Earned his first top-10 of the year, with a T4 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, where he closed with a 6-under 65 on the final day at Thornblade Club. Opened his round with an eagle-2 on the first hole and followed up with consecutive birdies, eventually turning the front side in 5-under 30.

Missed the next three cuts before notching another T4 finish, at the Mexico Open. Entered Sunday tied for 21st but opened the final round, front-nine 6-under 30 then added three more birdies on Nos. 10-12 to climb to 9-under par through 12 holes before settling for a 7-under 65.

Was T8 in his next start, the Chiquita Classc where he posted an 8-under 64 in the third round.

2011: Did not make any PGA TOUR starts but did finish T13 at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.

Made 25 Nationwide Tour starts, where he claimed four top-10 finishes and finished No. 23 on the official money list.

Earned his first top-10 of the year, with a T4 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, where he closed with a 6-under 65 on the final day at Thornblade Club. Opened his round with an eagle-2 on the first hole and followed up with consecutive birdies, eventually turning the front side in 5-under 30.

Missed the next three cuts before notching another T4 finish, at the Mexico Open. Entered Sunday tied for 21st but opened the final round, front-nine 6-under 30 then added three more birdies on Nos. 10-12 to climb to 9-under par through 12 holes before settling for a 7-under 65.

Was T8 in his next start, the Chiquita Classic, where he posted an 8-under 64 in the third round.

Added another T8 a month later at the Midwest Classic in Kansas City. 2010: He played in 12 Nationwide Tour events and made eight cuts. His best performance came at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open where he came in second, falling by a stroke to Jhonattan Vegas. Finished No. 62 on the money list. 2009: Made his Nationwide Tour debut at the South Georgia Classic in his home state. Missed the cut.

Won twice on the eGolf Professional Tour, but returned to the Nationwide Tour late in the season. Enjoyed a career-best T6 performance at the Chattanooga Classic.

Played the following week at the Miccosukee Championship in Miami and T12. 2008: Made his only career PGA TOUR start, at the AT&T Classic, where he missed the cut. 2007: After turning pro, won his first professional tournament, in Virginia on the eGolf Professional Tour. Has won five times on that Tour. Also played on the Hooters Tour. Amateur: Capped a stellar college career at Georgia Tech by earning All-American honors and receiving the 2007 Byron Nelson Award. Had 30 top-20 finishes in his 47 college stroke-play tournaments.

Lists Randy Brooks, Danny Elkins and Jeff Paton as instructors.

Has won five times on the eGolf Professional Tour and played on the Hooters Tour.

Favorite course he's played is Pebble Beach and would like to play Merion.

Favorite college team is Georgia Tech and pro team is the Atlanta Falcons.

Favorite TV show is "Treme" and "There Will be Blood" is his favorite movie. Favorite food is chocolate. Favorite athletes to watch are Tiger Woods and Roger Federer. Favorite cities to visit are New York, Prague and San Francisco.

Would round out his dream foursome with Bobby Jones, Woods and John Lennon.

Not many people know that he contributes to the Web site allthingsthataregood.com.

Bucket list includes living in New York City.