Won his first Nationwide Tour title in convincing fashion by going wire to wire at the Utah Championship. Opened with a Willow Creek CC record-tying, 9-under 62 and held at least a share of the lead through the first 54 holes. Entered the final round tied with Jeff Gove and fired a bogey-free, 6-under 65 to Gove's 69 and won going away. Won the tournament with his dad, Joe, serving as his caddie. Mom, wife and daughter, Olivia, celebrating her first birthday, were also in the crowd.

Kept the momentum going a week later, at the Cox Classic. Won for a second consecutive week and moved to second on the money list. Shot four rounds in the 60s, including a Friday 64 and a Saturday 63 at Champions Run, and held off Jonas Blixt by a stroke to win $130,500, the largest payday of his career. His four rounds in Nebraska kept alive his streak of 16 consecutive under-par rounds, dating to the first round of the Chiquita Classic. His streak ended in the first round of the Price Cutter Charity Championship with a 2-over 74. During those 16 rounds, his stroke average was 67.25.

First top-10 was a solo fifth at the Melwood Prince George's County Open, where he finished third for the week in Putting.

Followed with a T5 the next week at The Rex Hospital Open.

Also finished T5 at the Mylan Classic near Pittsburgh in early September, thanks to an 8-under 63 in the final round. Earned enough money to vault back over Mathew Goggin and retake the No. 1 spot on the money list.

Prior to his rookie season of 2012, had never made a PGA TOUR start. 2011: After finishing between Nos. 44-56 in the three previous years on the Nationwide Tour, led the money list, thanks to two wins and 21 made cuts in 25 starts, including seven top-10 and 11 top-25 finishes. His performance earned him Player of the Year honors.

Won his first Nationwide Tour title in convincing fashion by going wire to wire at the Utah Championship. Opened with a Willow Creek CC record-tying, 9-under 62 and held at least a share of the lead through the first 54 holes. Entered the final round tied with Jeff Gove and fired a bogey-free, 6-under 65 to Gove's 69 and won going away. Won the tournament with his dad, Joe, serving as his caddie. Mom, wife and daughter, Olivia, celebrating her first birthday, were also in the crowd.

Kept the momentum going a week later, at the Cox Classic. Won for a second consecutive week and moved to second on the money list. Shot four rounds in the 60s, including a Friday 64 and a Saturday 63 at Champions Run, and held off Jonas Blixt by a stroke to win $130,500, the largest payday of his career. His four rounds in Nebraska kept alive his streak of 16 consecutive under-par rounds, dating to the first round of the Chiquita Classic. His streak ended in the first round of the Price Cutter Charity Championship with a 2-over 74. During those 16 rounds, his stroke average was 67.25.

First top-10 finish of the season was a solo fifth at the Melwood Prince George's County Open, where he finished third for the week in Putting.

Followed with a T5 the next week at The Rex Hospital Open.

Also finished T5 at the Mylan Classic near Pittsburgh in early September, thanks to an 8-under 63 in the final round. Earned enough money to vault back over Mathew Goggin and retake the No. 1 spot on the money list.

Continued his stellar season with a T10 at the Soboba Golf Classic, his 13th cut in 14 starts. Earned enough money to push his season total to $407,554 to become only the 14th player in Tour history to top the $400,000 mark in a single season. 2010: Made 16 cuts in 28 starts and had six top-25 finishes to wind up the year No. 55 on the money list.

After missing the first two cuts of the season, finished T36 at the Panama Claro Championship and continued his solid play the next week by finishing ninth at the Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open. It was his first top-10 since finishing fifth at the 2009 Soboba Classic. Picked up his second top-10 of the season, a T5 at the Soboba Classic in September, when he fired back-to-back 67's in the final two rounds. He was the only player to finish in the top 10 both years of the Soboba Classic.

Missed the cut in his next start but finished T8 the following week at the Miccosukee Championship. Four solid rounds led to his third top-10 of the year. 2009: Made the cut in half of his 28 starts and had seven top-25 finishes to end the year No. 44 on the money list. Was only three of 11 in cuts made before turning his season around in the summer. Earned his first top-10 finish of the year with a fourth-place effort at the Cox Classic, where he shared the second-round lead.

Played in the final group at the WNB Golf Classic, with tournament winner Garrett Willis. Final-round, 1-under 73 dropped him to a T7 finish. Followed that with another good week at the $1-million Soboba Classic, where he was solo fifth. Earned enough money to move up 17 places on the money list, to No. 41. Closed the year with 11 cuts made in his final 17 starts and posted par-or-better scores in 20 of his last 22 rounds. Finished second at the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship, losing in a playoff to Aron Price in his sixth start. Held the outright first-, second- and third-round leads at The Course at Wente Vineyards. Was up by five after 36 holes and led by four through 54 holes, setting tournament records in the process. Final-round 76 dropped him into a tie with Price at 5-under par. Lost the playoff on the second extra hole when he missed a 3-foot par putt. Had five other top-25 finishes, with the best being a T14 at the Knoxville Open.

Lists leading TCU to four team titles as his biggest thrill in golf. Took up golf seriously at age 10 with the encouragement of his dad and grandfather, who he lists as his heroes. His dad, Joe, is a Lubbock, TX, obstetrician and gynecologist. He will occasionally caddie for his son.

Has his own Web site, jjkilleen.com.