Golf Takes Lead in Star Match

Saturday, September 25

Annapolis, MD

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Army West Point

Navy

Golf Takes Lead in Star Match

September 25, 2021 | Men's Golf

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Army West Point golf team took an 2.5-1.5 lead over Navy after the four-ball matches on Saturday in the Star Match between the two service-academy rivals as part of the Army-Navy Star Series, presented by USAA.

Four-Ball Results
Nicholas Klock/Chad Deegan (Navy) def. Dragon Theam/Joshua Kim (Army) – 3 & 1
Samuel Kim/Lake Kim (Army) def. Keegan Shreves/Andrew Wilkinson (Navy) – 1-up
Tom Katsenes/Gary Bullard (Army) def. Ben Burton/Braxton Tracy (Navy) – 5 & 3
Marshall Daniel/John Heckel Jr. (Arm) vs. Noah Nuez/Benjamin Valdez – Halved

How it Happened

Navy earned the first point of the match with a win in group first off the tee by defeating Dragon Theam and Joshua Kim at 3 & 1
The Black Knights evened it up with great play from Tom Katsenes and Gary Bullard, who ended their match early winning at 5 & 3.
Army jumped out to the 2-1 lead thanks to a great comeback from Lake Kim and Samuel Kim.
The pair found themselves down early and clawed their way back to go 1-up through 15 and then it was a battle the rest of the way.
Navy tied it up going to the 18th and Lake Kim responded for the Black Knights by draining a lengthy putt to win the match.
Marshall Daniel and John Heckel Jr. had a lead late in the match, but settled for half a point after Navy was able to force the tie.

Coaches Corner with Chad Bagley
"A lot of great stuff today. A tough, gritty performance by a couple of our teams. I was really excited about Samuel and Lake Kim. They got down three early in the match as they were three down through six and were able to get it back and win it on the 18th hole and give us a full point. I think that was big.

"Tom Katsenes and Gary Bullard played a great match today and they won 5 & 3 on the 15th hole. So a lot of good performances, but we have a few things we need to clean up and focus on tonight in our preparation for tomorrow."

Lake Kim following his winning putt on 18
"The putt was about 30 feet and Coach Grusczynski and I were judging the speed and looking at the breaks. It was slight right to left putt and I just wanted to hit one close, so Sam didn't have the pressure make a putt and I was just lucky that it went in."

Lake Kim drops the 25 footer to win his match on the 18th ??#GoArmy?? | #BEATnavy pic.twitter.com/VnQVrtCdl1
— Army Golf (@ArmyWP_Golf) September 25, 2021