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 Club U21 team while growing up in South Africa.

His grandfather used to play competitively with World Golf Hall of Fame member Bobby Locke.

Was a 2001 NCAA All-American and a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection at North Carolina State. Was teammates with TOUR players Carl Pettersson and Marc Turnesa. Considered one of the top junior golfers in South Africa, winning the 1997 Sou