Doug Ghim

Doug Ghim

Height: 5'9" (1.75 m)
Weight: 165 (75 kg)
Age: 27 (April 16, 1996)
Birthplace: Des Plaines, IL
Residence: Las Vegas, NV

Education: University of Texas (2018, Government)
Turned Professional: 2018
City plays from: Arlington Heights, IL, United States


Exempt Status


PGA TOURTop 125 in 2021-22 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (thru 2022-23)

Career Victories


None.

Player Statistics


Career Low Round:

63 - 2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST (Round 3)

Career High FedExCup Rank:

#13 : 2021 Safeway Open

Career High Official World Golf Rank:

#181 : 2022 THE PLAYERS Championship

Career Largest Paycheck:

$675,000 : 2022 THE PLAYERS Championship (Finished 6)

National Team Selections


Arnold Palmer Cup : 2016, 2017 Walker Cup : 2017

Career Records


PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0)
Season Events Rounds 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Cuts Made Cuts Missed WD FedExCup Rank Earnings
Total: 103 297 2 21 54 47 2 $3,668,640
2023 18 51 2 8 9 1 150 $490,050
2022 29 84 1 4 16 13 125 $1,347,458
2021 27 86 1 9 18 9 83 $1,283,807
2020 16 40 2 5 11 184 $187,442
2019 6 19 2 3 3 $243,356
2018 5 11 2 3 1 1 $116,527
2018 2 (A) 6 1 1
(A) - Amateur

Top Tournaments


PGA TOUR
THE PLAYERS Championship Masters Tournament PGA Championship U.S. Open The Open Championship WGC-HSBC Champions WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession
2023 CUT
2022 T6
2021 T29
2018 T50 CUT
FedExCup Playoffs
FedEx St. Jude Championship Dell Technologies Championship BMW Championship TOUR Championship
2022 CUT
2021 T31

Personal


  • Parents are Jeff and Susan, who were both born in South Korea and met in Chicago after moving to the United States at different times. Susan immigrated to the U.S. in the mid 1970s, while Jeff moved following military service in South Korea. With Susan a flight attendant, Jeff worked for several years in architecture.
  • Stays connected with University of Texas alumni including Jordan Spieth and Ben Crenshaw.
  • Lives in Las Vegas with roommate Maverick McNealy. Before getting their TOUR cards at the same time, teamed up at the Walker Cup.
  • When not playing golf, enjoys music and going to shows, and following sports, especially Chicago sports teams, including the Cubs.
  • One superstition is to always keep his golf ball in his left pocket and tees in his right pocket
  • His earliest golf memory was meeting Jason Day at a Korn Ferry Tour event in Chicago when Day was 19. He later shared the story with Day at the Masters.
  • Supports the American Junior Golf Association's ACE Grant, which provides financial assistance to young men and women who aspire to earn a college golf scholarship through competitive junior golf.
  • Earned his degree in government after promising his parents he would graduate. Older Sister, Deborah, graduated from Harvard