Returned to Qualifying School after finishing 50th on the Senior Tour Order of Merit and produced a final round 68 to sneak into the 16th and final spot, securing a conditional card for 2011. Recorded four top 20 finishes in 2010, including a share of ninth place in the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open. His best Senior Tour finish came in 2009 when he was runner up to Mike Cunning in the season-opening Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters presented by The Stapleford Forum. That continued his momentum after winning the 2008 Qualifying School in Portugal. Has been part of the Senior Tour since he gained a conditional card by finishing ninth at the 2005 Senior Tour Qualifying School. Finished tied 15th in his first event, which took place in his home country of Ireland, and went on to claim 34th spot on the Order of Merit after finishing the season strongly with top tens in Spain and at the year-ending Arcapita Seniors Tour Championship in Bahrain. Kept his card on The European Tour for 15 consecutive years from 1976 to 1991 with a career high of 49th on the 1981 Order of Merit and a best tournament performance of tied second in the 1989 Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open.