Entered 22 Nationwide Tour events and had three top-10 finishes, which included a win at the $1-milion Soboba Golf Classic. Finished the year 17th on the money list to earn a return trip to the PGA TOUR.

Earned his second career title, at the Soboba Golf Classic in California in early October. Moved into the lead with an 8-under 63 in the third round. Birdied the first hole and eagled the sixth hole Sunday to move into a comfortable lead and was never seriously challenged the rest of the day. Posted a 3-under 68 to finish at 19-under par, three strokes better than Daniel Summerhays and five in front of Keegan Bradley and B.J. Staten. A first-place check for $180,000 moved him from No. 76 to No. 11 on the money list. Finished the week with only 96 putts, one shy of the all-time Tour mark of 95 set by Grant Waite at the 2003 Miccosukee Championship. Dating to the end of the 2005 season, had earned only $173,970 in his previous 76 starts on Tour.

Began the final round of the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open in second place, a stroke behind Roberto Castro. An up-and-down round left him one stroke behind clubhouse leader Jhonattan Vegas as he stepped to the 18th tee Sunday. Needed a birdie to force a playoff, he hit his tee shot out of bounds. Ended up making a double bogey but still finished T4—his best Tour finish since a T2 at the 2005 Price Cutter Charity Championship.

2011: Played in 28 PGA TOUR events, collecting one top-10 finish. Made two Nationwide Tour starts.

In his 32nd career PGA TOUR start, posted his first-career top-10 finish with T9 honors at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Previous-best effort was T34 at the Sony Open in Hawaii a month earlier. Had his hand broken at The McGladrey Classic, as it was accidently slammed in his car door Friday after the second round as he was leaving the premises. Despite the injury, played the following week at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic to try and secure a spot within the top 125 on the money list. Opened with a 5-under 67 on the Magnolia Course, before finishing 132nd on the earnings list. 2010: Entered 22 Nationwide Tour events and had three top-10 finishes, which included a win at the $1M Soboba Golf Classic. Finished the year 17th on the money list to earn a return trip to the PGA TOUR, where he played in 2006.

Earned his second career title at the Soboba Golf Classic in California in early October. Moved into the lead with an 8-under 63 in the third round. Birdied the 1st hole and eagled the 6th hole on Sunday to move into a comfortable lead and was never seriously challenged the rest of the day. Posted a 3-under 68 to finish at 19-under par, three better than Daniel Summerhays and five in front of Keegan Bradley and B.J. Staten. A first-place check for $180,000 moved him from No. 76 to No. 11 on the money list. Finished the week with only 96 putts, one shy of the all-time Tour mark of 95 set by Grant Waite at the 2003 Miccosukee Championship. Dating back to the end of the 2005 season, had earned only $173,970 in his previous 76 starts on Tour.

Began the final round of the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open in second place, a stroke behind Roberto Castro. An up-and-down round left him one stroke behind clubhouse leader Jhonattan Vegas as he stepped to the 18th tee Sunday. Needing a birdie to force a playoff, he hit his tee shot out of bounds. Ended up making a double bogey but still finished T4—his best Tour performance since a T2 at the 2005 Price Cutter Charity Championship.

Notched his sixth top-10 finish six starts later, at the WNB Golf Classic. Had missed four cuts in a row heading into Midland. A final-round 66 moved him from T23 to T8. He would go on to victory a week later in California. 2009: Made the cut in seven of 20 starts on the Nationwide Tour. Earned his first top 10 in more than two years with a solo sixth at the Mexico Open. Previous top-10 was a T5 at the 2007 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational. Earned more money in Mexico than he had in his previous 42 starts on Tour combined.

Enjoyed a second top-10 in three weeks with a T9 at the Albertsons Boise Open. 2008: Made two cuts in 16 Nationwide Tour starts, with a best finish of T45 at the Price Cutter Charity Championship. Finished 236th on the money list. Played two European Tour events, missing both cuts. Finished T48 at the Australian Masters and T45 at the Australian PGA Championship late in the season in his homeland. 2007: Was granted Minor Medical Exemption after 2006 PGA TOUR season was limited to 22 events. Coupled with 2006 winnings of $11,160, had five events to earn $649,738, equaling No. 125 from 2006. Unsuccessful in that attempt, however, eventually playing the Nationwide Tour and making nine cuts in 23 appearances. Among his four top-25s was a season-best T5 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational. Finished the year No. 99 on the money list, with $56,173. Had fully-exempt status on the Nationwide Tour by virtue of his finish at the 2006 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. 2006: Rookie on the PGA TOUR after finishing fourth on Nationwide Tour money list, with $333,329. 2005: Made the cut in 14 of 21 starts on Tour, with six top-10 finishes. Season was highlighted by season-opening victory at the Jacob's Creek Open Championship. The second-youngest winner in Nationwide Tour history at 21 years, 8 months, 12 days. Following week, lost in a playoff to Peter O'Malley. Charged up the leaderboard Sunday with a course-record-tying 63 to finish at 14-under par, nearly two hours in front of the final group. Waited in the clubhouse as O'Malley missed a short putt on the 72nd hole, forcing a playoff. Named Player of the Month for January/February. An 8-under-par 64 in the final round of the Price Cutter Charity Championship led to a runner-up finish to Roger Tambellini. Led Tour in Birdie Average (4.39). Played in two previous PGA TOUR events with his lone made cut, a T73 at the 2005 Buick Championship. Winner of the 2004 Queensland Open on the Von Nida Tour in Australia. Was T3 at the 2004 Australian Open and T4 at the MasterCard Australian Masters. 2001 Australian Strokeplay champion. Amateur: Runner-up at the World Junior Championships in 2000. Paired with Greg Norman in the final round of the 2000 Australian Open as a 17-year old.

Started playing the game around the age of 12 because his father wouldn't let him tackle in rugby league.