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Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
Men’s Golf’s Ghim wins Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
10.22.2017 | Men's Golf
Senior Doug Ghim picked up the second win of his career to lead the Longhorns to a second-place finish.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Senior Doug Ghim shot a 13-under 203 to claim the individual title at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, leading Texas Men's Golf to a second-place finish on Sunday.
Ghim shot 66-67-70, making 17 birdies and carding all three rounds under par for his second-career win.
Ghim made seven pars and two birdies on the front nine to make the turn at -2. On the back nine, he made two more birdies and two bogeys to end the final round with a 70, defeating runner-up Matthew Wolff of Oklahoma State by one stroke.
Ghim's win marks the first for a Texas player so far this season.
Sophomore Spencer Soosman turned in a clean third round score at 3-under 69 with three birdies and 15 pars. Soosman tied for 12th overall and made a tournament-best 42 pars.
Senior Scottie Scheffler shot 2-under 70 with seven birdies, ending the tournament in a tie for 23rd. Freshman Kristoffer Reitan tied for 49th and scored a 73, while sophomore Nick Costello turned in a 76, placing him in a tie for 52nd.
The Longhorns finished the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate with an overall team score of 24-under 840, earning second place ahead of Wake Forest and behind winner Oklahoma State.
Texas will return to action for the spring season on February 1st, 2018 at the Amer Ari Invitational at Waikoloa Golf Club.
Post-Tournament Quotes
Head Coach John Fields
Finishing the fall season with a runner-up finish at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Championship is nothing to scoff at. That said, we are stinging because this team can win. We will take what we learned this week and use it for momentum going into the spring.
We had some great individual performances this week, capped off by Doug Ghim's huge victory. I'm very proud of our guys and looking forward to the spring.
Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
The Golf Club of Georgia
Par 72; 7,017 Yards
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Oklahoma State 277-286-274=837 (-27)
2. TEXAS 279-279-282=840 (-24)
3. Wake Forest 282-271-289=842 (-22)
T4. Georgia Tech 284-277-285=846 (-18)
T4. UCLA 282-283-281=846 (-18)
T6. Stanford 285-281-282=848 (-16)
T6. Clemson 288-279-281=848 (-16)
8. Virginia 285-282-282=849 (-15)
9. Texas A&M 288-279-284=851 (-13)
10. Duke 282-276-296=854 (-10)
T11. Oklahoma 295-278-282=855 (-9)
T11. TCU 285-281-289=855 (-9)
13. Florida State 287-284-287=858 (-6)
14. UNLV 282-284-299=865 (+1)
15. East Tennessee St. 293-288-290=871 (+7)
PLAYER LEADERBOARD
1. DOUG GHIM, TEXAS 66-67-70=203 (-13)
2. Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma St. 66-71-67=204 (-12)
3. Alex Smalley, Duke 67-65-73=205 (-11)
4. Will Zalatoris, Wake Forest 68-68-70=206 (-10)
T5. Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State 69-71-68=208 (-8)
T5. Brad Dalke, Oklahoma 74-66-68=208 (-8)
T7. Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M 69-71-70=210 (-6)
T7. John Pak, Florida State 69-69-72=210 (-6)
T7. Jacob Joiner, Georgia Tech 70-70-70=210 (-6)
T7. Triston Fisher, TCU 69-71-70=210 (-6)
T7. Tyler Joiner, Georgia Tech 68-76-66=210 (-6)
TEXAS LEADERBOARD
T12. Spencer Soosman 71-71-69=211 (-5)
T23. Scottie Scheffler 72-70-70=212 (-4)
T49. Kristoffer Reitan 71-73-73=217 (+1)
T52. Nick Costello 71-71-76=218 (+2)
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