Michael Sim
Personal information
Born (1984-10-23) 23 October 1984
Aberdeen, Scotland
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidencePerth, Western Australia
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking34 (31 January 2010)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Korn Ferry Tour4
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT51: 2009
U.S. OpenT18: 2009
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 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.

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. 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. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 29 Oct 2017 Isuzu Queensland Open −9 (69-66-71-69=275) 1 stroke Australia Oliver Goss, New Zealand Kieran Muir
2 16 Feb 2020 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship −12 (68-67-63-70=268) Playoff Australia Scott Arnold

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–1)

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

Nationwide Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 22 Oct 2006 PalmettoPride Classic −12 (67-69-69-71=276) Playoff United States Ken Duke
2 5 Apr 2009 Stonebrae Classic −18 (71-64-67-64=266) 6 strokes United States John Kimbell, Australia Cameron Percy
3 17 May 2009 BMW Charity Pro-Am −22 (68-65-62-69=264) Playoff Argentina Fabián Gómez
4 23 Aug 2009 Christmas in October Classic −20 (65-67-65-67=264) 2 strokes United States Josh Teater

Nationwide Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2006 Jacob's Creek Open Championship Australia Paul Sheehan Lost to bogey on second extra hole
2 2006 PalmettoPride Classic United States Ken Duke Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2009 Athens Regional Foundation Classic United States Patrick Sheehan Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4 2009 BMW Charity Pro-Am Argentina Fabián Gómez Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 20 Oct 2019 Nexus Risk WA Open −15 (68-70-67-68=273) 1 stroke Australia Hayden Hopewell (a)

Other playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2020 Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship Australia Aaron Pike Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2009 2010
U.S. Open T18 CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T51 CUT

Note: Sim never played in the Masters Tournament.

  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2011
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

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.
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