I'm from Bishopville, South Carolina, and have lived there all my life. I’ve loved golf for a long time but took a strange road to breaking into professional golf. A while back, a friend put up the $750 entrance fee for me to enter my first professional event. Luckily, I won it and $15,000, so he made a good investment. After that, I was recruited to be on Big Break IV, a golf reality show, and then again on Big Break VII, The Reunion, which I ended up winning.

My motto for golf is, “You think long, you think wrong.” The quote does not refer to hitting the ball a long way—we all know I like to hit it far. It actually refers to thinking too long over your shot. When I was on Big Break, it really put a lot of pressure on me not to go home on a good shot, a bad shot or a mediocre shot. So I just kind of got used to playing the game and having fun with it, going with the flow instead of worrying about every shot I’ve got to hit. Now my approach is to just trust it and hit it.

I’ve finally reached my ultimate goal of playing on the PGA Tour. This is my first year, and I want to make it count and be out here for the rest of my life.

You can find out more about me on my website or read my GolfLink blog.