N.C. State had two golfers finish in the top 30 of the individual competition at the Hootie at Bulls Bay tournament, but finished ninth in the team standings.
Senior Logan Harrell and sophomore David Cooke both shot four strokes over par (+4), tied as the leading scorer among the Wolfpack.
The Pack finished the tournament, played in Awendaw, S.C., with a combined score of 881 (+17), beating ACC rivals Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill by 17 and 23 strokes, respectively.
Head coach Richard Sykes said Harrell played well all week, shooting 73, 74 and 73 over the course of the three-day tournament.
“Logan played much better than his score,” Sykes said. “He just didn’t seem to make the right putt at the right time. When he needed something to get him going, he never seemed to get it in.”
Cooke set a new career-best, shooting 69 (-3) on the tournament’s first and third days, tied for the lowest among all State players for the tournament.
“David is one of the few people I have ever seen who shot four over for the tournament and never had a round in the 70s,” Sykes said.
The Pack started off with a solid score, finishing the first day in eighth place with a combined total of 287 (-1). Cooke led all State players with a 69 (-3), followed by redshirt freshman Stanhope Johnson, who shot even par (72). Harrell and sophomore Carter Page tied with a 73 (+1). Redshirt junior James Chapman ended the first round recording a 76 (+4).
After the first round, Cooke was tied for fourth among all players in the tournament.
The second day proved to be a challenge for every team in the tournament, as harsh weather conditions made the course “much faster,” according to Harrell.
The Pack shot 12 birdies, while recording 28 bogeys and five double bogeys. However, Chapman and Harrell helped keep the Pack’s team total down, shooting 72 (E) and 74 (+2), respectively.
At the end of the day, Harrell was tied for 21st place among all players with a combined score of 147 (+3), with Chapman close behind in a tie for 25th (148, +4).
The Pack rebounded on the third day after a rough second round, ending the day at even-par 288.
Cooke tied his tournament low, 69 (-3), after recording six birdies and three bogeys. Harrell, Chapman and Page all tallied scores of 73 (+1), with Johnson close on their heels with a 74 (+1).
Chapman finished the tournament at 221 (+5), landing him in 34th place. Page ended up tied for 46th place with a final tally of 225 (+9), and Johnson ended the tournament tied for 52nd place with a combined total of 227 (+11).
N.C. State’s next tournament is on April 7th and 8th, as the Pack travels to University Place, Wash. to play in the Redhawk Invitational.
After that, State will play in its only home tournament of the season, the Wolfpack Spring Open, at Lonnie Pool Golf Course on April 19th and 20th.
