Anthony Kim says he will not be going to the Dubai World Championship to compete for the $7.5 million bonus pool, even though the American has easily qualified.

Kim reached the final of the World Match Play Championship last week in Spain before losing to Ross Fisher, allowing Kim to move up to No. 39 in the Race to Dubai standings on the European Tour. He already has played 11 events to meet the minimum required, assuring him a spot in the 60-man field to end the European season in two weeks.

But his road to Dubai is taking a detour.

"I'm not going," Kim said Wednesday evening on the practice range at the HSBC Champions, where he was among the last to qualify and the last to arrive due to visa troubles that forced him to spend all of Tuesday in Hong Kong getting his papers in order.

"I need the week off," he said. "My parents want to see their boy."

Kim looked weary as he hit balls with a headphone of music attached to his left ear.

He played in Las Vegas a week after the Presidents Cup, then flew to Spain for the World Match Play. Next week is the two-day Kiwi Challenge exhibition in New Zealand, followed by a few days of sightseeing before heading back to America. His last event of the year would be the Chevron World Challenge on Dec. 3-6 in California, which Tiger Woods hosts.

He has been all over the world this year _ Malaysia and Australia in February before flying to Arizona for the World Golf Championship; then Spain, China and New Zealand in consecutive weeks. Continued...