Captured the final conditional exemption on his first attempt at the European Seniors Tour Qualifying School. Having won the Stage One event at Quinta de Cima by two strokes, the Northern Irishman produced rounds of 75-71-69-70 to secure the 17th ranked card in the Finals at Pestana Golf Resort. Turned professional in 1982 and owes his happy marriage to golf. When his caddie failed to show for the second round of the 1984 Bordeaux Classic, he asked if someone in the gallery would step into the breach. Enter a Parisian lady by the name of Marie Christine. Promptly shot 62 and two years later they were married!