Matadors Tied for Ninth After Opening Round 287 at Pacific

Thursday, October 21

Stockton, Calif. (Stockton Golf & Country Club)

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Matadors Tied for Ninth After Opening Round 287 at Pacific

10/21/2021 4:42:00 PM | Men's Golf

STOCKTON, Calif. - Sophomore Eirik Thomassen fired an opening-round 68 and is in the top-20 while the CSUN Men's Golf team is tied for ninth after 18 holes of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational Thursday at Stockton Golf & Country Club.

The Matadors posted a team round of 287 on Thursday which left them tied with Dixie State for ninth-place in the 15-team field. Washington State shot a team round of 268 to carry a two-shot lead over BYU (270) into the second round on Friday. Two players, Pono Yanagi of Washington State and Kristian Bressum of St. Mary's, fired an opening-round six-under 65 to lead the individual competition by one shot.

Thomassen began the day on the 10th tee and had two birdies and a bogey over his first seven holes to get to one-under. A bogey at No. 17 dropped him to even-par heading to his final nine holes. An eagle three at the Par 5 2nd hole moved him to two-under where he remained for the next four holes. A bogey at No. 7 dropped him to one-under before he closed with a pair of birdies to get to three-under 68.

CSUN SCORES

Paul-Louis Gachet is also under-par after 18 holes at one-under 70 after posting three birdies and two bogeys on Thursday. Gachet heads into round two tied for 25th.
Felix Schrott had 15 pars, two bogeys and one birdie in opening with a one-over 72 which was good for 40th place.
Nick Fowlkes opened with a six-over 77 and is tied for 82nd while Thomas Burou opened with an eight-over 79 and is tied for 86th
Blake Brothers and Brandon McDonough competed as individuals with Brothers tied for 25th after carding a one-under 70 while McDonough is tied for 52nd at two-over 73.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"Eirik made an amazing bogey at No. 7 and closed with a pair of birdies which was a great finish for him. Overall, we struggled through some bad holes as a team but still shot three-over so I was pleased with that. We just didn't get that fourth score today, but It was just one round and we'll look to play better tomorrow."

CSUN will be paired with Temple and UC Irvine for the second round which will tee off Friday morning at 9:15 a.m.

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