Played one season for Northwestern University outside Chicago before leaving school to turn professional.

When he won the 2013 U.S. Amateur, he became the first English winner of the U.S. Amateur since Harold Hilton in 1911.

With a T44 finish at the 2013 Open Championship and a T48 finish at the 2014 U.S. Open, became the first amateur since Bobby Jones in 1930 to hold low amateur titles at The Open Championship and U.S. Open at the same time.

Fan of Sheffield United F.C.

Ascended to the No. 1 position in the World Amateur Golf Ranking on the strength of winning the 2013 U.S. Amateur, defeating Oliver Goss by a 4-and-3 score at The Country Club in Massachusetts. Became the first English winner of the U.S. Amateur since Har

Won the 2012 Boys Amateur Championship.

Awarded the Silver Medal at the 2013 Open Championship, finishing T44