2011: Matched his career-best effort with a T2 finish at the Melwood Prince George's County Open. Final-round 62 at the University of Maryland GC helped him tie his best finish since a T2 at the 2005 Jacob's Creek Open Championship in Australia. Only player to finish in the top 10 in Driving Accuracy (T6), Greens in Regulation (T3) and Putts Per Round (T8). Runner-up finish also helped him jump from No. 42 to No. 13 on the money list at the time. Was in contention the following week and finished T5 at The Rex Hospital Open, where he shared the 54-hole lead. Played the final three holes in 2-over par and wound up two shots back of winner Kyle Thompson. 2010: Played in 28 events and made 16 cuts. Finished No. 77 on the money list.

Made seven consecutive cuts to open the season but didn't post his first top-10 until the Stadion Athens Classic. Was tied for sixth heading into the weekend but recorded a third-round 75 to fall to a tie for 30th. A final-round 68 was good enough to move him to T10. 2009: Finished No. 62 on the Nationwide Tour money list, making the cut in half of his 26 starts. Had a pair of top-10 finishes and seven top-25s.

Enjoyed a nice stretch of seven consecutive cuts made starting in the spring. First top-10 of the year came at the Stonebrae Classic, where a third-round 65 helped him to a solo 10th-place showing.

Finished T10 at the Melwood Prince George's County Open.

His second career Nationwide Tour hole-in-one came in the first round of the Knoxville Open. 2008: Made the cut in 13 of 30 starts on the PGA TOUR, with four top-25 finishes. Best efforts came at the Shell Houston Open (T14) and the Puerto Rico Open (T15). 2007: Rookie on the PGA TOUR, posted three top-10s in 32 starts. First career top-10 came in fourth career start, a T9 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Carded four rounds in the 60s to finish solo fourth at the inaugural Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico. Added a T6 at the Valero Texas Open. 2006: Made the cut in 21 of 27 starts on the Nationwide Tour, with four top-10 finishes. Ended the season No. 31 on the money list, with $174,267. Ranked 10th on Tour in Scoring Average (70.21) and 13th in All-Around Ranking.

Got off to a good start to the 2005 campaign, with top-25 finishes in his first three events. Opened the season with a T25 at the Movistar Panama Championship. followed by a T8 at the Jacob's Creek Open Championship and a T16 at the ING New Zealand PGA Championship. Kept up his fine play with a T7 outing at the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship, followed by T13 finishes at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs and the Virginia Beach Open—giving him six top-25 finishes in his first eight starts of the year.

Closed the regular season in stellar fashion, including seven top-25 finishes in his last nine starts, including T6 performances at the Xerox Classic and the Mark Christopher Charity Classic. 2005: Made the cut in 12 of 24 starts in 2005, with four top-10 finishes. Completed the season No. 30 on the money list, with $161,268. Posted a 3-under 69 in the final round of the Jacob's Creek Open Championship to post a T2 and a paycheck of $66,808, both career-bests. Tallied rounds of 68-68-70-67 to post his second top-10 of the season with a solo-third place finish at The Rex Hospital Open.

Other top finishes included a T8 at the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic and T7 at the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship. 2004: Made the cut in 14 of 29 tournament appearances on the Nationwide Tour, finishing inside the top 25 nine times. Ended the year No. 38 on the money list, with $140,418.

Began the season with a third-place finish at the BellSouth Panama Championship, good for $34,000. Was one of just three players to finish the tournament under par (1-under), but six shots behind champion Jimmy Walker.

Other top-10 finishes came at the Mark Christopher Charity Classic (T4), Miccosukee Championship (T5), Price Cutter Charity Championship (T7) and the LaSalle Bank Open (T8). Had missed the cut in all three career appearances prior to his rookie season, including his first as an amateur in the 1994 Cleveland Open.

Medalist at the second stage of the 2003 PGA TOUR National Qualifying Tournament, held at Black Horse GC. Shot an 8-under-par 64 in the final round to finish on top.

Played on the Hooters Tour in 2002-03 and also the Golden Bear Tour in 2003.

Attended Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.

Lists Jason Carbone at Baltusrol as an instructor.

Biggest thrill outside of golf was the birth of his son.

Never travels without his computer.

Favorite course is Pebble Beach GL and would like to play Augusta National. Favorite college team is Ohio State and pro team is the Pittsburgh Steelers. Favorite TV show is "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" and movie is "Hoosiers." Favorite entertainer is Pearl Jam. He says he enjoys books by Vince Flynn. Favorite food are cheeseburgers. Favorite city to visit is New York and says his favorite vacation spots are anywhere "without my golf clubs.".

First car was a Mercury Tracer.

Would round out his dream foursome with Woody Hayes, Jack Nicklaus and any U.S. President.