He played in the 1989 Walker Cup, being part of the first Great Britain and Ireland team to win in the United States.

He spent the early years of his professional career on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour.

He first gained his place on the main European Tour in 1995, but found himself returning to qualifying school every year until 2001, when he finally broke into the top 100 on the Order of Merit to automatically retain his playing status.

[2] A few weeks later he picked up a new biggest paycheck of his career by coming tied second in the higher profile Dubai Desert Classic.

He went on to win the Nissan Irish Open in May,[3] and in November he won the WGC-World Cup for Wales in partnership with Bradley Dredge.

His career started to decline and by 2012, he was playing on the third-tier Dubai-based MENA Golf Tour, where he had three wins.