He attended the University of Houston and was a member of the golf team; he was an All-American in 1986, his senior year.

He earned his PGA Tour card for 1991 by finishing T-16 at qualifying school.

He is able to boast three top-5 finishes in one particular tournament: the Freeport-McMoRan Golf Classic.

Standly finished second at the 1997 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic when Billy Ray Brown birdied the final hole to win by one stroke.

[1] Standly's best finish on the Nationwide Tour is T-3 at the 2003 Alberta Calgary Classic.