Parents lived on a nine-hole course, which made it conducive for him to take up the game. Dad would pick him up from grade school and they would head straight to the golf course.

Bucket list includes visiting all 50 states and traveling the world.

Would like to be featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. "It would be awesome to develop and successfully run a small business," he says.

Would like to trade places with someone in the military. "Would never be able to keep up but would just like to see how they work day in and day out."

Favorite courses are Whispering Pines, TPC Sawgrass and Hickory Hills Golf Club. Favorite college teams are Iowa State and Indiana University and pro teams are the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers. Peyton Manning, Reggie Miller and Andrew Luck are his favorite athletes.

Played four seasons at Iowa State University (2004-08), earning All-Big 12 Conference recognition as a senior in 2008 and setting a school record for single-season scoring average (71.66 in 2007-08 season).

Won the 2003 IHSAA Boys Golf Championship in record-setting fashion as a junior at Brownstown (Indiana) Central High School, carding rounds of 68 and 67 for a total of 135, breaking the previous record of 139 established by Gary Grant of Indianapolis' North Central High School in 1970.