Jimmy Taylor first picked up a golf club when he was about 8 years old, but it didn’t become his main sport until several years later, when he didn’t earn a spot on the Gonzaga College High School basketball team and decided to change his athletic focus.
Sometimes things just have a way of working out. A bit of a late bloomer, Taylor—who lives in Alexandria and is a member at Belle Haven Country Club—earned a spot on the Gonzaga golf roster by his junior year and was winning events by the time he was a senior.
His career ascendency reached new heights this week at Country Club of Petersburg, as he rolled through the 108th Virginia State Golf Association Amateur Championship, winning five matches, capped by Friday’s 7-and-6 win in the 36-hole final against Midlothian’s Jordan Utley.
“Definitely the biggest accomplishment of my career,” a smiling Taylor said afterward.
