Moore wins in Malaysia; Taylor wins first event

There must be something about playing in Malaysia that gets Ryan Moore going. The Puyallup native won the CIMB Classic for the second straight year in Kuala Lumpur, giving him his fourth career PGA Tour championship.

Moore finished the final round with a 5-under 67 and won the tournament by three shots over Gary Woodland, Sergio Garcia and Kevin Na. Interestingly, Moore beat Woodland in a playoff to win this same tournament in 2013.

Moore won a first-place check of $1,260,000 for winning the tournament along with 500 FedEx Cup points. A nice start to the 2014-15 season.

But Moore wasn’t the only Pacific Northwest professional to have some early season success.

Former University of Washington golfer Nick Taylor from Winnipeg, Canada won the Sanderson Farms Championship after coming from four shots behind.

Taylor was the top-ranked amateur in the world for five years and nearly did not make it to the PGA Tour this year but a big finish at the Web.com Tour Championship got him his PGA Tour card.