WATCH: Nick Taylor's playoff-winning shot and celebration at the Sony Open in Hawaii 2025

Canadian golfer Nick Taylor won the fifth PGA Tour event of his career at the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday. He defeated Nico Echavarria in a playoff to win the PGA Tour event which was held from January 9 to 12, featuring a full-size field.

After four rounds, Taylor was tied for the lead with Echavarria, and with a birdie in the playoff, he registered the victory. It was his third playoff win on the PGA Tour.

Nick Taylor celebrated his emotional victory with his wife Andie and their kids. After making the winning birdie, he hugged his caddie. Meanwhile, his wife Andie walked on the greens with their kids and kissed him.

Check out Nick Taylor's emotional celebration after winning the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii:

With the victory, Nick Taylor earned $1,566,000 in prize money and 500 FedEx Cup points. It was the third straight year Taylor won in a playoff. He won the 2023 RBC Canadian Open by beating Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff before defeating Charley Hoffman at the WM Phoenix Open in 2024 in a playoff to win his fourth PGA Tour event.

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Nick Taylor opens up about his performance at the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii

In the final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii, Nick Taylor started the game on the first tee hole and made a birdie on the second hole, followed by a bogey on the third. However, he struggled on the seventh and made a bogey, but then made back-to-back birdies on the eighth and ninth holes.

He added two more birdies on the back nine along with an eagle on the 18th for a round of 5-under 65 and then defeated Nico Echavarria in a playoff to win the event. Following the event, Nick Taylor opened up about his performance and said (via SB Nation):

“It was a grind of a day. I didn’t really look at the leaderboards until maybe the 13th or 14th hole. I had a sense of what was going on. When I missed the short putts on 15 and 16, I really thought I needed to get to 17 [under]. That’s kind of the number I had to start the day. You know, the chip-in on 18 was awesome. In that situation, I was thinking about was holing it."

"I felt like par or birdie wasn’t going to change a whole lot with [Echavarria] having a birdie chance there. I read it great and went in, and in the playoff to have those two nice ups and downs to hang in there. [Echavarria] was hitting it great all day and knew he wasn’t going to give it to me. Fortunate he missed that putt there," he added.

Nico Echavarria settled in second place, followed by J.J. Spaun and Stephan Jaeger tied for third place. Eric Cole played a round of 68, slipped down three spots on the leaderboard, and finished in fifth place.