The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 16 Men’s Golf, Ghim win NCAA Raleigh Regional
05.16.2018 | Men's Golf
Texas will make its 12th-straight appearance and 68th overall at the NCAA Championships.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Senior Doug Ghim led No. 16 Texas Men's Golf to victory at the NCAA Raleigh Regional to advance to the NCAA Championship on Wednesday at the Lonnie Poole Golf Club.
Ghim followed a 64 and 66 with another 66 to finish the tournament at 17-under par, making a tournament-best 22 birdies over three rounds.
It marks his second-straight win, his third collegiate win of the 2017-18 season, and seventh top-8 finish. Of his 28 rounds played this season, 14 have been in the 60s and 22 have been at par or better.
He began his day with a birdie, but made a double-bogey on three to sit at +1. He made another birdie on seven between five pars to make the turn at even par. On the back nine, Ghim made par on 10, before making six birdies in the next seven holes. He closed the round with a par to finish the day with a 5-under 66.
Senior Scottie Scheffler secured his second-straight top-five finish after firing a 68 to finish the tournament 11-under par and in fourth place.
He had a bogey-free round with 15 pars and three birdies to finish the day 3-under par.
Freshman Drew Jones posted a career-best round, matching Ghim's 66. He had a perfect front nine with a birdie on one to kick off his round. He made five pars before making three-straight birdies to make the turn at -4. He made two more birdies and only one bogey to finish 5-under and climb 16 spots on the leaderboard.
Junior Steven Chervony joined the three Longhorns under par with a 2-under 69. He made three birdies and only one bogey to finish the tournament in a tie for 16th at -4.
Sophomore Spencer Soosman shot even par to finish the week at -2 and in a tie for 26th. He made three birdies on the day, also with a perfect back nine.
As a team, Texas finished at 39-under par, 17 strokes ahead of runner-up Duke for its first win of the season.
The Longhorns will make their 12th-straight NCAA Championship appearance, and 68th overall at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla. from May 25-30.
Post-Tournament Comment
Head Coach John Fields
Leaving Raleigh with this NCAA Regional Championship feels really good. I know our guys are really happy about it and they should be. They played really good golf. It's the first one of several accomplishments we still have to do this year. I'm excited for them. I think everyone thinks what we do sometimes is really easy, but when you're managing guys that are playing in PGA Tour events, like Scottie and Doug, and then up for all kinds of awards, not to mention graduation, it's very exciting for them to go do something like this. For our younger guys, they came up big today. Drew Jones' 66 was outstanding as a redshirt freshman. Steven's 69 was super solid, and Spencer Soosman had a big number early and came back to play great golf. All of them have a lot to be proud of. We have a lot of work to do. We want to be prepared when we get to Stillwater in a week and a half. We are looking forward to doing better things when we get there.
Senior Doug Ghim
On the win: I have played three of these already and the last two have been really close—there was a guy that birdied the last four holes on me my sophomore year and last year, Nick Voke shot 61 and I wasn't even aware of it. It feels pretty good to play the way I did. I was just thinking in my head, there has always been a guy that has gone off to win, so I was thinking if there is going to be a guy, it might as well be me. I really tried to push it while being patient. I gave myself some good opportunities on the back nine, I knew there were some birdies out there after the first day. I was lucky enough to hole a lot of good putts. I was trying to distance myself as much as possible from the field and it feels good doing that.
On winning two-straight tournaments: It means a lot to me to be playing for Texas and to know that I only have one event left. It's crazy. Four years of golf is flashing before my eyes and I want to do the best I can to have a good taste in my mouth when I leave. I think we have a special group of guys—they are starting to play really good golf. This is the first win of our season and this is the best time for it. I want to leave school knowing that I did everything that I wanted to do. I think we made a huge step in the right direction today.
NCAA Raleigh Regional
Lonnie Poole Golf Course
Par 71; 7,273 Yards
Team Leaderboard
1. TEXAS 271-273-269=813 (-39)
2. Duke 281-272-277=830 (-22)
3. NC State 275-277-279=831 (-21)
4. Augusta 278-284-270=832 (-20)
5. Arizona State 276-283-275=834 (-18)
6. Georgia Tech 274-279-282=835 (-17)
7. Middle Tennessee St. 280-281-275=836 (-16)
T8. Liberty 280-277-283=840 (-12)
T8. Missouri 280-283-277=840 (-12)
10. California 284-285-276=845 (-7)
11. Santa Clara 276-290-280=846 (-6)
12. Campbell 289-281-278=848 (-4)
13. Davidson 296-294-287=877 (+25)
14. Iona 295-301-308=904 (+52)
Player Leaderboard
1. DOUG GHIM, TEXAS 64-66-66=196 (-17)
2. Broc Everett, Augusta 67-66-70=199 (-14)
3. Benjamin Shipp, NC State 67-64-70=201 (-12)
4. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, TEXAS 69-65-68=202 (-11)
T5. Stephen Franken, NC State 65-69-70=204 (-9)
T5. Hayden Buckley, Missouri 69-69-66=204 (-9)
T5. Marcus Byrd, MTSU 70-67-67=204 (-9)
T5. Chun An Yu, Arizona State 65-70-69=204 (-9)
T5. Pontus Nyholm, Campbell 70-66-68=204 (-9)
T10. Jake Shuman, Duke 71-64-72=207 (-6)
T10. Collin Morikawa, California 68-71-68=207 (-6)
T10. Alex Smalley, Duke 71-70-66=207 (-6)
Texas Leaderboard
T16. Steven Chervony 69-71-69=209 (-4)
T26. Spencer Soosman 69-71-71=211 (-2)
T47. Drew Jones 75-74-66=215 (+2)
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