Doug Ghim didn’t win the Shriners Kids’s Open on Sunday at TPC Summerlin, however he did notch the perfect end of his PGA Tour profession.
The 28-year-old Ghim, a former standout newbie who starred alongside Scottie Scheffler on the College of Texas, had made 140 begins with three top-10s over 5 seasons on the PGA Tour coming into this week. He then shot 64-65 on the weekend on his house course – he moved to Las Vegas shortly after turning professional – and completed runner-up and only a shot again of winner J.T. Poston.
“I did every thing I might clearly,” mentioned Ghim, who carded an eagle and 11 birdies over the second half of the match, together with a closing birdie on Sunday after he caught his strategy to six toes and gave himself an opportunity of getting right into a playoff earlier than Poston two-putted for a profitable par on the final. “Haven’t had the perfect historical past up to now in last rounds and last teams, so it’s undoubtedly going to be just a little badge on my chest, I assume, in a way that the subsequent time I get in place, I’ll have that in my reminiscence financial institution of realizing I’ve completed it earlier than.
“On the finish of the day, you’re attempting to beat the chief within the last spherical, and I did that. Simply got here up one brief. Yeah, happy with the hassle.”
One other silver lining for Ghim is that he locks up his card for a sixth straight season, leaping 23 spots to No. 70 within the FedExCup standings. He’s now knocking on the door of the Aon Subsequent 10, which upon completion of the remaining 4 fall tournaments will include spots in two early signature occasions subsequent 12 months.
CURRENT NEXT 10
51. Mackenzie Hughes, 1,242.8
52. Harris English, 1,152.3
53. Seamus Energy, 1,109.4
54. Patrick Rodgers, 1,103.6
55. Maverick McNealy, 1,091.7
56. Tom Kim, 1,078.9
57. Justin Rose, 1,020.8
58. Nick Taylor, 1,019.6
59. Jake Knapp, 983.9
60. Kevin Yu, 969.1
Lucas Glover is lower than some extent again of Yu, and he’s adopted by Ben Griffin, Min Woo Lee and Erik van Rooyen within the standings.
The opposite large factors race, after all, is to maintain one’s card. The 125 in factors on the finish of the autumn will stay totally exempt. Joe Highsmith, a rookie out of Pepperdine, tied for sixteenth on the Shriners to maneuver up eight spots and sit firmly on the bubble.
CURRENT TOP 125 BUBBLE PICTURE
120. Vincent Whaley, 383.1
121. Henrik Norlander, 368.4
122. Hayden Springer, 363.1
123. S.H. Kim, 357.9
124. Matt Wallace, 354.336
125. Joe Highsmith, 351. 9
126. Kevin Tway, 350.9
127. Alejandro Tosti, 348.5
128. Daniel Berger, 346.1
129. Joel Dahmen, 341.6
130. Pierceson Coody, 329.7
