmen, Mexico for the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, the seventh tournament on the PGA Tour’s 2014-15 wrap around schedule.