Earned his second career title with a playoff win over South Korea's Sunghoon Kang at the BMW Charity Pro-Am. Fired a 4-under 67 at Thornblade Club in the final round to overcome a three-stroke deficit and finish at 18-under par. Two-putted for par on the first extra hole and gained the win when Kang missed a short par putt. Winning effort was bolstered by birdie-eagle-birdie stretch midway through the front nine. Played the final 10 holes with nine pars and one birdie. Finished the week tied for 10th in Driving Accuracy and tied for sixth in Greens in Regulation.

Fired the day's best final round, an 8-under-par 64, at the WNB Golf Classic which helped him to a third-place finish in Texas.

In late November in his native South Africa, he shot four rounds in the 60s, including a 64-68 weekend showing to capture the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Maelane. He edged George Murray by two strokes.

2011: Began the season on a Minor Medical Extension (severe right-ankle sprain), with four events to equal the earnings of 2010 No. 125 Troy Merritt ($786,977). Earned $287,118 toward that total in 2010. Made just one cut in four starts on the PGA TOUR. On the Nationwide Tour, claimed eight top-25 finishes, highlighted by a win, a third-place-performance and a No. 21 finish on the official money list.

Earned his second career title with a playoff win over South Korea's Sung Kang at the BMW Charity Pro-Am. Fired a 4-under 67 at Thornblade Club in the final round to overcome a three-stroke deficit and finish at 18-under par. Two-putted for par on the first extra hole and gained the win when Kang missed a short par putt. Winning effort was bolstered by birdie-eagle-birdie stretch midway through the front nine.

Fired the day's best final round, an 8-under-par 64, at the WNB Golf Classic which helped him to a third-place finish in Texas.

In late November in his native South Africa, he shot four rounds in the 60s, including a 64-68 weekend showing, to capture the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Maelane. He edged George Murray by two strokes.

At the South African Open in late November, he T9 at Serengeti GC. 2010: Rookie on the PGA TOUR made the cut in six of 19 starts, with one top-10 finish.

After making his first cut of the season, at the Quail Hollow Championship (T69), finished T6 at the Valero Texas Open, the best finish of his TOUR career. His second- and third-round 67s matched the lowest round of his career. 2009: Earned a trip to the PGA TOUR in 2010 after finishing No. 14 on the Nationwide Tour money list.

Had five top-10 finishes, including a win and ended the season No. 4 in average driving distance.

Earned his first top-10 of the year with a T9 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open.

Came back three weeks later to T4 at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic. Overcame a double and a triple bogey in the opening round to shoot a 70, thanks to nine birdies. Posted the lowest weekend total with rounds of 69-65 to move up the board.

Earned his first career title with a one-stroke win at the South Georgia Classic, where he shared the second- and third-round leads. Held a three-shot lead with one hole to go but double-bogeyed the final hole. First-place check pushed him to No. 2 on the money list at the time.

Finished T4 at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic.

Made his PGA TOUR debut in March when he qualified for the World Golf Championships-CA Championship. Was T26 through 36 holes before dropping to T46. Played in the event by virtue of his second-place finish on the 2008 Sunshine Tour order of merit.

Shared the first- and third-round lead and held the outright second-round lead at the Mexico Open. Final-day, even-par 72 left him T4, his fifth top-10 of the year. 2008: Made the cut in 12 of 24 starts on the Nationwide Tour, with three top-10 finishes.

Best finish was a T3 at the Cox Classic, where he was one of four players to shoot 29 for nine holes. Made two eagles on the par-4 ninth hole during the week.

Made only one cut in his final seven starts of the season to finish No. 55 on the money list. 2007: Made the cut in 21 of 30 events on the Nationwide Tour. Finished the season No. 35 on the money list, with $167,972. Finished the year with five top-10 finishes, three coming during a stretch of seven made cuts to end the season.

Posted a career-best T3 effort at the Albertsons Boise Open, finishing at 17-under 267, four strokes behind champion Jon Mills.

Came back two starts later with a T5 effort at the WNB Golf Classic.

Finished the year with a T8 at the Nationwide Tour Championship at Barona Creek.

Got his start in golf from caddying for his dad on Saturdays.

Cites winning the Big Stakes event in 2005 as his greatest thrill in golf.

Avid rugby fan, a sport he played on the State U21 team while growing up in South Africa.