Australian Michael Sim held on for a top-10 finish as Swede Daniel Chopra secured his maiden US PGA Tour victory in the Ginn sur Mer Classic on Monday. Sim, who finished his final round before darkness saw the tournament postponed, held onto a share of ninth place after several other top-10 contenders dropped shots on Monday. And there he stayed after Bob Estes and Briny Baird, who both began Monday equal with Sim, both fell back over the final holes. The result saw Sim climb to 162nd on the money list, but he needs to break into the top 150 to earn a provisional place which would allow him to play certain PGA tournaments on the US tour. The top 125 automatically retain their card for next year. Chopra sealed victory, his first in 133 starts on the US tour, when he birdied the 16th then held his nerve to prevail by one shot from compatriot Fredrik Jacobson and Japanese Shigeki Maruyama. Final round of the Ginn sur Mer Classic: -19 Daniel Chopra 67 66 69 71 -18 Shigeki Maruyama 69 68 68 69, Fredrik Jacobson 71 67 67 69 -16 Dicky Pride 73 70 69 64 -13 Ken Duke 72 67 70 70, Cameron Beckman 70 70 67 72, Charlie Wi 69 71 68 71, Sean O&aposHair 68 68 69 74 -12 Robert Gamez 72 71 71 66, Michael Sim (Australia) 69 67 72 72, Robert Garrigus 72 70 67 71 -11 Jerry Kelly 72 72 68 69, Parker McLachlin 71 68 70 72, Chris Stroud 70 69 70 72, Bob Estes 64 68 72 77 -10 Kent Jones 69 71 73 69, Tommy Armour III 64 68 78 72, Jeff Quinney 73 64 72 73, Daisuke Maruyama 71 66 71 74, Briny Baird 69 70 65 78 Also: -7 Paul Gow (Australia) 70 70 70 75 -6 Andrew Buckle (Australia) 72 72 71 71 +1 Grant Waite (New Zealand) 72 72 72 77