Career highlights

• 2014-15: Finished the campaign No. 189 in the FedExCup standings, with seven made cuts in 21 starts. Managed two top-25 finishes, posting matching T22s at The McGladrey Classic and Puerto Rico Open. Season included a hole-in-one at the 13th hole during the first round of the Valero Texas Open, but went on to miss the cut, with rounds of 74-81
• In the Web.com Tour Finals, recorded a top-10 at the Small Business Connection Championship at River Run, the second event. Carded 67-65-70 to grab a share of the 54-hole lead. Finished T9, posting a disappointing final-round 76
• Dropped from 16th to 20th on the Finals' money list the next week after a T52 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, but was still five inside the 25th card position
• A missed cut at the Web.com Tour Championship would drop him six more spots to No. 26. On Sunday, was the victim of a Lucas Glover bogey on the 72nd hole, the same bogey that enabled Rob Oppenheim to take the 25th and final spot. Missed improving his PGA TOUR status by $394. Ironically, in 2014, he grabbed the last available card at the Web.com Tour Championship by $31.66
• Will play out of the Past Champion category on TOUR in 2015-16.2013-14: With seven made cuts in 10 starts, completed the year No. 184 in the FedExCup. Enjoyed season-best finish at the Barracuda Championship, finishing T12 in the Modified Stableford scoring format. Other top-25 outing came at the Puerto Rico Open (T24)
• Steady but unspectacular play led to T46, T12, T32 and T25 finishes in the Web.com Tour Finals, which resulted in him earning $36,311. It was enough to nail down the 50th and final card by a mere $32. Shot 68 at TPC Sawgrass' Dye's Valley Course on the last day to get inside the top 50.2013: Missed the cut and withdrew in his only two PGA TOUR starts. Made two of six cuts on the Web.com Tour. 2012: Finished T49 at the True South Classic for his only made cut in three PGA TOUR starts (through the end of the season). 2011: Failed to make a cut in two starts on the PGA TOUR. 2010: Playing out of the Past Champion category, managed just six starts, with a T63 at the U.S. Open his best outing among two made cuts
• Missed the cut in all five starts on the Web.com Tour. 2009: Made the cut in just seven of 30 starts on the PGA TOUR and failed to record a top-25 finish. 2008: Enjoyed his best season on TOUR since his rookie year of 2006 with three top-10 finishes, a pair of T4s
• Finished T9 at the U.S. Open after closing with a 2-under 69. Had never made a cut in a major championship in four previous starts. It was his first top-10 of the season and first top-10 since finishing T3 at the 2006 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
• Second top-10 of the year was a T4 finish at the John Deere Classic. Held the 54-hole lead with Brad Adamonis, but closed with an even-par 71 to miss the three-man playoff
• After no top-10s in 2007, claimed his third top-10 in six weeks with a T4 at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, thanks to a birdie-birdie finish Sunday. 2007: Struggled during the season with 18 cuts made in 36 starts. Best finish of the year came at the PODS Championship, a T19
• Had two tournaments, the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial and Wyndham Championship, where he strung four consecutive sub-par rounds together
• Made a hole-in-one at the Ginn sur Mer Classic during the opening round and won a 2008 Chrysler Sebring convertible. 2006: Fresh off the Web.com Tour, rookie earned first PGA TOUR victory and surpassed $1 million in earnings on the season. Jumped from No. 183 to No. 73 over the course of the final month and made the cut in nine of final 10 starts
• After minimal success in his first 26 starts, became the eighth left-hander to win in TOUR history at the Valero Texas Open. After playing his first 14 holes 1-over par, played his final 58 holes 16-under and went a stretch of 53 holes without making a bogey (No. 6/first round to No. 13/final round). Collected a first-place check for $720,000. Led by four entering the final round and carded a 1-over 71 to win by three over three players. The 71 marked the first time since 1960 that a Valero Texas Open champion carded an over-par final round. Arnold Palmer overcame sub-freezing temperatures to win in 1960 despite a final-round 75
• Added a T3 at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. Held the lead on back nine at one point but two bogeys over his last five holes left him three strokes behind winner Davis Love III. 2005: One of three lefties to advance to the PGA TOUR from the Web.com Tour, joining Greg Chalmers and Bubba Watson
• In second start of season and sixth career start on the Web.com Tour, the Monday qualifier captured his initial victory at the Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh, NC. Only player in field to post four rounds in the 60s. Became the Tour's third left-handed winner (Vic Wilk and Steve Flesch)
• Closed season with a runner-up finish at the Web.com Tour Championship, which jumped him from No. 27 on money list to No. 16. 2003: Won the Capitol City Open on NGA/Hooters Tour. 2002: Took home the first of two career NGA/Hooters Tour victories when he made an eagle on the first playoff hole to claim the Northwest Arkansas Classic. Amateur: Attended East Tennessee State University, the same school that produced TOUR golfers Mike Hulbert, Keith Nolan, Bobby Gage and Garrett Willis.