Did Michael Sim start playing golf in Aberdeen or Australia?

Editor's note: Reference the third win by Aberdeen-born Michael Sim on the US Nationwide Tour which earns him "battlefield promotion" to the US PGA Tour. I E-mailed his father George in Australia, asking him to clarify whether or not Michael was introduced to golf before or after the Sim family emigrated to Perth, Western Australia from Aberdeen when he was seven years old. Colin Farquharson

George Sim replies:

"We are all excited with Michael's third win. He is now ranked 57th in the world.
"I was a member at Royal Aberdeen and Northern Golf Clubs. I won the Hands Across the Sea boys' tournament at the Aberdeen Links in 1972.
"Michael started playing golf at the age of four. He played with me at the nine-hole course at Hazlehead and the short course at Royal Aberdeen.
"I had clubs cut down for him. He always had a natural swing at an early age."
Regards
George Sim
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