Known as 'G-Mac' to his friends, he is a player who is very much into the benefits of golf stats analysis, he has regular consultancy reports to help him and his other support team members to improve his golf tournamnet preparation.   Produced one of the shots of his career, a sublime seven iron from 179 yards to within a foot of the cup on the third extra hole, to win the inaugural Ballantine’s Championship in a thrilling sudden-death play-off in March 2008. That victory sparked the beginning of an unforgettable season that yielded a second victory at The Barclays Scottish Open and a tremendous Ryder Cup debut against the USA at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky in the USA. Produced one of the great shots of 2007 when he holed his second shot at the treacherous 17th at Valderrama for an albatross which catapulted him into a share of the lead for the season-ending Volvo Masters but double bogeyed the last to finish joint fourth, one of five top ten finishes of the year. Won his maiden European Tour title on only his fourth start in the 2002 Scandinavian Masters and confirmed that potential by finishing sixth on the Order of Merit in 2004 after capturing his second Tour victory in the Telecom Italia Open. Before turning professional, he played a prominent role in Great Britain and Ireland’s retention of the Walker Cup in 2001 at Sea Island in Georgia. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and was ranked Number One Collegiate Golfer in the United States and out of 12 starts won an incredible six events with a stroke average of 69.6 – beating the previous best returned by Luke Donald and Tiger Woods.  He is now coached by Clive Tucker and has Ken Comboy on the bag who has caddied for a number of other European Tour Players / Ryder Cup Stars.