Career highlights

• 2014: Was within two shots of the lead after 54 holes of the News Sentinel Open at Fox Den CC. Carded a 68 in the final round for a T6
• Fired a bogey-free 64 in the third round of the Midwest Classic and was three shots off the lead after 54 holes. Struggled Sunday with a 72 for a runner-up performance.2012: Earned a return trip to the TOUR after finishing T17 at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Finished T18 at Q School in 2008
• Made the cut in 13 of 24 starts on the Web.com Tour and had four top-10 and seven top-25 finishes
• Earned his first top-10 finish of the year, with a T5 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am
• Qualified in June for the U.S. Open in San Francisco, where he finished T15 in his first major championship start. Shot scores of 72-71-72-71 and finished five shots back of winner Webb Simpson
• Followed that with a T4 effort two weeks later, at the United Leasing Championship, where he led the field in Putts Per Round
• A final-round 67 at the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open put him in fourth, giving him his fourth top-10 of the campaign.2011: Made the cut in 20 of 23 starts but had only two top-10 finishes
• Enjoyed solid season that included a stretch of 13 consecutive cuts made
• First top-10 of the year was a solo sixth-place effort at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open. Third-round 65 moved him into contention at Crestview CC. Wound up five shots back of winner Mathew Goggin
• Added a T9 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational. 2010: Played in 25 Web.com Tour events and made 10 cuts to finish No. 64 on the money list
• Playoff runner-up at the Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open, the best finish of his career on the Web.com Tour. After opening with a first-round, even-par 71, he rallied with three rounds in the 60s to jump 38 spots and finished regulation tied with Steve Pate. On the second extra hole, he left himself 99 feet away for birdie. After lagging his putt to 3 feet, he missed the short putt that gave Pate the victory. Also had four other top-25 finishes during the year. 2009: Member of the PGA TOUR, made the cut in six of 18 starts on TOUR. Earned his career-best result with a T7 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in just his sixth TOUR start. En route to the top-10 finish, equaled his career-low round (68 in the second round) and earned a career-best check of $203,175. With the finish, earned a spot into the field at the following week's Quail Hollow Championship. Made the cut in three of five starts on the Web.com Tour, with a season-best T42 at the Utah Championship. 2008: Successfully advanced through all three stages of the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament to earn his rookie 2009 PGA TOUR card. Made the cut on the number. At PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., posted four of six rounds in the 60s to finish T18
• Of the three Web.com Tour events in which he started, his best finish was 11th at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open. 2007: Member of the Web.com Tour, played in 36 career Web.com Tour events, with a best finish of T8 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open. 2006: Made the final stage of the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, where he missed his PGA TOUR card by one stroke but received his Web.com Tour card
• Member of the Gateway Tour. Posted his first victory on that Tour in June in the Desert Summer Series, based in Scottsdale. Went on to lead the money list, with $94,817, including 18 top-10 finishes. 2005: Member of the Gateway Tour. In his rookie season ended the year No. 15 on the money list. 2004: Winner of the Southern Arizona Open by one stroke over Rich Barcelo.Amateur: Earned All-Big 12 honors in 2003 and 2004. Posted two collegiate victories during his junior season. Holds the Kansas State records for career rounds played (136) and career tournaments played (49) and is fourth in career stroke average, at 74.30. Had the fourth-lowest stroke average in a season, at 73.34, during the 2002-03 season. Is the second former Kansas State golfer to qualify for the PGA TOUR, following Jim Colbert
• His Red Mountain High School team in Mesa, Ariz., won the state championship three times and the regional championship four times. He was named to the all-state team twice.