Comes from a sporting family as his great grandfather represented Belgium at basketball and water polo at the 1920 Olympic Games. Finally began to fulfil his potential in 2009, having started the season without a category on the Challenge Tour, when he made his long-awaited breakthrough at the SK Golf Challenge in Finland. Intensive winter training at the A-Game International Golf Academy in Brisbane, Australia, at the start of the year paid off when he won in Finland via a play-off. Later added the Dutch Futures, where he romped home by four shots. Those two victories, plus a further eight top ten finishes, meant he finished the year in third place in the Challenge Tour Rankings and climbed to 127th in the Official World Golf Ranking, having started the year outside the top 1,000. Made his breakthrough at the 2011 Volvo China Open and ended an impressively consistent season 20th in The Race to Dubai – the highest of his career. Known for his length of the tee, he turned professional in November 2000 on his 18th birthday, three days before the start of the Qualifying School Finals in Spain. Successfully negotiated all three stages and won the fifth card, becoming the second youngest player to achieve the feat. A lover of house music.