The next one felt more like a fairy tale.
Herman had given up on the grind of mini-tours and Q-school heartaches when he took a job as an assistant pro, got married and took his bride on a cruise of the Hawaiian islands for their honeymoon in 2005. When the ship stopped in Maui, he couldn't resist a chance to see the Plantation course at Kapalua.
''No way I wasn't coming to play the golf course,'' Herman said. ''We got off, rented a car and came over. We were first off in the morning and we had a great time.