On the 2004 tour Mike injured his knee whilst playing football with Rich. He managed to complete the tour (coming 2nd), but the injury lead to surgery, followed by a long layoff. A month before the 2005 tour it was sore ribs, where a course of anti-inflammatories was needed to ease the discomfort.  2005 was also the year that he had an in-growing toenail removed the day before flying out. Despite all this he finished 2nd again.  In August 2005 a severely sprained wrist kept him from golfing for 4 months.  The first swing of 2006 brought on the sore ribs once again.  Mike finished runner-up for the 3rd year running.  Oh and lets not forget the open weeping blisters that he got from poison ivy.  However, 2007 saw a gigantic mental meltdown by the former lock and he stumbled, cursed and kicked his way to a 6th place finish.  So disgusted was Mike with his play that he quickly took up photography and decided to take a break from the 2008 tour.  Mike's 2009 return to the tour saw Mike capture the match-play championship, winning the silver plate but failing to capture the coveted wobbly fat man. 2009 was also the first year Mike avoided any trips to the hospital, successfully avoiding snakes, cactii, scorpions, birds of prey, and other golf course health hazards.  Mike also successfully avoided polymorphic light exposure illness by enduring the desert heat in pants and long-sleeved shirts.

Tour  attendance: 2003 (1st), 2004 (2nd), 2005 (2nd), 2006 (2nd), 2007 (6th), 2008 (absent), 2009 (3rd)