Nick Taylor rode a late surge to secure his fifth PGA Tour title in the second hole of a playoff against Charley Hoffman at the WM Phoenix Open.
The Canadian birdied three of his final four holes on Sunday to force the playoff against America’s Hoffman, who soared to the top of the leaderboard with a fourth-round score of 64.
After each man birdied the first extra hole, Hoffman left his birdie attempt short, leaving the window open for Taylor to sink a birdie putt from 11 feet and clinch the title.
It closed out what had been a frantic final day with Zach Johnson and Billy Horschel earlier exchanging angry words with spectators.
Johnson was filmed remonstrating with fans at TPC Scottsdale and could be heard telling them “I’m sick of it” before demanding they “just shut up”.
It was not apparent from the clip, which was posted on social media, what prompted the former US Ryder Cup captain to lose his temper.
In a separate incident, Horschel was seen remonstrating with a spectator for calling out while one of his playing partners, qualifier Nicolo Galletti, was about to hit a shot.
“Buddy, when he’s over a shot shut the hell up man,” Horschel shouted.
“He’s trying to hit a damn golf shot here – it’s our f****** job.”
The WM Phoenix Open is easily the best attended tournament in golf, but the behaviour of some fans has again attracted more attention than the golf itself.
One man was arrested after jumping over the ropes and diving into a greenside bunker on the par-three 16th, where he proceeded to perform ‘snow angels’ in the sand.

Tournament officials were forced to shut spectator gates earlier than planned after being overwhelmed by the turnout and sales of alcohol were temporarily halted.
Former BMW PGA Championship winner Byeong Hun An took to social media to brand the event a “shit show” which was “totally out of control on every hole”.
He added: “Played here multiple times over the years and it was fine until today.”
Americans Sam Burns (64) and Scottie Scheffler (66) tied for third place at 18-under while first-round leader Sahith Theegala closed with a 69 to finish fifth at 17-under.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Taylor | -21 | 60 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 263 |
| 2 | Charley Hoffman | -21 | 67 | 68 | 64 | 64 | 263 |
| T3 | Sam Burns | -18 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 266 |
| T3 | Scottie Scheffler | -18 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 266 |
| 5 | Sahith Theegala | -17 | 65 | 64 | 69 | 69 | 267 |
| T6 | Jordan Spieth | -14 | 68 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 270 |
| T6 | Maverick McNealy | -14 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 67 | 270 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | -13 | 72 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 271 |
| T8 | Kurt Kitayama | -13 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 271 |
| T8 | Cameron Young | -13 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 71 | 271 |
| T8 | Andrew Novak | -13 | 65 | 65 | 69 | 72 | 271 |
| T12 | Si Woo Kim | -12 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 272 |
| T12 | Justin Thomas | -12 | 69 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 272 |
| T12 | Doug Ghim | -12 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 68 | 272 |
| T15 | Davis Thompson | -11 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 273 |
| T15 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -11 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 273 |
| T17 | Harris English | -10 | 71 | 67 | 65 | 71 | 274 |
| T17 | Keith Mitchell | -10 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 274 |
| T17 | Adam Schenk | -10 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 274 |
| T17 | Tom Kim | -10 | 74 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 274 |
| T17 | Tom Hoge | -10 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 274 |
| T22 | Brendon Todd | -9 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 275 |
| T22 | Hideki Matsuyama | -9 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 275 |
| T22 | Emiliano Grillo | -9 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 63 | 275 |
| T22 | Justin Suh | -9 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 275 |
| T22 | Jhonattan Vegas | -9 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 275 |
| T22 | Denny McCarthy | -9 | 72 | 68 | 66 | 69 | 275 |
| T28 | Jim Knous | -8 | 72 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 276 |
| T28 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -8 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 276 |
| T28 | Corey Conners | -8 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 66 | 276 |
| T28 | S.H. Kim | -8 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 276 |
| T28 | Thomas Detry | -8 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 68 | 276 |
| T28 | Ben Griffin | -8 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 276 |
| T28 | Hayden Buckley | -8 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 276 |
| T28 | Jake Knapp | -8 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 276 |
| T28 | Sam Stevens | -8 | 70 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 276 |
| T28 | Daniel Berger | -8 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 276 |
| T28 | Aaron Baddeley | -8 | 69 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 276 |
| T39 | Taylor Moore | -7 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 66 | 277 |
| T39 | Taylor Montgomery | -7 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 73 | 277 |
| T41 | Carson Young | -6 | 71 | 67 | 72 | 68 | 278 |
| T41 | Beau Hossler | -6 | 72 | 66 | 72 | 68 | 278 |
| T41 | Billy Horschel | -6 | 72 | 67 | 66 | 73 | 278 |
| T41 | Joel Dahmen | -6 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 278 |
| T41 | Sami Valimaki | -6 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 64 | 278 |
| T41 | Wyndham Clark | -6 | 72 | 65 | 66 | 75 | 278 |
| T41 | Harry Hall | -6 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 278 |
| T41 | Ryan Fox | -6 | 66 | 68 | 75 | 69 | 278 |
| T49 | Eric Cole | -5 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 279 |
| T49 | Zac Blair | -5 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 279 |
| T49 | Garrick Higgo | -5 | 73 | 67 | 66 | 73 | 279 |
