Being in contention had always put Thomas Detry on fast-forward. His heart raced and his mind looked ahead instead of focusing on the moment. Knowing what was at stake, the Belgian took steps to calm his nerves by meditating and taking an ice bath before each of his final two rounds at raucous TPC Scottsdale.

Thomas Detry could sense his lead slipping away. Winless in his career on the PGA Tour, his five-shot advantage on Sunday had momentarily been trimmed to two but the 32-year-old Belgian was determined this time would be different.

In his post-tournament interview on CBS, following his first PGA Tour win at the WM Phoenix Open, Belgium's Thomas Detry spoke at a rapid pace, the words flooding out of his mouth in unbroken torrents,