Played high school golf with PGA TOUR member Heath Slocum. TOUR member Bubba Watson later attended and played golf at Milton High School, and nearby resident Joe Durant is a close friend. Slocum's dad, Jack, served as his caddie during finals of the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.

Nicknamed after cartoon hero Yogi Bear's sidekick, "Boo Boo" Bear.

Studied turfgrass science in college and later worked as a laborer at the Monsanto chemical plant in Pensacola, Fla.