Sunday, February 18
Rio Mar, Puerto Rico
ALL DAY
NC State
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Puerto Rico Classic
Pack Opens Spring Season at Puerto Rico Classic
2/17/2018 11:12:00 AM | Men's Golf
NC State won two tournaments in the fall
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's golf team opens the spring season when it competes at the Puerto Rico Classic held on the Rio Mar Beach and Spa Resort's River Course
at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
The 15-team, 54-hole event begins Sunday with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. ET. The participants will play 18 holes every day, concluding on Tuesday.
Puerto Rico Classic Participants (Golfstat Ranking)
Alabama (1)
Georgia Tech (3)
Oklahoma (9)
Clemson (17)
Kentucky (18)
Marquette (33)
NC State (37)
Northwestern (44)
Purdue (52)
Middle Tennessee (73)
Virginia Tech (76)
Maryland (77)
East Carolina (79)
Georgia (93)
UNCG (116)
Fall Season Recap
The Pack participated in four events in the fall, winning two. NC State won the Golfweek Conference Challenge in September in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and captured the Wolfpack Intercollegiate held at Lonnie Poole Golf Club in early October. The two tournament victories in the fall marks the first time since the 2014-15 season the Pack has won multiple tournaments in a season. The last time NC State won three or more tournaments in a season was the 1995-96 season.
NC State Line-Up
1. Stephen Franken – The junior led the Pack with a 70.75 scoring average in the fall as he recorded three top-five finishes in four tournaments played. Franken collected the first individual title of his career, winning the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, with a three-day score of 15-under-par. Franken's score of 15-under-par tied an NC State program record for score in relation to par.
The Raleigh native played eight of his 12 rounds in the fall at par or lower.
2. Justin Hood – The junior had a scoring average of 74.50 in two tournaments in the fall. Hood made his season-debut at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, finishing in a tie for 25th place out of 81 competitors.
3. Christian Salzer – The sophomore competed in three tournaments in the fall, finishing with a 75.89 scoring average. Salzer closed the fall season with a 28th place finish out of 76 players at the UNCG/Grandover Collegiate.
4. Easton Paxton – The lone freshman on the Pack's roster this season, Paxton competed in three of four events in the fall and finished with a scoring average of 73.78. The Riverton, Wyo., native made his collegiate debut at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and helped push the Pack to the tournament title, finishing the three-round event with a score of even-par to place in a tie for 19th out of 75 competitors.
5. Nolan Mills Jr. - The junior competed in all four events for the Pack in the fall and had a scoring average of 74.33. The Charlotte native finished in a tie for 13th place out of 81 competitors at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate with a three-round score of one-under-par.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's golf team opens the spring season when it competes at the Puerto Rico Classic held on the Rio Mar Beach and Spa Resort's River Course
at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
The 15-team, 54-hole event begins Sunday with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. ET. The participants will play 18 holes every day, concluding on Tuesday.
Puerto Rico Classic Participants (Golfstat Ranking)
Alabama (1)
Georgia Tech (3)
Oklahoma (9)
Clemson (17)
Kentucky (18)
Marquette (33)
NC State (37)
Northwestern (44)
Purdue (52)
Middle Tennessee (73)
Virginia Tech (76)
Maryland (77)
East Carolina (79)
Georgia (93)
UNCG (116)
Fall Season Recap
The Pack participated in four events in the fall, winning two. NC State won the Golfweek Conference Challenge in September in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and captured the Wolfpack Intercollegiate held at Lonnie Poole Golf Club in early October. The two tournament victories in the fall marks the first time since the 2014-15 season the Pack has won multiple tournaments in a season. The last time NC State won three or more tournaments in a season was the 1995-96 season.
NC State Line-Up
1. Stephen Franken – The junior led the Pack with a 70.75 scoring average in the fall as he recorded three top-five finishes in four tournaments played. Franken collected the first individual title of his career, winning the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, with a three-day score of 15-under-par. Franken's score of 15-under-par tied an NC State program record for score in relation to par.
The Raleigh native played eight of his 12 rounds in the fall at par or lower.
2. Justin Hood – The junior had a scoring average of 74.50 in two tournaments in the fall. Hood made his season-debut at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, finishing in a tie for 25th place out of 81 competitors.
3. Christian Salzer – The sophomore competed in three tournaments in the fall, finishing with a 75.89 scoring average. Salzer closed the fall season with a 28th place finish out of 76 players at the UNCG/Grandover Collegiate.
4. Easton Paxton – The lone freshman on the Pack's roster this season, Paxton competed in three of four events in the fall and finished with a scoring average of 73.78. The Riverton, Wyo., native made his collegiate debut at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and helped push the Pack to the tournament title, finishing the three-round event with a score of even-par to place in a tie for 19th out of 75 competitors.
5. Nolan Mills Jr. - The junior competed in all four events for the Pack in the fall and had a scoring average of 74.33. The Charlotte native finished in a tie for 13th place out of 81 competitors at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate with a three-round score of one-under-par.
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