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Shipp Named ACC Co-Men's Golfer of the Month
4/6/2021 11:35:00 AM | Men's Golf
Shipp won two tournaments in the month of March
RALEIGH, N.C. -Â NC State's Benjamin Shipp, along with UNC's Peter Fountain, have been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Men's Golfers of the Month for March.Â
Shipp, a graduate student from Duluth, Georgia, played in four tournaments in March and finished the month with a 69.58 scoring average and two individual titles.
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Shipp bested 80 competitors at the Schenkel Invitational in dominating fashion as he was the wire-to-wire winner. He shot the lowest score every round and finished the tournament at 16 under par, 11 shots ahead of second place. Shipp's score of 16 under par is the lowest score related to par in NC State program history. His total score of 200 is tied for the second-lowest score in a 54-hole tournament in program history.
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He ended the month with another tournament title, finishing first out of 96 golfers at the Hootie Intercollegiate at Bulls Bay. He was two shots back entering the final day and still trailed by two shots after nine holes. After 15 holes, Shipp trailed by a shot, but he birdied the 16th and 18th holes to complete the comeback and win by one shot. It's the fifth career individual title of Shipp's NC State career, tying for the third-most in program history.
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In addition, Shipp started the month with a fifth-place at Pinehurst No. 2 in the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2.
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Shipp, a graduate student from Duluth, Georgia, played in four tournaments in March and finished the month with a 69.58 scoring average and two individual titles.
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Shipp bested 80 competitors at the Schenkel Invitational in dominating fashion as he was the wire-to-wire winner. He shot the lowest score every round and finished the tournament at 16 under par, 11 shots ahead of second place. Shipp's score of 16 under par is the lowest score related to par in NC State program history. His total score of 200 is tied for the second-lowest score in a 54-hole tournament in program history.
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He ended the month with another tournament title, finishing first out of 96 golfers at the Hootie Intercollegiate at Bulls Bay. He was two shots back entering the final day and still trailed by two shots after nine holes. After 15 holes, Shipp trailed by a shot, but he birdied the 16th and 18th holes to complete the comeback and win by one shot. It's the fifth career individual title of Shipp's NC State career, tying for the third-most in program history.
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In addition, Shipp started the month with a fifth-place at Pinehurst No. 2 in the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2.
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