Life as a professional sportsman can be particularly cruel and unforgiving at times ? a fact which is certainly not lost on Bermuda?s top golfer Michael Sims at present.

Disqualified from his fourth Canadian PGA Tour event in California two weeks ago for signing an incorrect scorecard, the Bermuda Open champion is now suffering from a bizarre wrist injury which has forced him to take a complete rest from the game.

Sims was supposed to be in Mexico this week playing in the $125,000 Corona Mazatlan Classic ? the fifth tournament on the Canadian Tour schedule ? but has instead remained at home in Florida waiting impatiently for his left wrist to heal.

All of this comes on the back of a disappointing few months for the 27-year-old, who failed to make the cut in the opening three Canadian Tour events after earning his tour card at Qualifying School in February.

Sims has had an x-ray on his wrist which revealed nothing in the way of broken bones, and has been told by specialists that the inflammation should recede given a couple weeks of rest and physiotherapy.

But speaking from Florida yesterday, a clearly frustrated Sims said the injury was not getting any better and he was on the verge of seeking yet another medical opinion.

?It started bothering me about four weeks ago and last week in California I was playing in quite a lot of pain,? he said.

?To be honest I really don?t know what to do.

?I have been to see a lot of different people about it and they are telling me different things.

?It?s frustrating because I cannot hit golf balls at the moment so I?m just hanging around not really knowing what do with myself. I?ll give it another week and see if there?s any improvement, but if not I am going to go and get it checked out again because there is obviously something more serious wrong with it.?

On the subject of his disqualification from the $100,000 Diablo Grande California Classic, Sims admitted he had not been thorough enough when checking his scorecard after the second round at the Legends West Course in Patterson.

As it turned out, however, he would not have qualified for the weekend rounds in any event having shot a two-round score of 151 ? six over par and some 15 shots off the lead.

?I knew I?d shot a 76 but when I looked on the tournament website later I saw I was down as shooting a 75,? he explained.

?I called the tournament director and told him about it and when we looked at the card, on one of the holes I was down as having a four when I knew I?d taken a five.

?Once you?ve signed off on an incorrect scorecard that?s it ? it?s thank you very much and goodnight ? and there was nothing I could do about it.

?I was really struggling out there anyway with the wrist and I wasn?t able to strike the ball properly in both rounds, which was why the scores weren?t all that great.

?So now it is just a question of waiting and seeing what happens. I?m spending my time reading and doing little bits and pieces, things around the house, but it is incredibly frustrating not even being able to practise and I?m just going to have to be patient.?

Sims has a month to get himself fit before the next Tour event ? the $100,000 Great Vancouver Charity Classic which begins on June 12.