Boasts 20-plus wins as a professional across multiple mini-tours and state-sanctioned open events.

Won four state titles as a member of the Pomona High School Marching Band, and also swam competitively for 10 years; he swam for North Jeffco Swim Club in the Junior Olympics, and even met and swam with Michael Phelps at a clinic Phelps hosted in Arvada, Colorado.

Outside golf enjoys country dancing, playing the alto saxophone, snowboarding and riding horses.

Enjoys doing mechanical work on vehicles and is slowly restoring a 1952 Dodge B-3-C pickup truck his wife bought for him as a wedding present (they refer to it as Bucky); he also bought an older John Deere Gator 6x4 and is fixing it up to use on the ranch.

Ran his own lawn mowing business in high school and enjoyed making patterns in the yards; he also worked in home improvement with his parents, who flipped homes before it became more commonplace.

Earliest golf memory is hitting balls at Lake Arbor Golf Course in Arvada, Colorado; the course was behind his house growing up, and once the marshals pulled the flags for the night, he would play the 12th hole over and over until dark.

Has aspired to play the Masters since he was 15 years old and uses the tournament's theme song as his alarm clock each morning.

His wife, Carly, runs her own business training horses and giving horseback riding lessons; she uses natural horsemanship methods to start colts and help people solve problems with their own horses.

He and his wife, Carly, quarter horses and cattle on the small ranch they manage for Carly's parents in Golden, Colorado.

Older brother, Zenon (goes by Zen), played college golf at Colorado State University (2005-09), where he earned All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2007 and 2009; he also won the 2007 Colorado Golf Association Match Play Championship.

Younger sister, Zarena, was a decorated swimmer at University of Houston (2016-20), where she won numerous individual titles at the American Athletic Conference Championships, was named the 2019-20 AAC Co-Swimmer of the Year, and broke school records in the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard medley relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, and 800-yard freestyle relay.

Uncle, Graham Russell, is the lead singer and guitarist of Air Supply, a soft rock duo which produced eight top-five hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the late 1970s and early 1980s; they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame in December 2013.

Raised as a Green Bay Packers fan because his father, Orin, grew up near Lambeau Field.