Army Finishes 15th at Augusta Invite

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Army Finishes 15th at Augusta Invite

April 02, 2017 | Men's Golf

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WILLMINGTON, N.C. – The Army West Point men's golf team finished competition 15th at the Augusta Invitational scoring 883 (+19) in the weekend.

The Black Knights finished the second day of competition by shooting 298 (+10) through 18 holes.

Senior Peter Kim was the highest scoring Cadet finishing tied for 10th. Kim scratched 71-69-71 – 211 (-5) over the two-day tournament. The next highest scoring athlete was Dean Sakata who tallied 72-71-77 – 220 (+4) on the weekend.

RESULTS:

Place	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
T10	Peter Kim	71	69	71	211 (-5)
T51	Dean Sakata	72	71	77	220 (+4)
T71	Nick Turner	76	77	73	226 (+10)
T73	Justin Pagila	77	74	77	228 (+12)
78	Matt Plunkett	75	78	78	231 (+15)

COACHES CORNER:
"We knew coming into the day we would need to make a lot of birdies to make a move up the leaderboard. The got off to a hot start and had one of the low rounds of the through the first nine holes, but we made too many mistakes coming down the stretch. Th tournament field was excellent, so with the mistakes we made you can't expect to finish well. We need to clean up some of our rounds and finish stronger if we plan on achieving out goals at the end of the season. This event was good preparation for our upcoming championship at Bucknell."

"Kim had another great tournament as he was only a few shots out of first heading into the last nine holes today. He turned at -4 (32) and made a nice run before making a few late bogeys. He tied for 10th and is playing some great golf. Turner had a nice run a -4 through his first 12 holes today, but couldn't keep it going. When we look back at this event there will be a lot of frustration as we're so close to playing some great golf as a team. They have all showed what it takes to go low, but we're not finishing off the rounds like I know we can. We'll continue to work hard and prepare for our upcoming event at UConn in a few weeks. We can't thank Coach O'Keefe or the Augusta Golf Association enough for hosting such a first-class event."

UP NEXT:
The Cadets will take part in the "Til Duty is Done" two-day tournament hosted by UConn on April 15, 16.