Matadors Carry Four-Shot Lead Into Final Round of Cullum Invitational

Monday, October 10

Valencia, CA

All Day

California State University at Northridge

Bill Cullum Invitational

Photo by: Braden Villanueva

10/10/2022 9:01:00 PM | Men's Golf

Golfstat Results

VALENCIA, Calif. - After posting a team score of 13-under 563 on Monday, the CSUN men's golf team carries a four-shot lead over second place UC Irvine into the final round of the 26th annual Bill Cullum Invitational at The Oaks Club at Valencia.

CSUN was tied with the Anteaters (567) after carding an opening round 283 before posting a team round of 280 in the afternoon to lead by four shots. Third-place Hawai'i (569) is also in the hunt as is California Baptist (577) and UC San Diego (579) which round out the top-five in the 10-team field.

Senior Felix Schrott fired an eagle and seven birdies over the opening two rounds and is the low Matador at 6-under 138. Schrott had four birdies in an opening round 2-under 70 before making an eagle three at the par-5 sixth hole in round two. He made the turn at 1-under before adding three more birdies on the back nine to reach 4-under for the round and 6-under on the day.

Schrott heads into the final round one shot behind UCI's Rei Harashima who carded rounds of 69-68 four a two-round 7-under 137.

CSUN SCORES

Brandon McDonough posted a pair of eagles on Monday (No. 15 in round one, No. 6 in round two) and is tied for fourth at 4-under 140. In addition to his two eagles, McDonough also had seven birdies in posting rounds of 71-69.
Paul-Louis Gachet had a team-high nine birdies on Monday and is the third CSUN player in the top-10. Gachet had four birdies in an even-par 72 in round one before firing five more birdies in posting a 1-under 71 in the afternoon round. His 1-under total of 143 is one shot off his season-best for 36 holes.
Nick Fowlkes is just outside the top-20 through two rounds at 1-over 145 which ties him for 21st. Fowlkes had four birdies in an opening round 70 before adding four more birdies, along with a pair of double bogeys, in a round two 75.
Eirik Thomassen posted rounds of 75-72 and is currently tied for 31st at 3-over 147.
CSUN also had a pair of individuals in the field as Thomas Burou is 55th at 10-over 154 (75-79) and Ian MacKay is tied for 60th at 14-over 158 (77-81).

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"The team is happy to be leading the tournament but the guys felt like we left a lot of shots on the golf course. 13-under is a good team score but the guys expect more out of themselves which is nice to hear as a head coach. As our home course, we're comfortable playing here and we'll just have to play our game tomorrow and shoot under par to win."

The Matadors will be paired UC Irvine, Hawai'i and California Baptist for the final round of the 26th annual Bill Cullum Invitational which gets underway with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. at The Oaks Club at Valencia.

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