Is proud of what he calls a never-give-up mentality.

Father is a golf coach. Accompanied Dad to many of his lessons when he was a small child.

Used a golf club to help him balance as he learned to walk.

Says his earliest golf memory was attending the 2006 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

Won his lone college event, the 2016 Northern Intercollegiate, shooting back-to-back 68s to defeat Edoardo Raffaele Lipparelli by two strokes.

In May, in his native Belgium, won the 2016 Grand Prix AFG by three shots over fellow Belgian Adrien Dumont De Chassart.