Second-Round 67 Moves Brothers into Second at Big West Championship

Team Results /// Individual Results

LA QUINTA, Calif. - Blake Brothers matched his career-low with second-round 67 to move into a tie for second place after 36 holes at the 2021 Big West Men's Golf Championship Monday at La Quinta Country Club.

Brothers posted five birdies along with an eagle Monday and got as low as six-under after his fifth and final birdie at No. 13. He remained at six-under through 16 when he closed with a bogey and a par to finish at five-under 67. Brothers, who was 15th after a three-over 75 on Sunday, moved up 13 spots and is currently tied for second with two players at two-under 142. The trio trail individual leader Lucas Carper of UC Davis who holds a five-shot lead at seven-under 137 heading into the final round.

As a team, the Matadors followed up Sunday's opening-round 302 (+14) with a 294 (+6) in round two but remained sixth in the nine-team field at 596. Long Beach State continued to lead the team competition as the Beach remained under par at 570 (-6) to increase their lead to 10 shots over UC Davis (580). Cal State Fullerton (582) moved up to third followed by Cal Poly (586). UC Santa Barbara (590), the Matadors (596), UC Irvine (602), Hawai'i (605) and UC Riverside (637).

CSUN SCORES

Also for the Matadors, Brandon McDonough overcome a slow start to post four birdies over his final 13 holes to finish round two at one-over 73. McDonough, who was tied with Brothers in 15th-place after round one, posted a two-shot improvement Monday but slipped into a tie for 18th at four-over 148.
Paul-Louis Gachet, who was tied for 10th following an opening-round 74 on Sunday, had a single birdie in Monday's round of 78 (+6) and dropped into a tie for 28th at eight-over 152.
Tomas Helgo and Eirik Thomassen each had two-shot improvements from round one to round two as Helgo followed up Sunday's 78 with four birdies in a four-over 76 in the second round. Helgo is currently 33rd at 10-over 154.
Thomassen had one birdie on the front nine, making the turn at one-over before finishing five-over on the back nine to finish at six-over 78. Thomassen is tied for 36th at 158 (+14) heading into the final round.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"The conditions were better today and it always helps when you can count a 67. Blake played very well and got some breaks so 67 was a really good score today. It's tough to make up ground when you have to count a 78 but we're looking to finish strong tomorrow and post a good team round."

CSUN will be paired with Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara in the opening group for the final round which gets underway Tuesday at 8 a.m.

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Second-Round 67 Moves Brothers into Second at Big West Championship

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Players Mentioned

Blake Brothers

Paul-Louis Gachet

Tomas Helgo

Brandon McDonough

Eirik Thomassen