Favorite golf course is Cypress Point on the Monterey Peninsula.

Favorite book is 1984 by George Orwell. His favorite team as a kid was the Los Angeles Rams, and his favorite athlete was Sandy Koufax. Among the music he enjoys listening to is Jethro Tull, the Allman Brothers, Les Dudek, Johnny Winter and classic rock. Is a big fan of Tommy's Hamburgers. Favorite movie is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

His first job was a dishwasher at a restaurant.

Says the one talent he'd most love to have is to be able to play drums.

One course he's never played that he'd love to play is Pine Valley.

Says the person he'd most like to sit down for a discussion with and why is Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, who he says has "a brilliant mind."

His bucket includes swimming in the La Brea Tar Pits, taking a bulldozer to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and opening a Swiss bank account, as well as playing nine holes with the Dalai Lama at Cypress Point.

Credits his dad for giving him his start in golf.