Was struggling through the 2007 season in Europe until he turned his year around with an emotional victory in the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre, chipping in at the first extra hole of a sudden-death play-off to see off England’s Phillip Archer. It was his third European Tour title, following previous triumphs at the dual-ranking St Omer Open in 2003 and The Irish Open in 2004, when his experience from growing up in Perth – the third windiest city in the world – stood him in good stead over the testing links at Baltray. In 2005, he was again celebrating at The Irish Open after winning 50,000 air miles in a private jet for topping the Red Bull Final Five competition for the week. Took up the game at the age of ten when his dad, Mike, held a company golf day. As an amateur, he won the ANZ Players Championship in Australia the week after Aaron Baddeley did exactly the same in the Australian Open – the first time two amateurs had won successive professional events.