Qualified for this fourth U.S. Open after being the first alternate in the Milton, Ontario, Canada, sectional qualifier, where he shot 4-under 140 at RattleSnake Point Golf Club and lost a 3-for-2 playoff for the last guaranteed spots from the site. Both of his PGA Tour victories to date came in 2013 (FedEx St. Jude Classic and OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico). He won the 2011 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational on the Web.com Tour as an amateur. The triumph came a couple of months before he represented the USA in the Walker Cup Match at Royal Aberdeen. Attended The Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn. Played collegiately at the University of Georgia and graduated in 2011 with a business degree.