Michael Sim

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Michael Sim
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Personal information
Born (1984-10-23) 23 October 1984 (age 40)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Perth, Western Australia
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking 34 (31 January 2010) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Korn Ferry Tour4
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T51: 2009
U.S. Open T18: 2009
The Open Championship CUT: 2010
Achievements and awards
Nationwide Tour
money list winner 		2009
Nationwide Tour
Player of the Year 		2009
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner 		2009

Michael Sim (born 23 October 1984) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Amateur career

Sim was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and moved to Australia when he was 5 years old. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 2002. [2] He was the top ranked amateur in the world in 2005 having won four titles during the year including the Sunnehanna Amateur and the Monroe Invitational. He turned professional at the end of the year.

Professional career

Sim played on the Nationwide Tour in 2006, and qualified for the PGA Tour by virtue of a 19th-place finish on the end of season money list, aided by a win at PalmettoPride Classic. After a late start to the 2007 season, caused by a stress fracture of the spine, he finished 169th on the PGA Tour money list. He was granted a medical extension for 2008, but failed to win enough money in five events to retain his place on the PGA Tour, and he returned to the second tier Nationwide Tour. In April 2009, Sim's bid to return to the elite tour got off to a good start when he secured his second career victory at the Stonebrae Classic, finishing six strokes clear of the field. [3] The following week he finished in second after losing in a playoff to Patrick Sheehan, and then in May he won the BMW Charity Pro-Am in a playoff over Fabián Gómez.

Sim played with Tiger Woods during the final round of the 2009 U. S. Open and finished in at tie for 18th. He was invited a month later by the PGA to play in the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club where he finished T51.

Sim won the Christmas in October Classic to earn an automatic "battlefield promotion" to the PGA Tour. [4] The victory was his third Nationwide Tour win of 2009 and his fourth overall. With the win he also set the Nationwide Tour single season money title, earning well over half a million dollars. He was one of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings in 2009, which earned him entry into the 2010 Masters Tournament; he later withdrew from the tournament due to injury. He also won the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in 2009.

Sim performed moderately on the PGA Tour in 2010, with the highlight of his season being a T2 at the Farmers Insurance Open. He comfortably retained his card by finishing 65th on the money list. In 2011 Sim could not follow up his PGA Tour rookie season and went back to the Web.com Tour in 2012. A string of injuries limited Sim after the 2011 season and he played sparingly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, Korean Tour, OneAsia Tour, and Web.com Tour.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
129 Oct 2017 Isuzu Queensland Open −9 (69-66-71-69=275)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oliver Goss, Flag of New Zealand.svg Kieran Muir
216 Feb 2020 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship −12 (68-67-63-70=268)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Arnold

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2006 Jacob's Creek Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Sheehan Lost to bogey on second extra hole
2 2020 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Arnold Won with par on fourth extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
122 Oct 2006 PalmettoPride Classic −12 (67-69-69-71=276)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Ken Duke
25 Apr 2009 Stonebrae Classic −18 (71-64-67-64=266)6 strokes Flag of the United States.svg John Kimbell, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Percy
317 May 2009 BMW Charity Pro-Am −22 (68-65-62-69=264)Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Gómez
423 Aug 2009 Christmas in October Classic −20 (65-67-65-67=264)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Josh Teater

Nationwide Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2006 Jacob's Creek Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Sheehan Lost to bogey on second extra hole
22006 PalmettoPride Classic Flag of the United States.svg Ken Duke Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2009 Athens Regional Foundation Classic Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Sheehan Lost to birdie on first extra hole
42009 BMW Charity Pro-Am Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Gómez Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
120 Oct 2019 Nexus Risk WA Open −15 (68-70-67-68=273)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hayden Hopewell (a)

Other playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12020 Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Pike Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament20092010
U.S. Open T18CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T51CUT

Note: Sim never played in the Masters Tournament.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2011
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2010
Match Play R64
Championship 68
Invitational
Champions T58
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 05 2010 Ending 31 Jan 2010" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Excellence: the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN   1-74013-060-X.
  3. ↑ "Sim's big win has him headed back to US". The Age . 6 April 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "Sim gets third Nationwide victory". ESPN. Associated Press. 23 August 2009.
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