Michael Sim finishes T19 on Web.com Tour

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Aussie Jamie Arnold and Aberdeen-born Michael Sim tied for 19th place in the Web.com Tour’s Digital Ally Open in Kansas. A final- round 65 vaulting Arnold  24 places up the leaderboard and got his 2017 season back on track.
Rain washed out the first day’s play at the Nicklaus GC at Lionsgate, meaning players were forced to play 36 holes Sunday, Arnold’s best of the week 65 even more impressive in the circumstances.
Arnold, who struggled at the start of the season with five missed cuts in his first six starts, put together a great fightback over the next two months to climb into the top 40 on the money list but had slumped again recently missing back to back cuts heading into this week.
The Sydneysider had slipped to 47^th on the money list where a top 25 finish at the end of the year will earn him a US PGA Tour card but stopped the bleeding with this week’s finish to remain at 47th.
Arnold shared top Australian honours with Aberdeen-born Michael Sim, who earned a sponsor’s invitation to the tournament, the pair finishing T19 after the Sim, who emigrated to Australia from Westhill, Aberdeen when he was seven or eight,  slipped six places down the standings with a final round 70.
Sim torched the Nicklaus course in 9-under 62 earlier in the day in the third round but couldn’t maintain the momentum in the afternoon though will take plenty of positives from his first made cut in three starts this year.

FIRST CHINESE-BORN PLAYER TO WIN
 ON WEB.COM TOUR

Marty Dou had an historic week in Overland Park, becoming the first Chinese-born player to win on the Web.com Tour. In a 36-hole marathon on Sunday,  the 20-year-old from Henan carded 61-66 and posted a 25-under-par 259 total, good for a three-stroke victory at the Digital Ally Open.
“I was talking to my team and I didn’t know if I needed to keep practising or get more experience on the Web.com Tour instead of trying to get to the US PGA Tour so fast,” said Dou. “I never thought I could win this year.”
Before his victory, the former PGA Tour China Order of Merit winner had one top-10 and was No. 53 on the money list. Now Dou is headed to the US PGA Tour after earning a first-place prize of $117,000.
“It’s a big honour to represent China and come play in the United States,” he said. “Playing and learning from the best, competing and earning my TOUR card, it feels amazing right now.”
Dou’s game has evolved since turning pro in 2014. Dou competed on PGA TOUR China the past two seasons. In 2016, Dou recorded four wins on his way to winning the Order of Merit, including a victory at the Henan Open in front of friends and family.
“That was everything,” said Dou about his time on PGA TOUR China. “As an amateur I was playing on PGA TOUR China in a couple of events. Just trying to grow my confidence and work on my skills while learning. Then, the second year, when I turned pro, I finished fourth on the money list and came to Q School and didn’t play well enough to make it. And the third year I played in China and won. It was a breakthrough for me. I’m now more prepared than I was.”

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