Monday, May 2
La Quinta, Calif.
All Day
California State University at Northridge
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Big West Championship
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Matadors Fire Second Round 285 to Move Into Third at Big West Men's Golf Championship
5/2/2022 5:45:00 PM | Men's Golf
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LA QUINTA, Calif. - The CSUN Men's Golf team fired a blistering team round of three-under par 285 on Monday to move up three spots into third place after two rounds of the Big West Men's Golf Championship at La Quinta Country Club.
CSUN was sixth after Monday's opening-round 297 but carded the second-best round of the tournament Tuesday to move into the top-three. At six-over 582 for the championship, the Matadors head into the final round just three shots behind second-place Long Beach State (579). UC Davis (566) will have a 13-stroke lead when the final round gets underway on Tuesday morning.
The Matadors have three players in the top-11 led by Paul-Louis Gachet who posted an impressive four-under 68 on Monday. In tying for the second-lowest round of the championship as well as posting his career low round at the conference championship, Gachet fired three birdies and 13 pars in addition to an eagle three at the par-5 11th. He made the turn at even-par before finishing the back nine at four-under.
Gachet heads into the final round tied for fifth at two-under 142 (74-68), two shots out of the top-three and seven strokes back of UC Davis' Thomas Hutchison who leads at nine-under 135.
CSUN also has Felix Schrott and Eirik Thomassen within striking distance at one-over 145 which is tied for 11th. Schott, who opened the tournament with a 75 on Sunday, had a pair of birdies along with 16 pars on Tuesday to finish at two-under 70. Thomassen, who carded an opening round 73, had three birdies and three bogeys around 13 pars in a second round even-par 72.
OTHER CSUNÂ SCORES
COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We played better today and made a few more putts than we did yesterday. We took advantage of some of the par 5's and being able to do that we didn't leave as many shots out there. Paul-Louis played really steady golf. He didn't get off to a great start but hung in there are really grinded out his round. I'm happy to see him in contention heading into the final round. We haven't made a ton of birdies as a team but I'm expecting some good scores in tomorrow's final round and get all five guys in the red."
The Matadors will be paired with UC Davis and Long Beach State for the final round two which gets underway Tuesday morning beginning at 8:50 a.m.
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LA QUINTA, Calif. - The CSUN Men's Golf team fired a blistering team round of three-under par 285 on Monday to move up three spots into third place after two rounds of the Big West Men's Golf Championship at La Quinta Country Club.
CSUN was sixth after Monday's opening-round 297 but carded the second-best round of the tournament Tuesday to move into the top-three. At six-over 582 for the championship, the Matadors head into the final round just three shots behind second-place Long Beach State (579). UC Davis (566) will have a 13-stroke lead when the final round gets underway on Tuesday morning.
The Matadors have three players in the top-11 led by Paul-Louis Gachet who posted an impressive four-under 68 on Monday. In tying for the second-lowest round of the championship as well as posting his career low round at the conference championship, Gachet fired three birdies and 13 pars in addition to an eagle three at the par-5 11th. He made the turn at even-par before finishing the back nine at four-under.
Gachet heads into the final round tied for fifth at two-under 142 (74-68), two shots out of the top-three and seven strokes back of UC Davis' Thomas Hutchison who leads at nine-under 135.
CSUN also has Felix Schrott and Eirik Thomassen within striking distance at one-over 145 which is tied for 11th. Schott, who opened the tournament with a 75 on Sunday, had a pair of birdies along with 16 pars on Tuesday to finish at two-under 70. Thomassen, who carded an opening round 73, had three birdies and three bogeys around 13 pars in a second round even-par 72.
OTHER CSUNÂ SCORES
- Also for the Matadors, Nick Fowlkes had a team-high four birdies but also had seven bogeys in a round of three-over 75. At six-over 150 (75-75), Fowlkes is tied for 25th heading into the final 18 holes.
- Thomas Burou, who was disqualified in round one, also had four birdies in round two. Burou had three birdies on the front nine before finishing five over on the back nine to finish the day at five-over 77.
COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We played better today and made a few more putts than we did yesterday. We took advantage of some of the par 5's and being able to do that we didn't leave as many shots out there. Paul-Louis played really steady golf. He didn't get off to a great start but hung in there are really grinded out his round. I'm happy to see him in contention heading into the final round. We haven't made a ton of birdies as a team but I'm expecting some good scores in tomorrow's final round and get all five guys in the red."
The Matadors will be paired with UC Davis and Long Beach State for the final round two which gets underway Tuesday morning beginning at 8:50 a.m.
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