For the remainder of his career he primarily played overseas, culminating with wins at the 1995 Chemapol Trophy Czech Open on the European Tour and the 1996 Japan Open Golf Championship on the Japan Golf Tour.

[4] He won the individual Ivy League Championship in his junior and senior year.

[2] Teravainen turned pro after spending one winter as a cocktail waiter at the Bellview Biltmore Hotel and taking lessons from Irv Schloss in Florida.

Teravainen accepted their invitation and began a long relationship with the European Tour.

For the remainder of the 1980s he would keep his card but would rarely earn top-10 finishes and never come close to winning.

[9] He missed the cut or withdrew from 16 of his first 21 European Tour events; in the remaining five he usually finished near the bottom (a T34 was his only top 50).

[8] Teravainen spoke with Wally Uihlein, Titleist executive, that July about leaving life as a touring professional and working in the industry full-time.

[10] Late in the summer, he won his first professional event at the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open.

[11] Despite finally winning after 14 seasons of struggle, Teravainen would soon quit the European Tour.

He had married a woman in Singapore and the country had been his primary residence for years so he decided to focus on Asia.

[2] He had also had some success on the Asian circuit previously, winning the 1989 and 1991 Singapore PGA Championship.

[9] In contrast to the United States or Europe, Teravainen would find immediate success in Asia.

He would win the Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup and finish second in the Japan Match Play, losing to Japanese star Shigeki Maruyama in the finals.

He would miss the cut or withdraw from roughly 2/3 of the events he entered over these years because of a serious back injury.