
Two Wolfpack Golfers in Top 10 at Schenkel Invitational
3/17/2017 6:26:00 PM | Men's Golf
Stephen Franken and Benjamin Shipp shoot 69 (-3) on Friday
March 17, 2017
Golfstat Results | PDF Results | Saturday Tee Times
STATESBORO, Ga. – Led by three-under-par scores of 69 from sophomore Stephen Franken and freshman Benjamin Shipp, the NC State men's golf team completed the first round of play Friday at the 2017 Schenkel Invitational hosted by Georgia Southern.
Through one round of golf at Forest Heights Country Club, the Wolfpack ranks 10th in the tournament field with a score of 286 (-2). NC State is just seven strokes behind current leader College of Charleston, which shot a team score of 279 (-9) on Friday.
Franken finished the front nine in incredible fashion on Friday, recording an eagle on the par-five seventh hole and back-to-back birdies on holes eight and nine.
Schenkel Invitational – First Round
T9 … Stephen Franken … 69 (-3)
T9 … Benjamin Shipp … 69 (-3)
T37 … Harrison Rhoades … 73 (+1)
T53 … Jacob McBride … 75 (+3)
T70 … Davis Richards … 78 (+6)
*T70 … Christian Salzer … 78 (+6)
10 … NC State … 286 (-2)
*Competing as an individual
SATURDAY TEE TIMES
Wolfpack golfers participating as a team will tee off on hole 10 from 8:51 a.m. to 9:27 a.m. Saturday morning. Christian Salzer will tee off on hole 10 at 10:21.
#GoPack | @PackMensGolf
Golfstat Results | PDF Results | Saturday Tee Times
STATESBORO, Ga. – Led by three-under-par scores of 69 from sophomore Stephen Franken and freshman Benjamin Shipp, the NC State men's golf team completed the first round of play Friday at the 2017 Schenkel Invitational hosted by Georgia Southern.
Through one round of golf at Forest Heights Country Club, the Wolfpack ranks 10th in the tournament field with a score of 286 (-2). NC State is just seven strokes behind current leader College of Charleston, which shot a team score of 279 (-9) on Friday.
Franken finished the front nine in incredible fashion on Friday, recording an eagle on the par-five seventh hole and back-to-back birdies on holes eight and nine.
Schenkel Invitational – First Round
T9 … Stephen Franken … 69 (-3)
T9 … Benjamin Shipp … 69 (-3)
T37 … Harrison Rhoades … 73 (+1)
T53 … Jacob McBride … 75 (+3)
T70 … Davis Richards … 78 (+6)
*T70 … Christian Salzer … 78 (+6)
10 … NC State … 286 (-2)
*Competing as an individual
SATURDAY TEE TIMES
Wolfpack golfers participating as a team will tee off on hole 10 from 8:51 a.m. to 9:27 a.m. Saturday morning. Christian Salzer will tee off on hole 10 at 10:21.
#GoPack | @PackMensGolf
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