
Pack to Play in Puerto Rico Classic
2/16/2019 3:45:00 PM | Men's Golf
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RALEIGH, NC – The NC State men's golf team competes in its second spring competition of the season when it starts play in the Puerto Rico Classic on Sunday.
The three-round, par 71 tournament is held at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The first round starts Sunday with an 8 am shotgun start.
Participating Teams (Golfstat Ranking)
Georgia Tech (4)
Alabama (5)
Clemson (12)
Oklahoma (13)
Georgia (21)
NC State (28)
Marquette (31)
Iowa (40)
Ohio State (56)
Purdue (66)
UNC Greensboro (91)
Maryland (93)
East Carolina (98)
Virginia Tech (104)
Middle Tennessee (138)
Last Time Out
The Pack opened the spring season with a fifth-place finish out of 14 teams at the Sea Best Invitational in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Stephen Franken led the Pack with his 15th career top-10 finish, leading the Pack with a fourth place finish on the individual leaderboard.
Fall Review
In four fall tournaments, NC State won the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in October, took home second at the prestigious Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, with only defending National Champion Oklahoma finishing ahead of the Pack and had a fourth place finish at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in another loaded field.
The Pack was led by senior Stephen Franken and junior Benjamin Shipp in the fall. Both players rank in the top-10 in the ACC in stroke average with Franken at 69.3 and Shipp at 68.8. Franken had two top-five finishes in the fall, while Shipp matched Franken with two top-five finishes, including earning medalist honors at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate.
The Pack finished the fall with a final Golfweek ranking of 22nd.
NC State Lineup
1. Stephen Franken
2. Benjamin Shipp
3. Easton Paxton
4. Christian Salzer
5. Harrison Rhoades
RALEIGH, NC – The NC State men's golf team competes in its second spring competition of the season when it starts play in the Puerto Rico Classic on Sunday.
The three-round, par 71 tournament is held at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The first round starts Sunday with an 8 am shotgun start.
Participating Teams (Golfstat Ranking)
Georgia Tech (4)
Alabama (5)
Clemson (12)
Oklahoma (13)
Georgia (21)
NC State (28)
Marquette (31)
Iowa (40)
Ohio State (56)
Purdue (66)
UNC Greensboro (91)
Maryland (93)
East Carolina (98)
Virginia Tech (104)
Middle Tennessee (138)
Last Time Out
The Pack opened the spring season with a fifth-place finish out of 14 teams at the Sea Best Invitational in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Stephen Franken led the Pack with his 15th career top-10 finish, leading the Pack with a fourth place finish on the individual leaderboard.
Fall Review
In four fall tournaments, NC State won the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in October, took home second at the prestigious Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, with only defending National Champion Oklahoma finishing ahead of the Pack and had a fourth place finish at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in another loaded field.
The Pack was led by senior Stephen Franken and junior Benjamin Shipp in the fall. Both players rank in the top-10 in the ACC in stroke average with Franken at 69.3 and Shipp at 68.8. Franken had two top-five finishes in the fall, while Shipp matched Franken with two top-five finishes, including earning medalist honors at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate.
The Pack finished the fall with a final Golfweek ranking of 22nd.
NC State Lineup
1. Stephen Franken
2. Benjamin Shipp
3. Easton Paxton
4. Christian Salzer
5. Harrison Rhoades
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