Nick Taylor

Nick Taylor is a PGA Tour pro from Canada rated 80 overall (grade B) in the 2025–26 pool — a Tour Winner build headlined by short game at A-, the standout of the nine zones on this card.

• At C, N. Taylor's power rating is well below the pool average (15th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — nearly the whole pool rates higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• At B+, N. Taylor's accuracy rating is well above the pool average (79th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 20 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play sits at B+ for N. Taylor, on the stronger side of average across the 2025–26 pool: 37 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• At A-, N. Taylor's short game rating is comfortably above tour-average (87th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — only 12 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting B+ — a shade above the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; 30 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• At B+, N. Taylor's course iq rating is modestly above average (62nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 36 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• At A-, N. Taylor's nerve rating is well above the pool average (83rd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 16 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• At B+, N. Taylor's consistency rating is a shade above the pool average (56th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 42 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine B — well below the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; 75 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Tour Winner. A dependable, above-average build across the board. Nothing here is a true weakness, and nothing is a true signature strength either — just a well-rounded pro's game.

The closest attribute profiles in the 2025–26 pool belong to Brian Harman (94% similar), Justin Thomas (91% similar) and Bud Cauley (90% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Brian Harman,
• Justin Thomas,
• Bud Cauley

Of the 24 events on the schedule, The Open Championship, U.S. Open and RBC Heritage suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• The Open Championship — Major
• U.S. Open — Major
• RBC Heritage — Marquee

At $4M (C tier), Nick Taylor leaves $41M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 4 more S-tier chips, or 34 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (power, engine and accuracy) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Tommy Fleetwood ($10M).

• Rory McIlroy ($10M),
• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Tommy Fleetwood ($10M)

Serial playoff winner (2023 RBC Canadian, 2024 WM Phoenix, 2025 Sony). Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–10 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.