In the eyes of those who follow the progress of golf pro Michael Sims, he might be the most frustrating of any local sportsman as he trips from one tour to another.One year it looks like he’s destined for the US PGA Tour, the biggest tour of all, the next he’s struggling on the mini-circuit.He confuses his fellow players as much as his friends, so often flattering to deceive.He runs hot and then cold. His nickname might be Mr. Unpredictable.But when he gets hot, he burns white hot.He did just that in the second round of the e-Golf Tour’s Southern Open last week, firing a 59, a number that 99 percent of touring pros around the world can only dream of.According to the record books, such a round has only been achieved 18 times during sanctioned tournaments: the US PGA, European, Asian and mini-tours (Anna Sorenstam is the only ladies player to have ever put a 59 on her card).Sims’ final score of 12-under-par contained no eagles, just one birdie after another. Eight out of nine on the way out.The Irish Club at Creek in Salisbury, North Carolina, might have been benign on the day Sims ripped it to pieces with many in the field returning scores in the mid and high 60s, but that takes absolutely nothing away from the 33-year-old’s performance.This was as near to perfection that a golfer ever gets.Sims went on to take second place, beaten in a play-off by the former British Amateur Champion Drew Weaver of the US.Of course, Sims couldn’t quite clinch it. Second place isn’t to be sniffed at no matter what tournament.But Bermuda’s Jekyll and Hyde showed his cool side.He three-putted his final hole when a two-putt would have given him the title, and an extra $10,000. That was difference between first and second place.Ultimately, it was a 30-footer from Weaver on the first play-off hole which decided the contest.Yet the tournament will never be remembered for Weaver’s win, it will remembered for the day that Sims shot the lights out.Where does he goes from here? Who knows?Yesterday, his confidence high following last week’s showing, he comfortably made the cut at the River Landing Open in Wallace, North Carolina. Nobody, especially his rivals, would discount a weekend charge.At his best, it seems he can mix it with the PGA Tour’s elite. At his worst, he collapses like a pack of cards.As said so many times in this column, he has enormous talent and he’s not alone in failing to capitalise when he gets into the driver’s seat. Putting four exceptional rounds together over fours days is extremely difficult.That’s why so many different players top the tour leaderboards week after week.It’s one of the few sports which every week sees some 150 losers and just one winner, invariably a different one from the previous week.After losing his Nationwide Tour card last December, Sims is now plying his trade on what might be considered a minor tour but it would be no surprise if he returns to where he clearly belongs come next season.And with so many the top pros winning titles in their 40s, it could be we still haven’t seen the best of Sims.But then maybe we have.He’s a player you can expect to produce unexpected. He did that last week.And no matter what he achieves in the future he’s already earned a place in a very exclusive club.* * * *The London Olympics begin a week from today and according to CableVision boss Terry Roberson, local TV viewers are going to be treated to more than 400 hours of coverage.That’s a big promise as it’s twice as many hours as were shown from the Beijing Games four years ago.Coverage will be via the Caribbean feed which hasn’t always lived up to expectations.Quantity is one thing, quality another.Roberson will be loudly applauded if what we see on the screen compares favourably what those in the US and the UK will watch.If we don’t, he might want to keep his phone off the hook.ADRIAN ROBSON