Ghim Undefeated at Walker Cup
PHOTO CREDIT: Golf Digest
IJGA Alumnus Doug Ghim was a member of the record-
breaking U.S. Walker Cup team. The U.S. team scored 19
points, the most points ever recorded in a Walker Cup, and
its 19-7 landslide victory over the Great Britain & Ireland
team was the second widest margin of victory in the history
of the event. Ghim defeated Matthew Jordan, 3 and 1, to
complete his 4-0-0 sweep.
Ghim Finishes Runner-up
at United States Amateur
Championship
A few weeks before his historic
appearance at the Walker Cup, Ghim was
in the championship match at the USGA’s
U.S. Amateur Championship at Riviera
Country Club in California. Ghim called it
“an incredible match. We didn’t give each
other anything all afternoon. We worked
for everything. It’s match play, right? It was
do or die for him, and he did it.” The match
went to 37 holes before Ghim ultimately
lost the match to Doc Redman, who came
back from 2 down with two to play.
PHOTO CREDIT: Golf Digest, Chris Keane
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