Comes from a golf-playing family.

His father, Pat, was named PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year in 1978 after an All-American career at BYU. He played on TOUR for 15 years and also spent a couple of seasons on PGA TOUR Champions Tour. Mother, Bonnie, played collegiate golf at the University of North Carolina.

While in high school, was the leading scorer on soccer team and second-leading scorer on basketball team. Earned all-state honors in both sports in 2009.

Favorite courses he's played are St. Andrews' The Old Course, Cypress Point GC, Caves Valley CC and Seminole GC.

Favorite teams are the North Carolina Tarheels and the Carolina Panthers. Tiger Woods and LeBron James are his favorite athletes to watch. Bruno Mars and Liquid Pleasure are his favorite entertainers. Bald Head Island, N.C., is his favorite vacation spot.

Tiger Woods, Bobby Jones and his grandmother would round out his dream foursome.

Favorite quote: "Cashin' checks, breakin' necks."

He and his family are involved with The First Tee of the Sandhills in North Carolina, raising money, awareness and helping with instruction.

He caddied for hid dad at age 15 when he qualified and played in the 2006 Senior Open Championship at Turnberry. "It isn't my earliest golf memory, but it is my most memorable being inside the ropes and all."

Grandmother Peggy Kirk Bell played on the LPGA and was one of the Founding Members of that Tour. Winner of the Titleholders Championship in 1949 and part of the 1950 Curtis Cup team. Recipient of the Bob Jones Award in 1990, the highest honor the USGA awards. Was also the recipient of the LPGA Patty Berg Award in 2013, which exemplifies diplomacy, sportsmanship, goodwill and contributions to the game of golf. She was the first woman voted into the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame in 2002, as well.

Says he is always searching for that one coin to use as a ball mark that "works for me very well on the greens."

Says he can grow a beard surprisingly quick.

Says he can perform "about every dance there ever was."

Uncles Kelly Miller and Kirk Bell and Aunt Peggy Miller all played college golf at the University of Alabama.