Comes from a golf family. His older brother, Boyd, is a past PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour member, who is now a golf instructor. Uncle Bruce Summerhays was a PGA TOUR Champions player, and his cousin Carrie Roberts is a former LPGA player who is the head women's golf coach at BYU.

Served a two-year Mormon mission from June 2003-June 2005 in Santiago, Chile, and is fluent in Spanish.

Was a member of the Davis High School (Kaysville, Utah) state championship basketball team.

Favorite sport outside of golf is basketball, but sticks to racquet sports to avoid injury. Is an avid ping-pong and pickleball player.

With his Spanish-language background, considered himself part of the Korn Ferry Tour's "Latin Federation," which at the time included Miguel Angel Carballo, Sebastian Fernandez, Fabian Gomez and Esteban Toledo. Says he understands Chilean slang perfectly but "Argentine or Mexican slang words are a little different."

Always uses an orange ball mark.

Completed his amateur career with a fourth-place showing at the NCAA Championship and became one of 10 players to earn first-team Ping All-American honors. He had the second-best scoring average among Division 1 players (69.95) and finished seventh or bet

Shot a 10-under 60 at Golden Horseshoe GC in Williamsburg, Va., to tie the NCAA single-round scoring record during the 2006 Golfweek/Ping Preview in October 2006.