His record-breaking earnings from wins in 2003, nearly $500,000, qualified him for participation in the PGA circuit. In 2007, he won the Masters Tournament, beating out such players as Retief Goorsen and Tiger Woods. His win made him the first player ranked outside of the Top 50 to win a Masters tournament in the history of the PGA tour ranking system. Since then, he has won seven more PGA tour events, as well as twelve other circuit events.