Rookie on the 2001 PGA TOUR..

No prior PGA TOUR or BUY.COM TOUR experience..

Finished bogey-birdie-birdie in the Qualifying Tournament to earn his card by one stroke..

Played on the European Tour since 1995..

Finished 19th on the 2000 European Order of Merit..

Produced the best display of his career in 2000 with a runner-up finish behind Lee Westwood in Deutsche Bank-SAP Open, TPC of Europe..

Regained card at 1998 Qualifying School and held on to it thanks to three top-10 finishes in 1999..

Finished T26 at the 1999 World Cup of Golf. Defeated Phil Mickelson and Tom Lehman at the 1999 Dunhill Cup..

A small man (5-2) but able to propel the golf ball enormous distances. Won the AXA Performance Data Driving Distance category two years in a row in 1998 and 1999. Averaged just over 295 yards on both occasions..

Played amateur golf as a boy, youth and senior level and finished third behind national hero, Costantino Rocca, in the 1995 Conte de Florence Italian Open..

Member of 1996 and 1999 Alfred Dunhill Cup and 1999 World Cup Team..