I never felt like a pioneer. I didn't think it would come this far, where you see everybody going in that direction. I didn't think it would be this fast. But it's fun.

Chili-dipping is very easy, put it that way.

I said the heck with it, I'm going to surrender. And I gave in. The game got me. I was trying so hard, but didn't win. I gave up pretty much -- not gave up, but I decided I was going to take a break and see what happens.

I felt like I was playing fairly well at the beginning of the year but nothing happened. I couldn't hole any putts so I was finishing 35th every week.

Then I started swinging around the hip injury and started hooking the ball 30, 40, 50 yards. I remember playing in Vancouver. I almost won the tournament playing a 50-yard hook. I knew that was it, that I had to have surgery.

He was a pioneer as far as the materials (he used) and the modern design.