Exempt status
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Korn Ferry Tour: Top 75 in 2020-21 Regular Season Standings (thru 2022)
JOINED TOUR
PGA Tour Canada Victories (1)
2019 Season
Personal
- Served for two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Father, Steve, played college football for Weber State. Both of his sisters played golf at Weber State.
- Was the starting point guard on his high school basketball team (Fremont High) and was an all-state selection in 2011.
- In June 2019, became the first player to receive a grant from the Tony Finau Foundation. The $40,000 donation came from Finau, whose foundation received the grant from the Korn Ferry Tour's Utah Championship and Utah Sports Commission. The funds are to be used to mentor up-and-coming golfers from Utah.
- Family is in the ranching business with horse ranches in Utah and Idaho.
Special Interests
- Basketball, lifting weights, fishing
Career Highlights
2021 Season
Posted eight top-25s and 26 made cuts in 41 Korn Ferry Tour starts across the 2020-21 combined season, which saw him finish No. 71 in the regular season points standings. Played his way into the top 75 of the points standings and qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals with a T4 in the regular season finale, the 2021 Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna. Also finished T4 at the 2020 Country Club de Bogota Championship.
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Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna: Played his way into the top 75 of the regular season points standings (and the Korn Ferry Tour Finals) with a third-round 7-under 64 and final-round 3-under 68, totaling a 12-under 272 and finishing T4 at the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna.
2020 Season
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Wichita Open Supporting Wichita's Youth: Spurred by a second-round 62, finished the week T5 at the Wichita Open Supporting Wichita's Youth at 13-under 267.
2019 Season
Played in all 12 Mackenzie Tour events, making 11 cuts, winning once and picking up four top-10 finishes. Ended the season in the fifth spot on the Order of Merit to earn 2020 Korn Ferry Tour membership.
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Canada Life Championship: Highlighted by back-to-back 64s over the weekend, picked up his first-career PGA TOUR Canada victory, capturing the season-ending event at Highland CC by three strokes over David Pastore. Played his final round without a bogey, moving from 11th to fifth place on the Order of Merit to earn 2020 Korn Ferry Tour membership.
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CoBank Colorado Open: At Green Valley Ranch in Denver, had an impressive week but a disappointing finish Sunday, battling Albuquerque’s Sam Saunders all week before finally settling on a T2 with James Love. Finished at 20-under, four shots behind Saunders’ winning score. After opening with rounds of 64-66-65, stumbled on the final day, with four birdies and five bogeys in his 1-over 73. Still earned $15,000.
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HFX Pro-Am presented by Steele Jaguar: Finished inside the top 10 for the third time in seven events, breaking 70 all four rounds, and for the 11th time in his past 12 rounds. Shooting a front-nine 30 Sunday, posted a final-round 66 to T6 at Oakfield G&CC.
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Windsor Championship: Matched Tain Lee for the lowest final-36-hole score at the event, shooting a pair of 65s at Ambassador GC to finish runner-up alongside five other players, a stroke behind winner Dawson Armstrong. The runner-up showing represented his career-best finish.
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Bayview Place DCBank Open presented by Times Colonist: Shot 66 three times in four rounds at Uplands GC in Victoria, British Columbia, two of those 66s the result of bogey-free play. Finished alone in third place, five shots behind winner Paul Barjon.
2018 Season
Made seven PGA TOUR Canada starts, posting two top-10s and weekend appearances in all seven tournaments. Finished 42nd on the Order of Merit. Also played in two Korn Ferry Tour tournaments, making one cut.
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Freedom 55 Financial Championship: Made only four bogeys during the season-ending event to finish T9 with two others, his second top-10 of the season. Turned in four consecutive rounds in the 60s, including a Sunday 65 at Highland CC.
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Syncrude Oil Country Championship presented by AECON: Enjoyed his top finish of the season, recording four sub-70 scores at Edmonton Petroleum G&CC. Briefly held a share of the final-round lead after opening his day with four consecutive birdies.
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Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank: Making his Korn Ferry Tour debut as a sponsor's exemption in his home state, finished T24 to earn a spot in the Pinnacle Bank Championship field the next week.
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Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA WEST 1: Qualified for PGA TOUR Canada by finishing T20 in Santee, California, in March.
2017 Season
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Utah Open: Completely dominated his state open. Went to the final hole at Provo's Riverside CC, his home course in college, holding an eight-stroke lead. Added one more stroke to his final margin of victory, shooting a three-day, 26-under total to defeat Zahkai Brown. The win was worth $20,000. Rounds of 63-64-63 allowed him to break Nate Lashley's 2015 tournament record by four shots.
Amateur Highlights
- While still playing for BYU, won the 2016 Utah State Amateur, the longest continuously running golf tournament in the U.S. Captured the 118th playing of the tournament, defeating Aaron Smith, 4 and 2, at Alpine CC in Highland, Utah.
- Was the low amateur at the 2015 Utah Open at Provo's Riverside CC. Took the first-round lead with a 10-under 62 and eventually finished T5 with two others.
- Broke through in a big way, crushing the competition at the 2017 Utah Open, shooting rounds of 63-64-63 at Riverside CC to defeat defending champion Zahkai Brown by nine shots. Recorded back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 9 and 10 in the first round, the only ble
- Named the 2009 Utah Junior Golfer of the Year.
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