After attending Hephzibah High School,[2] he played golf for Augusta State University where he was an honorable mention All-American his senior season.

In 2005, he led the event wire-to-wire and held a six-stroke advantage entering the final round, to claim a comfortable victory by three strokes from Jonathan Kaye.

After a year that included a career high six top-10s, Taylor qualified to play on the U.S. Ryder Cup team for the first time in 2006.

In February 2016, Taylor won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, his first PGA Tour win since August 2005.

[3] He started the week as first alternate, only earning entry after Carl Pettersson withdrew, and had not been fully exempt since 2012.