Just one week after a solid T12 finish at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, made his fifth start at the Sony Open, where a third-round 64 shaved four strokes off of his previous-best score at the event and eventually led to a T6 finish, three strokes behind champion Johnson Wagner.

Finished T8 at the Farmers Insurance Open, his third top 10 in six starts at the event.

2011: Picked up first career win on TOUR and had career-best finishes in the FedExCup (56th) and money list (37th).

Collected first top 10 of the season with a fifth-place finish at the Farmers Insurance Open. Third-round 68 tied Phil Mickelson for best round of the day, earning a donation from Farmers to alma mater University of Illinois men's golf team as part of University Day.

Two weeks later, overcame a two-stroke deficit to Steve Marino in the final round to capture his first TOUR title, at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. With childhood idol Bill Murray playing at his side in the amateur division, he holed a 100-yard wedge shot for an eagle-3 at the par-5 14th hole to take a lead he would not relinquish. Rounds of 63-70-71-67—271 bested runner-up Hunter Mahan by two strokes. In addition, he won the pro-am competition with Murray. Since 1987, just three other champions have also won the pro-am portion of the event: Arron Oberholser (2006), Mickelson (2007) and Dustin Johnson (2009).

Did not crack the top 10 until 17 starts later, finishing T10 at the PGA Championship—his first top 10 in six major championship starts. 2010: Collected three top-10 finishes in 2010 and retained TOUR card for second consecutive season.

After missing the cut in his first two starts of the season, posted a T9 at Farmers Insurance Open where he was co-leader through 36 holes.

Finished T7 at the HP Byron Nelson Championship with four rounds of par or better.

Posted a career-best, 9-under 61 in the third round of the Greenbrier Classic en route to a T4 finish. Flirted with a 59, standing at 10-under through 16 holes, but a three-putt bogey on the par-5 17th hole ended historic opportunity. 2009: Finished a career-best No. 66 on the PGA TOUR money list and earned more than $1 million in a season for the first time in his career.

Final-round 65 earned first top-10 of season, a T9, at The Honda Classic. Final-round 65 tied the low round of the day with Scott Piercy.

Earned another T9 the following week at the Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular.

Posted a career-best third-place finish at the HP Byron Nelson Championship with four sub-70 rounds, including 65-65 on the weekend.

Ranked 72nd in the final FedExCup standings.

Shot 65 in the final round to finish the season with a T7 at the Children's Miracle Network Classic. It marked the third time in 2009 that he posted a final-round 65 to earn a top-10 finish. Leaped 11 spots on the final money list to No. 66. 2008: Made the cut in 16 of 25 starts on the Nationwide Tour, with 10 top-25 finishes. Finished No. 16 on the official money list and became one of five players in Tour history with $1 million in career earnings. Collected the first top-10 of the year with a T5 at the 36-hole HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship, finishing four shots behind tournament winner Darron Stiles. Became the only player to notch top-10s in both events Down Under after a T7 effort at the Moonah Classic.

Was 36-hole co-leader with Kyle McCarthy at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic after opening rounds of 69-62. Finished T10.

Led by two shots going into the final round of the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic where a final-round 73 dropped him into a T9.

Lists his parents and his nephew (Carson Chorney) as his heroes. Eleven-year-old Carson has neuroblastoma, a rare, curable form of cancer. Following a successful surgery, which revealed no signs of cancer, Carson was nominated to be Florida's representative for the Children's Miracle Network. As such, he was afforded the opportunity to meet President Obama in 2010 and "hang with uncle D.A. at Disney" during the 2010 Children's Miracle Network Classic.