| T49 | Kevin Chappell | -5 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 68 | 279 |
| T53 | Martin Laird | -4 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 280 |
| T53 | Tyler Duncan | -4 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 280 |
| T53 | Matt Wallace | -4 | 75 | 64 | 74 | 67 | 280 |
| T53 | Justin Lower | -4 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 67 | 280 |
| T53 | Mark Hubbard | -4 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 280 |
| T53 | Tyson Alexander | -4 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 280 |
| T53 | Alex Noren | -4 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 280 |
| T60 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -3 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 72 | 281 |
| T60 | Shane Lowry | -3 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 76 | 281 |
| T60 | Robby Shelton | -3 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 281 |
| T60 | Zach Johnson | -3 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 281 |
| T60 | Brian Harman | -3 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 72 | 281 |
| 65 | Bud Cauley | -2 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 75 | 282 |
| T66 | Byeong Hun An | -1 | 70 | 68 | 75 | 70 | 283 |
| T66 | Nick Hardy | -1 | 71 | 66 | 68 | 78 | 283 |
| T66 | Jesse Mueller | -1 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 283 |
| T66 | Seamus Power | -1 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 69 | 283 |
| T66 | Sungjae Im | -1 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 68 | 283 |
| T71 | Matt NeSmith | Par | 70 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 284 |
| T71 | Min Woo Lee | Par | 71 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 284 |
| 73 | Nicolo Galletti | +2 | 71 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 286 |
| CUT | Sam Ryder | -1 | 69 | 72 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Will Gordon | -1 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Stewart Cink | -1 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | J.T. Poston | -1 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | -1 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Cameron Champ | -1 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Ryan Moore | -1 | 72 | 69 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Luke Donald | -1 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Erik van Rooyen | -1 | 72 | 69 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Adam Svensson | -1 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Ryo Hisatsune | -1 | 73 | 68 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Luke List | -1 | 72 | 69 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Andrew Putnam | -1 | 73 | 68 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Aaron Rai | -1 | 76 | 65 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Dylan Wu | -1 | 76 | 65 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Brandon Wu | Par | 73 | 69 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Ben Martin | Par | 69 | 73 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | K.H. Lee | Par | 74 | 68 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Chad Ramey | Par | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Scott Stallings | Par | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Michael Kim | Par | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Kevin Yu | Par | 69 | 73 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Robert MacIntyre | Par | 73 | 69 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Max Homa | Par | 73 | 69 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | J.J. Spaun | Par | 74 | 68 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | +1 | 71 | 72 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Chesson Hadley | +1 | 73 | 70 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Troy Merritt | +1 | 69 | 74 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Alexander Björk | +1 | 68 | 75 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Nate Lashley | +1 | 71 | 72 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Victor Perez | +1 | 74 | 69 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Chris Gotterup | +1 | 70 | 73 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg | +2 | 73 | 71 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | +2 | 71 | 73 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Austin Eckroat | +2 | 71 | 73 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Ben Kohles | +2 | 75 | 69 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Chez Reavie | +3 | 72 | 73 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Callum Tarren | +3 | 76 | 69 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Vincent Norrman | +3 | 75 | 70 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Nico Echavarria | +3 | 76 | 69 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Lanto Griffin | +3 | 76 | 69 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Ben Taylor | +3 | 72 | 73 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | +3 | 76 | 69 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | J.B. Holmes | +4 | 76 | 70 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Kevin Stadler | +4 | 72 | 74 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | +4 | 73 | 73 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Matti Schmid | +4 | 75 | 71 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Joseph Bramlett | +4 | 73 | 73 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Akshay Bhatia | +4 | 75 | 71 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Grayson Murray | +4 | 72 | 74 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Matt Kuchar | +4 | 75 | 71 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Gary Woodland | +4 | 79 | 67 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Adam Hadwin | +4 | 75 | 71 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | C.T. Pan | +4 | 73 | 73 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Rickie Fowler | +6 | 73 | 75 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Vince Whaley | +8 | 73 | 77 | - | - | 150 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | +9 | 74 | 77 | - | - | 151 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | +9 | 77 | 74 | - | - | 151 |
| W/D | Carl Yuan | - | 77 | - | - | - | 77 |
