| Regained PGA TOUR card for 2007 with T8 finish at 2006 Qualifying School. The 2007 season will mark fifth full season on TOUR
(2001-03, 2005, 2007). Made the cut in 14 of 26 starts on the 2006 Nationwide Tour, with three top-10s. Finished the season
No. 26 on the money list, with $187,093. Posted his first top-10 of the year at the ING New Zealand PGA Championship, a T7.
Next top performance was a victory at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic, where he posted four rounds in the 60s to finish
21-under 267, three strokes in front of runner-up Craig Lile. Was tied with Lile after 54 holes after a then-season-low 18-under
198 total. With his third career win, tied Mark Hensby with the most wins by an Australian on the Nationwide Tour. Made the
cut in 13 of 27 starts on the 2005 PGA TOUR, with three top-25s. T12 at The INTERNATIONAL was his best finish. Spent 2004
on the Nationwide Tour after three seasons on TOUR. Finished 11th on the Nationwide Tour money list, with $247,218 to earn
his card. Equaled a Tour record with three playoff losses in one season, coming up just short at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at
The Cliffs, SAS Carolina Classic and The Reese's Cup Classic. Finished 162nd on TOUR money list in 2003, with one top-10,
a T8 finish at the Buick Open. Despite missing eight cuts in first nine starts in 2002, finished 134th on TOUR money list.
On the Monday before the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic he banged into his hotel wall trying to walk from his bed to the bathroom.
Was diagnosed with vertigo. After finishing second in a playoff to Jeff Sluman at the B.C. Open in 2001, finished T9 in Endicott
in 2002, his first top-10 finish since a T5 at the 2001 Bell Canadian Open. Had a successful rookie campaign on TOUR, finishing
83rd on the 2001 money list with $608,382. Had three top-10s, highlighted by a solo second at the B.C. Open. Rounds of 69-65-66
produced share of 54-hole lead at B.C. Open with Jeff Sluman. Both players closed with 66, and Sluman won the playoff with
birdie on the second extra hole. Shot 12-under-par 60 in first round of 2001 Canon Challenge to break Australian PGA Tour
scoring record as defending champion. Previous record was a 61 by Mike Harwood at 1992 Australian PGA Championship. Played
in 15 events and finished in the top-10 nine times, including winning the 2000 Nationwide Hershey Open. Winner of the 2000
Canon Challenge. Had five top-10s during the 1999-2000 season and finished sixth on the Order of Merit. Played the Australasian
PGA Tour in 1996-2000. Got started in golf because of his parents, who were golf fanatics. Is the youngest of six and the
only one to have taken up the game. He started playing at age 11.
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