NC State Hosts Annual Wolfpack Spring Open Friday and Saturday

April 13, 2017

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RALEIGH – The NC State men's golf team concludes the regular-season portion of the 2016-17 schedule this weekend on its home Lonnie Poole Golf Course. The annual Wolfpack Spring Open will tee off Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. and will feature three total rounds of golf over two days. Admission is free for those who wish to attend.

THE COURSE
Known as an excellent and challenging course on the NCAA golf circuit, Lonnie Poole Golf Course hosted the 2014 NCAA Men's Regional and the 2015 NCAA Women's Regional. Located on 250 acres inside the city of Raleigh, the golf course routing is largely dictated by elevation changes. It meanders around large buffer areas left in place to protect streams and wetlands in the Neuse River watershed. The buffer provides a protected habitat for wildlife and native plant species. Erik Larsen and Brandon Johnson, both graduates of the NC State College of Design, were the lead architects.

For the purposes of the Wolfpack Spring Open, the course will play a par of 71 over 7,046 yards.

RECENT RESULTS AND SEASON RECORD
NC State has shot below 860 in three consecutive tournaments and finished within the top four each time. The Wolfpack—and senior Jacob McBride—most recently placed second at the Gary Koch Invitational on April 11.

To this point in the season, NC State's cumulative record sits at 80-40-3.

THE NC STATE LINEUPS
Jacob McBride – Finished second at the Gary Koch Invitational on April 11.
Stephen Franken – Finished T7 at the Gary Koch Invitational.
Benjamin Shipp – As a freshman, has earned four top-20 finishes in just eight tournaments.
Harrison Rhoades – Finished T29 at the Gary Koch Invitational.
Nolan Mills Jr. – Third consecutive start among the Wolfpack's top five.

Davis Richards – Wolfpack Spring Open will feature rounds 50, 51, and 52 of his young career.
Chad Cox – Two top-10 finishes this season at individual tournaments.
Christian Salzer – Freshman will compete in his sixth collegiate tournament.
Justin Hood – Best finish this season is T4 at the individual Barton Intercollegiate.
Dwight Cauthen – Freshman will compete in his fifth collegiate tournament.

THE TOURNAMENT FIELD (Golfstat rankings as of April 11)
No. 15 Clemson
No. 19 Duke
ETSU
Francis Marion
Loyola-Maryland
Manhattan
Maryland
MTSU
NC State (host – two teams)
South Florida
Temple
UNCG
UNCW
Virginia Tech
Western Carolina

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NC State Hosts Annual Wolfpack Spring Open Friday and Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Dwight Cauthen

Chad Cox

Stephen Franken

Justin Hood

DK Kim

Jacob McBride

Nolan Mills Jr.

Harrison Rhoades

Davis Richards

Christian Salzer

Benjamin Shipp