From counter to course

Club affiliation: Plays everywhere, mostly at Newport Beach Country

Club and Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club

Residence: Costa Mesa

Birthplace: Anaheim

Age: 37

Golf handicap: None

Favorite golf moment: Hole in one at the 13th hole at Brookside

Golf Club in Pasadena and the 12th hole at Recreation Park Golf

Course in Long Beach

Favorite course played: Los Angeles Country Club, North Course

Favorite club: A Hogan

Family: Single

Favorite hobby outside of golf: Bike riding

Noteworthy: Worked as a bartender for 17 years, including a

five-year stint at the Diamond Club in Angel Stadium ... Qualified

for the Dave Pelz World Putting Championship in Orlando, Fla. in 1997

... Prides himself in being fun and energetic ... Refuses to ever

have a 9-to-5 job ... Shot even-par 71, one of six players to do so,

with three birdies and three bogeys in local qualifying for the U.S.

Open at Newport Beach Country Club May 18 ... Started playing golf at

17