Finished third at the inaugural Chile Classic, thanks to solid play all week. Chances for victory were derailed with a double bogey at the par-3 11th Sunday. Wound up four strokes back of eventual winner Paul Haley.

2011: Picked up his first top-10 performance in his 16th start of the year, at the Price Cutter Charity Championship. Carded four rounds in the 60s to finish six shots back of winner Steve Friesen.

Missed the cut in his next start before collecting his second top-10, at the News Sentinel Open. Entered the final-round two shots behind the leader but caught up on the first hole after chipping in for eagle. He eventually settled for a T5.

Third top-10 of the year was a T6 at the Albertsons Boise Open, where he opened with a pair of 67s and closed with a pair of 68s. Moved to No. 33 on the money list, jumping nine spots.

Finished No. 9 in both Driving Accuracy Percentage (71.90%) and Sand Save Percentage (58.23 percent). 2010: Played 27 events in 2010, making 18 cuts. Notched five top-10 finishes to end the year No. 42 on the money list. After missing the cut in his first start, at the Panama CLARO Championship, he finished T10 the following week at the Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open, his best finish on the Nationwide Tour since a sixth-place performance at the 2009 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open.

Nearly three months later to the day, he posted his second top-10 finish, at the Melwood Prince George's County Open. Had the low round on Friday, a 64. It was his fourth 64 in his 323 Nationwide Tour events. Entered the weekend tied for 16th and steadily improved his position with rounds of 67-66 to finish T4.

Picked up his fourth top-10 (T8) of the season 10 starts later at the Miccosukee Championship. 2009: Made the cut in only eight of 18 starts and finished No. 90 on the Nationwide Tour money list, with five top-25 performances. Was T9 at the South Georgia Classic and sixth at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open for his only two top-10s. 2008: Made the cut in eight of 23 starts on the PGA TOUR, with a T21 at the Puerto Rico Open his only top-25 finish. Opening-round 64 at the Valero Texas Open was one stroke off his career-best on TOUR. Made one cut in five starts on the Nationwide Tour, a T37 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open. 2007: Finished the Nationwide Tour season with 10 cuts made in 23 starts, including six top-25 finishes. Wrapped up the season No. 10 on the money list, with $274,004. Posted the fifth runner-up finish of his career with a playoff loss to Skip Kendall at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open. Next top-10 came at the South Georgia Classic, where he finished T6. Posted his second career victory when he topped the field at the inaugural Melwood Prince George's County Open, finishing at 18-under 270, one stroke ahead of James Driscoll and Jaco Van Zyl. Collected $108,000 to move to No. 3 on the official money list and surpassed $1 million in Nationwide Tour career earnings, the first player to accomplish that feat. Recorded his second runner-up finish of the year at the Peek'n Peak Classic, finishing three strokes behind tournament winner Roland Thatcher. Moved to No. 1 on the money list, a position he would hold for three weeks. Struggled with back problems the last half of the season, making just one cut in his last 12 starts.

In first 10 full seasons on the Nationwide Tour, he never finished below No. 61 on the money list. 2006: Made the cut in 16 of 30 Nationwide Tour starts, with two top-10 finishes. Completed the season No. 45 on the money list, with $125,668. Finished 9-under-par 279 and in a tie with Matt Kuchar at the Henrico County Open, his only top-10 effort of the year. Lost the playoff when Kuchar birdied the third extra hole. 2005: Made the cut in 11 of 29 starts on the PGA TOUR, finishing No. 183 on the money list. Posted a T15 at the Valero Texas Open for the best of three top-25s. 2004: Finished 61st on the Nationwide Tour money list, with $98,269.