Natural left-hander who plays the game right-handed but putts southpaw.

Is involved with eyesight organizations as a result of his wife, Claudia, suffering from pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a rare eye disease.

Roomed with Fred Couples for one year and with CBS Sports golf host Jim Nantz for three while attending the University of Houston. Joined Couples and Nantz in Three Amigos Celebrity Tournament, first held in October 1994. One of the beneficiaries of the event was PXE research.

Is one of a number of former University of Houston products on the Champions Tour, joining Tom Jenkins, Steve Elkington, Fuzzy Zoeller and Couples, as well as broadcasters Billy Ray Brown and John Mahaffey.