Anthony Kim said 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 because of 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 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.

"Next year, I just want to be prepared for our season," he said of the PGA Tour, where he failed to win this year. "The PGA Tour is my home tour, and it's where I need to play well. I've made it my priority to play well in the States. I was all over the place this year. I didn't do a good job of scheduling. Scheduling is half your job as a pro. I learned a lot this year."

NORMAN SKIPS EVENT: Greg Norman 's slower-than-expected recovery from shoulder surgery will force him to miss December's Australian Open.

Tournament officials said that Norman was advised by his doctors not to play competitive golf again this year after arthroscopic surgery in September.

The Australian Open will be at the New South Wales Golf Club in Sydney from Dec. 3-6.