Says of days on foreign tours, "I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. I learned so much, not only about golf, but about myself. I'd be telling stories about Asia until the day I die."

Known for wearing his patented bucket golf hat.

Active in promoting adoption through the Fore Adoption Foundation and the Dave Thomas Foundation.

Underwent right-elbow surgery midway throught the 2005 season and experienced complications from that surgery during the summer of 2006.

Son, Sam, was a talented junior golfer. He was the winner of the 2012 Ping Junior Match Play Championship and is now a member of the Northwestern University golf program. He qualified for the 2016 U.S. Amateur.