Michael Sim
Personal information
Full name	Michael Sim
Born	23 October 1984 (1984-10-23) (age 25) Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Perth, Western Australia
Career
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)	Nationwide Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
Nationwide Tour	4
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters	DNP
U.S. Open	T18: 2009
Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	T51: 2009
Achievements and awards
Nationwide Tour Player of the Year	2009

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

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 Amateur wins (7) 4 Professional wins (4) 4.1 Nationwide Tour wins (4) 5 Results in major championships 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Amateur career

Sim was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and moved to Australia when he was 5 years old. He was the top ranked amateur in the world in 2005 having won four titles during the year including the Sunnehanna Amateur, which boasts major winners Ben Crenshaw and Tommy Aaron amongst its list of former champions. He turned professional at the end of the year.

[edit] 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.^[1] 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. 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.

[edit] Amateur wins (7)

• 2002 Western Australia Amateur Championship
• 2004 Riversdale Cup, Southern Amateur
• 2005 New Zealand Amateur Stroke-Play Championship, Western Australia Amateur Matchplay Championship, Sunnehanna Amateur, Monroe Invitational

[edit] Professional wins (4)

[edit] Nationwide Tour wins (4)

• 2006 PalmettoPride Classic
• 2009 Stonebrae Classic, BMW Charity Pro-Am, Christmas in October Classic

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	2009
The Masters	DNP
U.S. Open	T18
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	T51

[edit] See also

• Golfers with most Nationwide Tour wins
• 2009 Nationwide Tour Graduates

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site