In 2000, Loar turned professional after graduating from Oklahoma State. He played on the
Asian Tour from 2002 to 2006 and won twice: the 2003
Thailand Open and the 2004
Kolon Korean Open. He played on the
Nationwide Tour in 2007 and 2011, where his best finish was a T-3 at 2007
Utah EnergySolutions Championship. He earned his 2012
PGA Tour card by finishing T-18 at the
2011 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He won the 2012
Panama Claro Championship on the
Nationwide Tour. Loar finished well outside the top 125 on the 2012 money list and tried to regain his Tour privileges through Qualifying School. He was two shots off the lead going into the final round, but double-bogeyed the 17th and bogeyed the 18th for a final round 78, missing a Tour card by two shots with a 32nd-place finish; Loar had full status on the
Web.com Tour for 2013 as a result of his finish. He finished fourth on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. In 2013–14, he made only 3 cuts in 19 events and finished 233rd on the
FedEx Cup points list and lost his PGA Tour card. == Personal life ==