The Army West Point Golf team secured the Star with a 7-4 victory at the West Point Golf Course on October 5 as the Black Knights won four of the seven singles matches.
Golf’s Star victory on October 5 is part of the Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA. The Black Knights have now won the Star three years in a row and seven of the last eight seasons. After getting out to a 3-1 lead after the four-ball matches, Army was able to hold off a late charge by the Midshipmen and earn the 7-4 win.
CDT Drew Jeffords ’27 got Army its first point with a 5&3 victory and led throughout his match, while CDT John Heckel Jr. ’25 continued his amazing play with a dominant performance, winning 8&6.
Navy was able to get a couple of points back with Chip Deegan defeating CDT Tyson Sparks ’28, 4&2, and Owen Huntington winning his match over CDT Rob Ferris ’26 at 6&5.
With the match still hanging in the balance and Army leading 5-3, CDT Josh Kim ’25 won his match on the 18th hole with a birdie putt to clinch the match for the Black Knights with a 1-up victory.
CDT Lake Kim ’24 was also in the lead late in his match and won 3&1 on the 17th hole to give Army its seventh point of the contest. He led throughout his match as well. Ben Valdez won the final match of the day with a 1-up victory over CDT Dragon Theam ’25.
Excerpt and image taken from https://www.westpoint.edu.
