Faxon won the Haskins Award for the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States in 1983.

He also received that same year's Golf Magazine and NCAA Coaches Awards as the nation's outstanding amateur golfer.

He led the PGA Tour in Putting Average in 1996, 1999, and 2000 (when he set the single-season record with only 1.704 putts/greens in regulation), and finished 13th in 2005 at the age of 44.

Faxon had been one of the most successful players on the PGA Tour throughout the 1990s, a mainstay in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings, but a knee injury began to hamper his effectiveness in 2003, causing him to suffer through his worst season in 14 years in 2004.

Faxon bounced back in 2005, though, winning his first tournament in four years and finishing 45th on the PGA Tour Money List.

In addition to being one of the PGA Tour's top players over the past 25 years, Faxon is one of the game's most generous figures.

He also co-chair's Button Hole with Andrade, a short course that serves as a teaching and learning center for children.