Is a personal friend of actor Bill Murray, with whom he played in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on multiple occasions. The duo won the pro-am in 2011 and Points went on to win the tournament, his first career win on the PGA TOUR. The pair also joined forces for the pro-am at the 2015 John Deere Classic.

Is a big follower of University of Illinois athletics.

Third-team All-America at Illinois. Three-time Illinois Amateur champion. Reached the quarterfinals of the 1996 U.S. Amateur at Pumpkin Ridge GC, where he lost to eventual-champion Tiger Woods, 3 and 2, in the quarterfinals.