PERSONAL
Named 2002 New Zealand Sportsman of the Year.
Was a two-time table tennis champion in New Zealand.
Left New Zealand at age 18 to come to the United States to play college golf, where he was an All-America at Oklahoma and Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette). Followed countryman and PGA TOUR member Grant Waite to Oklahoma.
Served as assistant pro for two years in early '90s at La Triomphe, home course of the Chitimacha Louisiana Open on the Nationwide Tour.
Nine-time PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament participant.