Began to take golf seriously at age 14 after family moved to Florida from Maryland, where he played Little League baseball. Still avid Baltimore Orioles fan...Won first tournament at 15 as member of Greater Tampa Junior Golf Association...

In 2002, he finished T4 at the Phoenix Open. The 64-64--128 total on Saturday-Sunday matched the lowest final 36 holes in Phoenix Open history...Topped the previous week's finish with a T3 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, four strokes behind Matt Gogel. 2001: Had two top-10s, while making 18 cuts in 29 starts...First top-10 came close to home with T8 at Bay Hill Invitational...Best showing of the year occurred at the Shell Houston Open, where he shared first-round lead after opening with 67. Followed with 68 for one-stroke lead through 36-holes. Stood one back after 54 holes following a third-round 73. Closing 73 on Sunday produced T2, three strokes behind Hal Sutton...Took first-round lead at The INTERNATIONAL, with opening 17-point total using Modified Stableford scoring system. Finished T34 with 15 points. Had to pass on the popular milkshake at Castle Pines due to doctor's recommendation that he eliminate sugar, dairy products and bread from his diet. Change in his diet served as boost to his energy level. 2000: First top-10 came at THE PLAYERS Championship, a T9. Also marked his first top-10 finish in THE PLAYERS Championship since winning the event in 1995.

Best finish of the season came at Tampa Bay Classic, a T6. 1999: Slipped out of the top 40 on the PGA TOUR money list for the first time in five seasons...At GTE Byron Nelson Classic, final-round 69 was good for T3...Shared first-round lead at Bell Canadian Open after opening with 66. Took outright lead with third-round 68 before closing 76 left him T3. 1998: Captured his second U.S. Open title in six years by recording the best final-round U.S. Open comeback in 25 years. Was five strokes behind Payne Stewart through 54 holes. Closed with 68 to win by one over Stewart, who closed with 74 at Olympic Club. Five-stroke comeback best since Johnny Miller came from six back to win 1973 U.S. Open. It was his first victory on TOUR since 1995 and eighth career win. 1997: Posted seven top-10 finishes, including two seconds, and earned a fourth trip to THE TOUR Championship. 1995: Won three times--THE PLAYERS Championship, Kemper Open and Sprint International...Trailed Bernhard Langer and Corey Pavin by one entering final round at TPC at Sawgrass. Shot closing 71 for one-stroke victory...Birdied 72nd hole at Kemper Open to tie Pavin then birdied 18th again to win playoff...Birdied holes 14-17 on Sunday to overtake Ernie Els and win Sprint by one point under Modified Stableford scoring system. 1994: Won Buick Classic by three strokes over Els, who won U.S. Open the following week. 1993: First U.S. Open title came in head-to-head battle with Payne Stewart at Baltusrol GC. Shot 67-67-69-69--272 to equal U.S. Open scoring record set by Jack Nicklaus in 1980 and defeat Stewart by two strokes...Earlier that year, defeated Andrew Magee by two strokes for Phoenix Open title. 1992: First TOUR victory came at Northern Telecom Open. Closing 65 gave him one-stroke win over Bill Britton. 1989: Leading money winner on U.S. Golf Tour. Amateur: Won 1986 Division II national championship while at Florida Southern. First-team All-American in 1985-86.

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