N.C. State’s Stephen Franken stood on the first tee at 7:33 a.m. Wednesday at Lonnie Poole Golf Course determined to play well, score well, in the final round of the NCAA Raleigh Regional.
After a hooked drive and two whiffed shots, after twice taking drops for unplayable lies, the 2018 ACC player of the year put a “9” on his score card — a quadruple bogey on the 578-yard, par-5 first hole.
“And I made a putt from 25 feet for the 9,” he later said.
Just like that the pressure was on Franken and the Wolfpack.