Is a 2009 graduate of Valencia (Calif.) High School.

Earliest golf memory is Tiger Woods winning the 1997 Masters.

Watches all sports (mostly professional) and is a big fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Dodgers. Legendary Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda made a promise to him in 2017 that he would call him when he won his first PGA TOUR event, and did so following the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship.

Knows more about reality television than he cares to admit due to watching so much with his wife, Lacey.

Favorite course played is The National GL of America, host of the 2013 Walker Cup. Favorite TV shows are "The Office" and "Friends." Favorite movies are the Harry Potter series. Favorite city is San Diego. Favorite quote is "Winners never quit, quitters never win."

Carries two coins with him as a good luck charm. One is from 1991, the birth year of his wife, Lacey, and one from 2018, the year he got Scotty, his yellow lab.

Went on to become one of the best players in the history of the University of California golf team.

Was a first-team All-American his senior year and Cal's first individual champion at the 2013 NCAA Championship playing for a Bears' team he tri-captained, a squad that won 11 of 14 tournaments (but not the NCAA Championship).

Fired a 9-under-par, career-low 61 at the North Course at Los Angeles CC on his way to the Pac-12 individual title in 2013.

Was named to the Ben Hogan Award watch list his senior year.

As a junior, earned third-team All-American honors.

In the summer of 2013, was a member of the victorious U.S. Walker Cup team at The National GL of America on Long Island.

Qualified for the 2013 U.S. Open (missed cut).