After a disappointing finish last spring in the ACC and NCAA Championships, but a strong fall 2008 showing, the men’s golf team has set its goals high for this upcoming season.  The team enters the spring season returning all the members from last year, and even though the finish wasn’t what they had hoped for, it did give the golfers some confidence coming into this yearís play.”Last year showed us that we were good enough to get there and compete,” redshirt junior Kent Copeland said.  The Wolfpack is ranked No. 21 in the country by GolfWeek.com, which places the team third in the ACC, ahead of Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill and Wake Forest. Junior Brad Revell said the Wolfpack expects to compete among the nation’s best this season.”After last year we expect to win every tournament we play in,” Revell said.Last fall, State only competed in three tournaments but placed second twice and added a fourth place finish in their final tournament at Ridges Golf & Country Club in Johnson City, Tenn.  “Last year, we had a lot of ground to make up at the beginning of the season,î sophomore Matt Hill said. “This year, we are off to a great start and hope to build on that.”According to Revell, it is important the Wolfpack put forward a strong showing at every tournament and not take any tournaments off.”You have to be strong in every tournament you play in,” Revell said. “They build on each other, so if you play well, it can carry over.”According to Hill, much of the great start can be attributed to solid play by the team as a whole as well as the leadership and guidance of coach Richard Sykes.  “He has very high expectations for his golfers,” Hill said.In addition to Sykes, the Wolfpack is led by assistant coach Chip Watson, who is in his first season with the Wolfpack. Watson has 19 years of experience as a PGA Class A Professional and is currently serving as the vice president of the Carolinas Golf Group.2009 will also mark the opening of N.C. State’s new golf course located on Centennial Campus. Up to this year, the team has practiced at a number of different courses around the Raleigh area, but the team will be able to finally call one course their own.  “To have our own course is just going to make us that much better,” Revell said.  “Plus, the course is so sweet.”  Designed by Arnold Palmer, the course is scheduled to open in March, and it will be open to the public and serve as the home of both the men’s and women’s golf teams. This year’s team hopes to finish the season strong, and the players feel they have a good shot at an ACC title and a run at a national championship.  “We had one bad day last year,” Copeland said. “But that is just one of those experience things.  It will only make us better and harder to beat.”