Eirik Thomassen Wins Men's National Match Play Championship in Norway

Eirik Thomassen Wins Men's National Match Play Championship in Norway

6/27/2022 9:40:00 AM | Men's Golf

Final Results

HORTEN, Norway - CSUN's Eirik Thomassen captured the Norway Men's National Match Play Championship at Borre Golfklubb on June 25. Thomassen_Eirik_21

Thomassen, who completed his third season as Matador this past spring, won four matches to win the championship in his native country. He defeated Boris Christov 1-up in round one before topping Markus Wilhelmsen 6&4 in a quarterfinal match. Thomassen then met Cornelius Farhang in the semifinals and would pull out a win by the score of 4&3 to advance to the championship match against Petter Dale. He would take a 1-up victory over Dale to capture the championship.

Thomassen, who calls Moss & Rygge Golfklubb his home course, carries a CSUN career scoring average of 73.7 into his final season in 2022-23. He finished the 2021-22 season with a career-best 73.12 scoring average which ranked third on the Matadors. He had a pair of top-10 finishes along with a team-leading four top-20 showings this past season.

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