It's late on a breezy Friday night at an outdoor Chinese restaurant in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, and the man known as Cobra is holding court, sharing stories of playing with Tiger Woods, meeting Jack Nicklaus and living his dream as a professional golfer.
'Cobra' is James Kamte, South Africa's number one black player and one of the true characters of the Asian Tour who turns heads wherever he goes.
Standing at a compact 1.69 metres with a barrel chest and a flashing smile, he's dressed in black from head to toe.
A captive audience of newly made friends has gathered to find out more about this charismatic 27-year-old who was an outstanding junior footballer before turning to golf and going through the Ernie Els Foundation.
And barely a decade after taking up the game, Kamte is a four-time professional tournament winner - three times in South Africa and at the 2009 Asian Tour International in Thailand.
He's also earned a European Tour card - the first black South African in 30 years to have one - but chooses to play mostly in Asia because he says he's fallen in love with the region.
