He attended Northwestern University[1] and was a first-team All-American in 1986 and the 1986 Big Ten Champion while a member of the golf team.

Benepe won the 1988 Beatrice Western Open, the first PGA Tour event he ever played in.

[2] The tournament was held at Butler National GC in Oak Brook, Illinois that year, and he only got in through a last-minute sponsor exemption.

After leaving the Tour, he came home to Sheridan and began working in real estate sales and promotions.

[3] Today he works in the corporate world consulting in various aviation arenas and lives in Sheridan, Wyoming with his wife.