Peppo, as he is known in Italy, led the European Tour in driving distance from 1998 to 2000 but had never played golf in the U.S. until last fall's Q-school.

He finished birdie-bierdie to earn his card by a single stroke, and at midseason he trailed only John Daly as the Tour's longest driver.

How does a short man (five foot two) with a short backswing achieve such power? "Gift of God," Peppo replies with a shrug.

Neither does he know how to advise amateurs:"Ability, coordination, balance, rotation, speed of the hands-it's not too easy to put all those things together."

Tell us something we don't know, Peppo.