TORONTO, Ont. — Canadian golf star Nick Taylor isn’t any stranger to thrilling golf followers and galvanizing the following era of gamers. All it took was draining a historic 72-foot putt on a fourth playoff gap to turn into the primary Canadian in 69 years to win Canada’s Nationwide Open Golf Championship.
Now the five-time PGA TOUR winner and 2023 RBC Canadian Open champion is giving again to youth golf, turning into an official ambassador for First Tee – Canada and taking over a number one position alongside his spouse Andie and their household in inspiring kids from all backgrounds to expertise the game and its core values.
As this system’s latest ambassador, the 2024 Olympian will carry the First Tee – Canada brand on his TOUR bag in assist of the nationwide youth growth program delivered by Golf Canada which has launched almost 200,000 youth to the game since launching in 2021.
“Being a part of First Tee – Canada is an unimaginable alternative to present again to the sport that has given me a lot,” stated Taylor, the one Canadian male golfer to have received the Canadian Junior, Beginner and Nationwide Open trifecta. “Golf has formed my life in some ways, and I need children throughout our nation to expertise the values of self-discipline, friendship, integrity and the enjoyment of competing which they’ll carry into every thing they do. Andie and I are humbled to have the ability to assist First Tee – Canada by means of our annual charity occasion.”
First Tee – Canada, a program designed to make golf extra accessible by offering gear, teaching and inclusive areas, has rapidly expanded into colleges, neighborhood centres and golf services nationwide. Lots of the program’s almost 200,000 youth contributors have joined from communities that will not in any other case have the chance to play the game. Together with golf instruction, contributors find out about perseverance, integrity, teamwork and respect — expertise that attain past the golf green.
With First Tee – British Columbia as one of many charitable beneficiaries of the Nick Taylor Charity Traditional since 2024, Taylor strives to make the game he loves extra accessible and inclusive for youth. His assist for this system has helped the BC chapter develop no-cost programming to Cultus Lake Golf Membership, reaching a whole bunch of contributors close to his hometown of Abbotsford, B.C.
Fundraising for First Tee – Canada is led by the Golf Canada Basis, and this system is proudly supported by RBC and different contributing companions.
As a member of Workforce RBC, Taylor’s ambassador position additionally builds on his involvement with the RBC Group Junior Golf initiative, launched by RBC in partnership with Golf Canada in 2022, which brings inexpensive and community-based golf alternatives to kids throughout Canada.
“Golf Canada has been lucky to know Nick and the Taylor household since he was a younger teenager,” stated Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum. “He has excelled at each stage of golf, from junior by means of his newbie younger professional profession and now being one of many high professionals on the PGA TOUR. What has been equally wonderful to witness is Nick’s dedication to creating an affect when he’s off the golf course. In turning into a First Tee – Canada ambassador, it additional demonstrates Nick’s unimaginable contribution to golf, to Canada and to the youth and households whose lives he’ll form and encourage.”
With the shared dedication of Taylor as a proud ambassador, Golf Canada will proceed to develop the First Tee – Canada program throughout the nation, encouraging extra equity-deserving youth to find the sport, embrace its values and develop expertise for all times.
For extra details about First Tee – Canada, go to firstteecanada.ca.
