He is most notable for losing to Tiger Woods in a three-hole playoff for the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla.

He attended Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, California, and was featured in the Faces in the Crowd section in Sports Illustrated at age 16 in 1984.

[3] He played college golf at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater,[1] and was a member of the American Walker Cup team in 1991 before turning professional later that year.

He did not win on the Tour, but he finished second three times, including a playoff loss to Tiger Woods at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla, and most recently at the 2006 B.C.

His career was curtailed by a back injury in 2003, and in 2006 he played the PGA Tour on a Major Medical Exemption.