Professional

• Head Professional at Preston Trail Golf Club (1999 to present)
• Head Professional at El Paso Country Club (1996-1999)
• Assistant professional under Bill Eschenbrenner at El Paso Country Club (1992 to 1995)
• Elected to PGA Membership: July 1994
• 2018 El Paso Golf Hall of Fame
• Qualified for 20 Joe Black Cup Matches

Mentoring/Teaching

• Mentored and coached Rich Beem to three PGA Tour wins, including 2002 PGA Championship
• Fifteen-time Golf Digest’s “Best Teachers in Texas” List
• Mentor and coach Jeff Barton, Preston Trail Director of Instruction, 2018 NTPGA Teacher of the Year
• Coached multiple college All-Americans and PGA Professionals
• Three former assistants have won NTPGA Assistant Professional of the Year
• One former assistant has won NTPGA Golf Professional of the Year
• Seven former assistants are now Head Golf Professionals
• Three former assistants are Directors of Instruction

Awards and Service

• PGA Of America National Bill Strausbaugh Award recipient (2018)
• NTPGA Bill Strausbaugh Award recipient (2012 and 2018)
• NTPGA Teacher of the Year (2003)
• 2010 NTPGA Golf Professional of the Year
• 2008 NTPGA Player of the Year
• Past NTPGA Tournament committee chairman
• NTPGA Board Member and Secretary
• Co-Founder of KidSwing kids’ golf tournament that benefits Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Started in 2002, has raised more than $2 million.

Birthplace: New Mexico

Born: April 8, 1968