Disqualified himself for a rules violation (signing an incorrect scorecard) after advancing through the first stage of the 2012 PGA TOUR Qualifying School at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. after apparently brushing a leaf in a bunker in the fourth round, assessed himself a one-stroke penalty, when in fact, the penalty should have been two strokes. He played the final two rounds because his caddie was certain the leaf had not moved in the first place. After wrestling with the decision for six days, he called the PGA TOUR and disqualified himself to protect the field. "I continued to pray about it and think about it, and I just did not have any peace about it," Barber told Golfweek. "I knew I needed to do the right thing. I knew it was going to be disqualification." His honesty allowed six other players to advance to the second stage.

Turned professional in June 2012 and forewent his final season of eligibility at Auburn University because he had already earned a bachelor's degree in finance.

Earliest golf memory is watching golf on TV with his dad. He took the children to THE PLAYERS Championship where they would sit on No. 17 and watch the caddies hit and get a ton of autographs.

Very into music and would like to learn how to play the guitar some day.