Exempt status
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PGA TOUR: 12th on 2012 Web.com Tour money list
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Web.com Tour: Conditional - Past Champions 5-10 Years
Personal
- Sister competes in equestrian
- Father, Paul, pitched for Oral Roberts' baseball team (1978-1982)
- Has used Randy Smith at instructor since age 8
- Would most like to play Cypress Point
- Favorite website is espn.com
- Favorite college teams are the Oklahoma Sooners and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and his top pro teams are the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers and Dallas Mavericks. Favorite TV show is "Friends," and his top movie is "American Psycho." Favorite book is the Holy Bible. Favorite athletes to watch are Josh Hamilton and Dirk Nowitzki. Favorite city to visit is Chicago and top vacation spot is Hawaii. Carries crackers in his golf bag for a snack
- Favorite app is Words with Friends. Dream foursome would include his dad, Jack Nicklaus and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton. Not many people know he played baseball in sixth grade on the same team as Detroit Lions' quarterback Matthew Stafford and Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Clayton Kershaw
- Bucket list is to have a full-time job in golf next year. Supports Just Say Yes, cystic fibrosis causes, Hunger Boosters, the North Texas PGA and the Salesmanship Club of Dallas.
- Sister competes in equestrian
- Father, Paul, pitched for Oral Roberts' baseball team (1978-1982)
- Has used Randy Smith as instructor since age 8
- Would most like to play Cypress Point
- Favorite website is espn.com
- Favorite college teams are the Oklahoma Sooners and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and his top pro teams are the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers and Dallas Mavericks. Favorite TV show is "Friends," and his top movie is "American Psycho." Favorite book is The Bible. Favorite athletes to watch are Josh Hamilton and Dirk Nowitski. Favorite city to visit is Chicago and top vacation spot is Hawaii. Carries crackers in his golf bag for a snack
- Favorite app is Words with Friends
- Dream foursome would include his dad, Jack Nicklaus and Sport Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton
- Not many people know he played baseball in sixth grade on the same team as Detroit Lions' quarterback Matthew Stafford and Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Clayton Kershaw
- Bucket list is to have a full-time job in golf next year. Supports Just Say Yes, cystic fibrosis causes, Hunger Boosters, the North Texas PGA and the Salesmanship Club of Dallas.
Special Interests
Web.com Tour Victories (1)
- 2012 Chile Classic Presented by Pacific Rubiales
Career highlights
- 2013: Made three of 18 cuts on TOUR to finish No. 205 in the FedExCup standings.2012: Finished the season No. 12 on the Web.com Tour money list to earn his PGA TOUR playing privileges for the 2013 season. Missed the cut in seven of his final 12 starts and his best finish was a T19 in that stretch but had built a solid foundation with enough insurance to lock up a spot among the leading money winners
- Earned his first career win in just his third pro start, taking the inaugural Chile Classic by three strokes over Joseph Bramlett. Grabbed a two-stroke lead after 36 holes with a course-record, 8-under 64. Added another 64 in the third round and upped his lead to six shots. An even-par front nine Sunday allowed some potential challengers to get close. Bramlett, 10 back to start the day, closed to within two, thanks to a birdie at No. 17. Playing 70 minutes behind Bramlett, he rolled in consecutive birdie putts at Nos. 13 and 14 to push his lead back to four. After a bogey at 15 he closed out the victory with three straight pars down the stretch. "It wasn't pretty, but it was enough," he said, while collecting the $108,000 first-place check to move to No. 3 on the money list at the time
- Was T2 at the TPC Stonebrae Championship by posting four rounds in the 60s. Shared the second-round lead at 6-under with two others in the weather-plagued event. Was in the final group in the final round and missed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole that would have forced a playoff with clubhouse leader, and winner, Alex Aragon. Earned enough money to move to No. 2 on the money list at the time
- Had another close call as he attempted to win for the second time. Made a late charge on the back nine at the Mexico Open, birdieing holes 10 through 14. Lipped out an 8-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole that would have forced a playoff with winner Lee Williams. The $67,500 he earned vaulted him to the top of the Web.com Tour money list at the time. Enters his rookie season on the 2013 PGA TOUR with a missed cut at the 2012 HP Byron Nelson Championship his only previous TOUR start. Amateur: Only golfer in Highland Park High School history to start on four straight state championship teams
- Won medalist honors at the 2011 ACC Championship
- Named 2010 NCAA All American
- Member of three straight ACC Championship teams at Georgia Tech
- Named to the dean's list three years at Georgia Tech.
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