Finished T6 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. Shot a final-round, 2-under 70 after a 7-under 65 in the third round put him in contention at Abu Dhabi GC.

Shot four under-par rounds at Emeriates GC to T5 at the Dubai Desert Classic.

Opened with an even-par 72 at the Volvo China Open then fired rounds of 67-64-69 over his final 54 holes to T4 in April in Tianjian.

2011: Won the biggest event of his career, the Telkom PGA Championship on the Sunshine Tour, after losing by a stroke in the same tournament a year earlier. Fired a four-round total of 27-under at the CC of Johannesburg. Shot a final-round 64 to edge Neil Schietekat by two strokes.

Came close to winning for the first time on the European Tour, finishing T2 at the Johnnie Walker Championship in Scotland in August. Lost in a five-man playoff to Thomas Bjorn. Battled through all five holes after Mark Foster, Bernd Wiesberger and Pablo Larrazabal dropped out of the overtime session. Made a 12-foot putt on the fourth extra hole to extend the playoff but eventually bowed out when his lengthy birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole didn't drop and Bjorn made a short birdie putt for the win.

Had played well in Scotland earlier in the season, finishing third at The Barclays Scottish Open.

Other top-fives came at the BMW International open (T3) and the Hassan Trophy (fourth). Was also seventh at the Joburg Open, a co-sanctioned event on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour.

At the Alfred Dunhill Championship, he shot weekend rounds of 69-69 to T3 at the event in Malealane, South Africa. 2010: Shot a final-round 67 at the Telkom PGA Championship on the Sunshine Tour but still fell by a stroke when Michiel Bothma fired a final-round 63 to win by a stroke.

Began playing at age 10 and won the first tournament he entered, shooting a 49 in a nine-hole event.

Favorite food is braaivleis, South African grilled meat. Enjoys vacationing in Stillbaai, located on the South African Southern coast.