Had an offer to play college baseball and only had one college offer to play golf.

Most of his family plays golf and have holes-in-one, including his sister, who made her first one within her first handful of rounds.

Earliest golf memory is going to an indoor range as a 5- or 6-year-old and trying to hit balls to the back wall that was between 80-90 yards away.

Played collegiately for four seasons at Marshall University (2014-18), with the highlight a pair of individual victories and an All-Conference USA Second Team laurel as a senior.