2011: Made the cut in 14 of 16 starts during the year with three top-10 finishes.

Got his first start of the year at the Mexico Open, where he finished T9. Posted a 9-under 63 in the second round to grab the 36-hole lead at 13-under 131. A 4-over 76 in the third round left him three back of the leaders. Fired a 3-under 69 in the final round to finish five strokes behind winner Erik Compton.

Making only his fourth start of the season, he enjoyed his top finish of the campaign by shooting 66-65 on the weekend at the Utah Championship to place third. Posted a 16-under score in the clubhouse, but J.J. Killeen, the eventual winner, and runner-up Jeff Gove didn't come back to the field.

Third top-10 was a T9 at the Price Cutter Charity Championship.

Ended the season with nine straight cuts made but had only one top-25 finish in that stretch. 2010: Made two Nationwide Tour appearances, missing the cut in both. In his lone PGA TOUR start, he made the cut at the St. Jude Classic, where he T70. 2009: Made the cut in 10 of 25 starts during his rookie season on the PGA TOUR. Finished the season No. 159 on the official money list, with top-25 finishes at the Travelers Championship (T7) and the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee (T15). Was one of four players to ace the 15th hole at the RBC Canadian Open (Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird and Leif Olson). His par-3 heroics won him a BMW Z4 convertible. It was his second hole-in-one in the season, the first coming at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Missed the cut in both starts on the Nationwide Tour. 2008: Earned PGA TOUR privileges after placing 15th on the Nationwide Tour money list. Earned his first top-10 of the year with a third-place finish at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic. Started the final round five shots back of the leaders and posted a 67 to move within one shot of a playoff between Robert Damron and Greg Owen. Also finished third at the Bank of America Open, where a four-day total of 13-under 275 left him just three strokes behind champion Kris Blanks. The finish in Chicago was his sixth top-20 in his last eight starts of the season. Held a one-stroke lead over Justin Hicks entering the final round of the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic, but a bogey on the 71st hole—combined with a birdie by Hicks—led to a tie at 17-under. Despite losing in the playoff, he cashed a check for $86,410. Four sub-70 rounds earned him a T6 at the Cox Classic. Shot 64 in the second round of Nationwide Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch and finished T25. Earned $271,919 for 15th position on the final money list. Played in the Viking Classic on the PGA TOUR on a sponsor's exemption and posted a 3-under 69 Sunday to finish a career-best T4. His previous best effort on TOUR (in 25 career starts) was a T13 finish at the 2004 Masters Tournament when he was an amateur. With his top-10 finish in Madison, he earned a spot in the field at the next TOUR full-field event, the Turning Stone Resort Championship, where he finished T43.

Is a big fan of "House," a show he tries to never miss. Says Tokyo is the favorite city he has visited. Favorite food is steak, medium-rare. "I'm a red-meat Southern boy." The first Web site he visits each morning is weather.com. Splits college football allegiances between LSU and his alma mater, Oklahoma State.