He attended Brigham Young University for three years where he was a first-team All-American as a Junior.

[5] Summerhays would have made $108,000 by winning the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational but he did not get any prize money because he was an amateur when he entered the tournament.

His best performances came at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open where he finished in a tie for second.

Summerhays struggled during his rookie year on Tour, making only 8 cuts in 29 events.

In July he lost a sudden-death playoff to Woody Austin at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Later in the year, at the PGA Championship, Summerhays finished in solo 3rd after birdieing six out of his last 10 holes in the final round.