Personal
- Native of Carmel, Calif.
Career Highlights
- Won the Fred Haskins Award twice (1979 and 1980), joining golfing legends Ben Crenshaw and Phil Mickelsen as the only multi-winners of the award
- Selected to the Walker Cup Team; World Cup Team; NCAA All-Stars vs. Japan
- Three-time First Team All-American (1978, 1979, 1980)
- Named the U.S. Amateur of the Year (1979)
- Low amateur at the 1978 U.S. Open
- Low amateur at the 1979 Masters
- Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year (1978, 1979, 1980)
- WAC Individual Conference Champion (1979, 1980)
- Became the youngest BYU Cougar to win a major college tournament at the age of 17
- Lead BYU to three Top 4 finishes at the NCAA Championships (1978, 1979, 1980)
- Led BYU to 32 team titles in three seasons (1978, 1979, 1980)
- Won the California State Amateur (1978 and 1980)
- Won the Porter Cup, the Sunnehanna Amateur, and the Western Amateur while at BYU
- Led Team USA to the Eisenhower Trophy at the World Amateur Team Championship at Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji
Before BYU
- Northern California Junior Champion (1976)
- California State Junior Champion (1977)
- Won the California Tournament of Champions
After BYU
- Turned professional in 1980 following his junior season
- Played in the PGA Tour from 1980-95
- Won the 1982 Southern Open
- Had almost three dozen top-10 finishes in his Tour career
- Joined CBS Sports in 1991 as an on-course reporter for the PGA Championship, and split duties between CBS, TNT and Golf Channel telecasts for years
- Is also active in golf course design
- Also played on the Champions Tour
Post BYU Honors and Societies
- Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 1990