The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men’s Golf’s Ghim wins 2018 Ben Hogan Award
05.21.2018 | Men's Golf
The Longhorn senior earned the Player of the Year award at Colonial Country Club.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Men's Golf senior Doug Ghim won the 2018 Ben Hogan Award on Monday night, becoming the first Longhorn to win the award since 1997.
Ghim earned the honor, given to the top college golfer based on his play in the last year in both college and amateur competitions, in a black-tie dinner Monday night at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth.
Ghim is listed among the top 10 in all four major ranking systems, including No. 1 in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking. He stands third in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and is No. 10 in both the Golfweek/Sagarin Ranking and Golfstat College Ranking. Last month, Ghim earned the Silver Cup as low amateur at the 2018 Masters Tournament after finishing 50th. He was the only amateur to make the cut.
The native of Arlington Heights, Ill., was the 2017 U.S. Amateur runner up in an epic 37-hole final match. Ghim made his run to the final after tying for eighth place during stroke play. He also combined to post a perfect 8-0-0 record for Team USA last summer during the Walker Cup and Arnold Palmer Cup competitions. In addition, Ghim was the 2017 Pacific Coast Amateur champion and won the 2017 Sun Bowl Andeavor College All-America Golf Classic with a tournament record-tying 18-under total of 195.
In college play, the All-Big 12 selection owns a 69.54 college scoring average over 28 rounds in 2017-18. He has three wins on the collegiate season, claiming medalist honors at the NCAA Raleigh Regional, the Big 12 Championship, and the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate. In all, Ghim has seven top-10 finishes this season and has placed in the top 20 in eight of nine events.
He joins Jeff Fahrenbruch as the only Longhorn to earn the award and is the third Texas finalist since 2012 (Spieth and Hossler).
Ghim will play in his final collegiate event at the NCAA Championship in Stillwater, Okla. from May 25-30 and will compete in the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Course from June 14-17.
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