 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Basa raPate rokutamba gorofu rakazadzwa nokukuvadzwa. Pakukwirira kwebasa rake, achitamba imwe yegorofu yakanakisisa paPGA Tour, akanga ari mumotokari nhatu dzakaungana pa 1991 Ryder Cupuye ainyanya kufadza vaaitamba navo ari parutivi. Muna 1996, akapotsa afa mutsaona yemotokari, paakapwanyika chiuno. Pate akanga asina chokwadi chokuti aizombokwikwidzazve pamwero wepamusoro-soro. Akadzokera kuPGA Tour uye muna 1999, akapedza T-4 muMasters, achigadzira rekodhi, iyo inobata nhasi, yeanomwe anoteedzana shiri mumutambo wake wechitatu akazofananidzwa naTiger Woods. Achipedza 13th pa1999 mari runyorwa, Pate akatumidzwa zita PGA Tour kuti Kudzoka Player of the Year. 