Exempt status
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Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 4-5 on 2022 PGA TOUR Canada Fortinet Cup / Additional Qualifying Tournament Finalist (thru 2023)
JOINED TOUR
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PGA TOUR Canada: 2020
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Korn Ferry Tour: 2023
PGA TOUR Canada Victories (1)
2022 Saison
- Royal Beach Victoria Open presented by Times Colonist
PLAYOFF RECORD
PGA TOUR CANADA (1-0)
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2022 Defeated Jake Knapp, Royal Beach Victoria Open presented by Times Colonist
Personal
- Favorite golf memory was driving with his parents to the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina.
- Always uses a blue sharpie to mark his ball.
- Is learning to play guitar.
- Grew up adjacent to Black Greek GC in Chattanooga, site of a Korn Ferry Tour tournament from 2003-11.
- Despite attending the University of South Carolina, remains a huge Tennessee Volunteers fan.
- Earned the nickname "Cardboard" for the dark-khaki pants selection he wore for numerous appearances on Bryan Bros Golf episodes on YouTube.
Special Interests
Career Highlights
2022 Season
Played in all 10 PGA TOUR Canada tournaments, winning the season-opener. Added three more top-10s, including a runner-up finish. Qualified for the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship and finished the season No. 4 on the Fortinet Cup standings to earn 2023 Korn Ferry Tour membership.
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Fortinet Cup Championship: At Deer Ridge GC in mid-September in Kitchener, opened 66-67 and sat near the top of the leaderboard. Faltered on the weekend to drop into a T8 with four others, six shots behind champion Wil Bateman.
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GolfBC Championship: Went to the 72nd hole at Gallagher’s Canyon GC tied with Noah Goodwin. Could only manage a par-4 on the closing hole and watched as Goodwin dropped in a four-footer for birdie to secure the win. Moved into contention on the final day with an eagle-3 on the par-5 12th and a birdie on the next hole. Earlier in the day had eagled the par-5 sixth, finishing with four eagles for the week.
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CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open: In Winnipeg, fired weekend rounds of 68-66 at Southwood G&CC to T8 with four others.
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Royal Beach Victoria Open presented by Times Colonist: Had bookend 67s to go with a pair of 65s in his middle rounds at Uplands GC in the PGA TOUR Canada season-opener. Finished regulation at 16-under, tied for the lead with Jake Knapp in Victoria, British Columbia. Matched Knapp’s birdies on the first two sudden-death holes then birdied for a third consecutive hole, a score Knapp couldn’t match. The victory was his first PGA TOUR Canada title.
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PGA TOUR Canada Q-School USA West 3: Was one of four players with four under-par rounds at The Home Course in DuPont, Washington, in late-April. Closed with a pair of 70s to T4 with Cameron John and Blake Maum, good for exempt status for the first half of the PGA TOUR Canada season.
2020 Season
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Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA Central: Earned conditional Forme Tour status, finishing alone in 16th at TPC San Antonio.
Amateur Highlights
- Was runner-up five times as an amateur, four times in college and at the 2019 Northeast Amateur (losing to Garrett May). Other close calls came at the 2017 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic (KK Limbhasut), the 2017 Valspar Collegiate (Tyler Strafaci), the 2017 All-American (Cooper Dossey) and the 2019 Cleveland Golf Palmetto Invite (Will Miles).
Q SCHOOL GRADUATE
- PGA TOUR Canada: 2020
- PGA TOUR Canada: 2022
- Korn Ferry Tour: 2022