2011: Highlight of 2011 PGA TOUR season was a T15 at the Frys.com Open. In round three at CordeValle GC, holed out for an eagle-2 at the 17th hole en route to a career-best, 9-under 62. He finished T15.

In 10 Nationwide Tour starts, lone top-10 finish was a T4 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am. 2010: Made the cut in 14 of 23 starts on TOUR, claiming his only top-10 finish at the Frys.com Open during the PGA TOUR Fall Series. Opened with a 5-under 65 en route to T6 honors with five others. 2009: Made the cut in nine of 24 starts, with four top-25 finishes. Finished outside the top 125 (No. 126) for the first time since his rookie season in 2005.

Finished T5 at The Honda Classic with a pair of 67s in the opening rounds.

Picked up his second top-10 finish at the Memorial Tournament (T10) on the strength of a final-round 68. 2008: Picked up second TOUR victory in a playoff at the Viking Classic.

After missing six cuts in his first 10 starts, underwent right knee surgery on May 1 and was sidelined for eight weeks. Returned at the Buick Open in late June.

Collected his first top-10 of the season with a T4 at the John Deere Classic. Held a two-stroke lead after 36 holes at TPC Deere Run. Closed with a 1-under par 70 to miss the three-man playoff won by Kenny Perry by a stroke. It was his first top-10 since finishing T7 at the 2007 Wyndham Championship.

In the next start, collected his second TOUR title at the Viking Classic in a three-man playoff. On Sunday, he birdied four of the last six holes to record a 4-under 68 and reach a playoff with Marc Turnesa and Brian Gay. Birdied the par-5 18th hole three consecutive times, including the first two playoff holes. Gay dropped out after the first extra hole, and then third-round leader Turnesa was eliminated on the second extra hole. Collected a career-best $648,000 with the win. The victory came one day after calling a two-stroke penalty on himself for moving a loose impediment inside a hazard on the par-5 18th hole, leading to a triple bogey to finish the third round. 2007: Started the year with a bang thanks to a T4 finish in first appearance in the Mercedes-Benz Championship. One of four first-time participants to finish among the top-10. Opened with a 4-under 69 to share the first-round lead with four other players, including eventual winner Vijay Singh.

Next top-10 came in June at the Stanford St. Jude Championship, a T8 at TPC Southwind.

Playing in home state, North Carolina, at the Wyndham Championship, led after a first-round 64, finished T7. 2006: Second year on TOUR highlighted by first career win at the Reno-Tahoe Open, his only top-10 of the season.

One of 13 first-time winners on TOUR in 2006.

Finished season No. 100 on the money list.

Gave up golf after his sophomore year in high school after being a top junior player and did not pick it up again until almost 10 years later. Inspired by Payne Stewart's 1999 U.S. Open win at Pinehurst in his home state of North Carolina.

An outdoor enthusiast who snowboards and rock climbs. Also spent some time heliboarding in Alaska. Lived out of his van in Montana for five years.