Attended Brophy College Prepatory High School in Phoenix.

Has one brother and one sister.

His grandfather, William Huiskamp, was a two-time letterman in basketball and a three-time letterman in baseball at Duke University in the mid-1930s.

One of his earliest golf memories was hitting a ball as child with his grandfather at Moon Valley CC.

Biggest thrill in golf to date was winning the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship and away from golf was the birth of his children.

Favorite course is Pebble Beach and favorite teams include the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals and the University of Arizona Wildcats.

Likes to vacation in Carmel, Calif., and his Bucket List includes taking his family to Hawaii.

Listens to Andrea Bocelli, likes steak and eating at the City Grill.

Says his mother and grandfather started him in the game of golf while he was still in diapers.

Leads Phoenix charity fund-raising golf tournament for A Stepping Stone Foundation, which educates underprivileged children and their families. TOUR players Jason Gore, Jerry Smith, Pat Perez, Kirk Triplett and former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Webb are among those who have helped raise more than $150,000 for the group.

Lives in the same Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood as PGA TOUR players J.J. Henry, Rory Sabbatini and Chad Campbell.

Lists Jimmy Buffett as his hero.

Coached for more than 25 years by Pam Barnett, one of the few female instructors on TOUR.

Website for his foundation is tedpurdyfoundation.org. Personal site is purds.com.