“I didn’t really trust myself when I was out on the course,” Lim said. “After the first day, I shot 80 and I was frustrated.... When I forgot about score and forgot about my techniques and just hit the ball, everything just came together.”
On the second day, Lim shot a 75.
Sophomore Bonnie Hu, who is also a Crimson business editor, and Cho each posted scores of 157 (+13) to round out the Harvard effort.
The tournament victory came one week after Harvard finished 10th out of 15 teams at Ole Miss’s Rebel Intercollegiate, which represented just its second taste of spring competition.
“We had been struggling a little before, and I feel like some of the team was doubting ourselves a little bit, because we hadn’t been playing out of the winter months,” Lim said. “Columbia’s tournament really helped prove to us that we’re ready for Ivies.”
Last year’s league runner-up will now have two weeks to further prepare for the Ancient Eight’s perennial showdown, held at the Seaview Bay Course in Galloway, N.J.
—Staff writer Dennis J. Zheng can be reached at dzheng12@college.harvard.edu.