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Golfers honor fallen soldiers

By David Roberts | Jan. 12, 2015

Honoring fallen United States soldiers represents a small fraction of University of South Carolina students’ plans for winter break. Junior Will Starke and sophomore Ben Dietrich would have to be included in that figure, however, as the two members of South Carolina’s men’s golf team participated in the Patriot All-America Invitational to close out the 2014 calendar year. Starke and Dietrich finished up the tournament shooting a 77 (+7) and a 78 (+8), respectively, but participating in an event that recognizes fallen U.S.

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