Sim is Interested in Presidents Cup

Australian golfer Michael Sim says he would play in this year's Presidents Cup but admits he is a long-shot for Greg Norman's International team.

Michael Sim 

 
The 24-year-old West Australian on Sunday claimed his third Nationwide Tour victory for the season at the Christmas in October Classic in Kansas, earning him instant 'Battlefield Promotion' to the PGA Tour. From just 12 starts in 2009, Sim has earned more than $US 527,000 ($AU 638,380) - putting him way out in front on the money list and becoming the first player in Nationwide Tour history to earn more than $500,000 in a single season .

 
Sim also finished in the top 10 on four other occasions and made the cut at the two Majors he contested - a tie for 18th in his debut at the US Open and a share of 51st place at this month's US PGA Championship. More impressively, his world ranking has soared to 57 - putting him squarely in the frame to be one of Norman's two captain's picks for the Presidents Cup, which will be held in San Francisco from October 6-11.

 
Compatriot and mentor Geoff Ogilvy currently heads the International Team standings, and will be joined by Fiji's VijaySingh, Colombian Camilo Villegas, South African pair Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, Argentinean Angel Cabrera,Canadian Mike Weir, fellow Aussie Robert Allenby, PGA winner YE Yang and another South African in Tim Clark. The US team includes world No.1 Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Kenny Perry, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink,Sean O'Hair, Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim and Justin Leonard. Sim said on Thursday he would 'definitely' be interested in playing but concedes his chances are slim, with the likes of Rory Sabbatini, Jeev M Singh, Ryo Ishikawa and Aussies Mathew Goggin, Brendan Jones and Adam Scott ahead of him in the pecking order.
 

Clubs in Sim's bag: Ap2 irons, Pro V1x golf ball, 909D2 driver (8.5), 909F2 3-wood (13.5), 909F2 5-wood (18.5), 909H hybrid (21), Vokey Design pitching (48) and sand (54) wedges and Spin Milled lob (60) wedge.

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