Army Travels to UConn for Two Day Invite

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Army Travels to UConn for Two Day Invite

April 13, 2017 | Men's Golf

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's golf team is traveling to Baltic, Conn., to take part in the "Veterans Golf Association" Collegiate Invitational, hosted by UConn over the weekend.

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LAST YEAR
The Black Knights finished the invite third with round scores of 285-293-288 – 866. Peter Kim and Dean Sakata are the top returning finishers, tying for 13th with 220 stokes each. Justin Pagila placed in the top 25, scratching 72-78-73 – 223. Army was rounded out by Nick Turner who finished tied for 35th accumulating 229 strokes on the weekend.

LAST TIME OUT

Army finished 15th at the Augusta Invitational after scoring 883 (+19) over the two-day tournament.
Peter Kim was the highest scoring Cadet, finishing tied for 10th. Kim scratched 71-69-71 – 211 (-5) over the two-day tournament. He also picked up monthly accolades after being named the Patriot League Golfer of the Month.
The next highest scoring athlete was Dean Sakata, who tallied 72-71-77 – 220 (+4) on the weekend.
The rest of the scoring came from Nick Turner (76-77-73 –226 (+10)), who tied for 71st, Justin Pagila (77-74-77 – 228 (+12)) in 73rd and Matt Plunkett (75-78-78 – 231 (+15)) in 78th.

'TIL DUTY IS DONE' COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
DATE: Friday-Saturday, 14-15
LOCATION: Mohegan Sun Golf Club (Baltic, Conn.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 – 6,790 yards
TOURNAMENT FORMAT: Two day 54 holes (36 on Friday, 18 on Saturday)

TOURNAMENT FIELD (10 teams): Army, Bryant, Central Connecticut, Hartford, LIU, Rider, Sacred Heart, St. Thomas Aquinas, UConn, VGA (a team of military veterans)

PARTICIPATING ATHLETES:
1. Peter Kim
2. Dean Sakata
3. Gunner Doyle
4. Nick Turner
5. Justin Williamson

UP NEXT: The Cadets travel to Hamilton, N.Y., to take part in the Colgate Spring Individual Event on April 22-23.