2011: Slipped 22 places on the final money list, finishing 49th overall after a 27th-place finish in 2010.

Shared the first-round lead with Michael Allen and Mark Calcavecchia at the Songdo IBD Championship in South Korea in September and eventually finished T6.

His other top-10 effort came in his second start of the year when he was T10 at The ACE Group Classic. 2010: One of the surprise stories on the Champions Tour. Started the season with limited status but eventually made 20 appearances and was among the top 10 in a quarter of his starts.

Was scheduled to make his Champions Tour debut at The ACE Group Classic but withdrew prior to the first round with a rib injury.

After three weeks of rest, finally debuted at the Toshiba Classic, and T9 finish was first of four top-10s in his first five starts.

Also was ninth at The Cap Cana Championship. Performance in the Dominican Republic guaranteed him a spot in the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.

Final-round 68 at the inaugural Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic moved him into a T4, his best finish at the time in a Tour-sanctioned event since a T2 at the Nationwide Tour's 2005 Price Cutter Charity Championship.

Followed his strong showing in Mississippi with a solo fourth-place effort at the Regions Charity Classic two weeks later near Birmingham.