ALUMNI IN THE HEADLINES
DOUG GHIM EARNS
PGA TOUR CARD
Ghim sat 10 feet from the hole on the 18th green at Victoria
National. He had to sink the putt in order to earn his PGA
TOUR card at the Korn Ferry Championship. When he stood
over the ball, he had a sense of confidence. As best he could
tell, the ball would break from right to left, but not much.
Ghim was looking at what he would call a “very makeable
putt.” He took a couple of deep breaths, then took aim at
the right edge of the cup. Ghim unleashed a fist pump even
before his ball dropped into the hole on Sept. 2, Labor Day.
“It’s probably the strongest reaction I’ve ever had to any
shot I’ve ever played,” Ghim said. “I was obviously extremely
proud in that moment because I made the putt and that I
was able to basically hold my own in that situation, in that
circumstance, with all that pressure.”
SZOKOL EARNS LPGA CARD
IJGA Alumna Elizabeth Szokol earned her LPGA
card for the 2020 season. The 2020 season
will be her second year on the LPGA Tour. She
earned her 2019 LPGA Tour card after finishing
fourth on the 2018 Symetra Tour Offical Money
List.
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