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Amer Ari Invitational
Matadors Post 292 on Day Two of The Amer Ari Invitational
2/7/2020 3:29:00 PM | Men's Golf
WAIKOLOA, Hawai'i - Following an opening-round 291, the CSUN men's golf team posted a team score of 292 on Friday and is in 18th-place after two rounds of The Amer Ari Invitational at Waikoloa Kings' Course.
Freshman Mats Ege, who opened the tournament with Thursday's two-under 70, slipped into a tie for 31st following a one-under 71 on Friday. No other CSUN player is among the top-85 in the 123-player fieldÂ
The Matadors opened the day in 17th-place after Thursday's 291 before slipping one spot following Friday's 292. In a field featuring trio of top-10 teams and 15 teams ranked in the Top 100, the Matadors (+7, 583) are just eight strokes out of the top-15. No. 3 Georgia Tech (543) holds the team lead by five shots over No. 2 Texas (548) with Arizona State (550) third in 20-team field.
CSUN SCORES
"It was the same thing as round one, we played well for a majority of the round but didn't close it out. It's important that we get off to a good start tomorrow and get some birdies early on but it's equally important to keep it going and not give shots back."
The Matadors will be paired with host Hawai'i, Hawai'i-Hilo and Pacific for the final round which tees off Saturday morning with a shotgun start beginning at 7:30 a.m. local time.
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Freshman Mats Ege, who opened the tournament with Thursday's two-under 70, slipped into a tie for 31st following a one-under 71 on Friday. No other CSUN player is among the top-85 in the 123-player fieldÂ
The Matadors opened the day in 17th-place after Thursday's 291 before slipping one spot following Friday's 292. In a field featuring trio of top-10 teams and 15 teams ranked in the Top 100, the Matadors (+7, 583) are just eight strokes out of the top-15. No. 3 Georgia Tech (543) holds the team lead by five shots over No. 2 Texas (548) with Arizona State (550) third in 20-team field.
CSUN SCORES
- Ege was three-over par on Friday after a bogey five on the first hole. But he strung together four birdies over his final eight holes to get back to one-under 71 for the day and three-under 141 for the tournament.
- Sophomore Paul-Louis Gachet was three-over after six holes before a birdie at No. 2 and an eagle at No. 4 moved him back to even-par for the day. But Gachet finished his day going four-over over his last six holes to finish the day at four-over 76. He dropped into a tie for 84th at three-over 147 for the tournament.
- Sophomore Tomas Helgo and junior Blake Brothers were the lone Matadors to improve from round one to round two as both are tied for 90th at four-over 148. Helgo followed up Thursday's (+3) 75 with a one-over 73 in round two while Brothers posted a second round even-par 72 after Thursday's round of 76.Â
- Freshman Eirik Thomassen is tied for 105th at eight-over 152 following rounds of 75-77.
- Freshman Brandon McDonough, competing as an individual, is tied for 109th at 10-over 154 following scores of 77-77.
"It was the same thing as round one, we played well for a majority of the round but didn't close it out. It's important that we get off to a good start tomorrow and get some birdies early on but it's equally important to keep it going and not give shots back."
The Matadors will be paired with host Hawai'i, Hawai'i-Hilo and Pacific for the final round which tees off Saturday morning with a shotgun start beginning at 7:30 a.m. local time.
#UniteTheValley
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