For Ben Coe, watching his uncle wave a flag in front of him to “mess with him” before the state tournament had become a tradition. Days before the Broadneck senior faced his final chance to win a Class 4A/3A state title, his uncle approached him on their home turf, Naval Academy Golf Course, and asked him to join him on the eighth and ninth holes. “He’s waving this flag in front of me. He’s like, ‘You can’t make this putt,’” Coe recalled, moments after his uncle approached him again to ask him for an autograph. “After I made the putt on the ninth, he goes, ‘You’re going to win the state tournament. You’re ready.’” Though Coe ended the first day locked at 70 with a teammate, with opponents...
