Taylor served on the Minnesota Section Board of Directors from 1974-1982, including as president, 1979-1980. He was instrumental in forming the Minnesota Section’s Junior Golf Academy and Junior Golf Tour, and conceived the idea of a Senior State Open and Women’s Open championships. He participated in the hiring of the section’s first executive director, and the establishment of a section reserve fund. After retiring from Rochester’s Eastwood Golf Course, he was named director of public golf courses for the city of Rochester.