Thomassen's Top-10 Leads CSUN to Seventh-Place Finish at Fresno State

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KINGSBURG, Calif. - Senior Eirik Thomassen posted his second consecutive top-10 finish while the CSUN men's golf team finished with a final round 279 to place seventh Tuesday at the Nick Watney Invitational at Kings River Country Club.

Thomassen, who finished tied for sixth at the season opening Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational (Sept. 9-11), tied for ninth after firing a final round 68 on Tuesday to move up nine spots on the final leaderboard. He was 2-under through his opening nine holes before a bogey-five at No. 14 dropped to 1-under. He would remain at 1-under until birdies on his final two holes of the day moved him to 3-under 68 on the day and 4-under 209 for the tournament.

As a team, the Matadors' final round 279 was their season-low round as was their tournament total of 852. Long Beach State (822) led from start-to-finish, posting a five-shot win over , Cal State Fullerton (827). Host Fresno State (830) was third followed in the top-five by Grand Canyon (831) and Seattle (838). A total of 16 teams competed.

CSUN SCORES

Felix Schrott vaulted 26 spots in the leaderboard following a final round 67 which tied him for 37th at 2-over 215. Schrott was 3-under through 12 holes before an eagle-three at No. 1 and a birdie at No. 2 dropped him 6-under. But bogeys on his final two holes moved him back to 4-under 67 on the day.
Brandon McDonough also tied for 37th at 2-over 215 following a final round 1-over 72. McDonough had a pair of birdies and 13 pars on Tuesday to finish with rounds of 72-71-72.
After rounds of 72-70 on Monday, Paul-Louis Gachet struggled in a final round 75 on Tuesday. Gachet had one birdie in the final round to slip into a tie 48th at 4-over 217.
Nick Fowlkes had his best round of the tournament Tuesday, finishing at 1-over 72. Fowlkes was at even-par through 10 holes before a birdie and three bogeys over his next six holes dropped him to 2-over for the round. A birdie on his final hole of the day brought him back to 1-over on the day and 8-over 221 for the tournament.
Thomas Burou, competing as an individual, had a pair of birdies in a final round 3-over 74 which left him tied for 76th at 11-over 224.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"I was hoping to get a few more guys under par today but I thought we played well and were more consistent as a team. I'm not going to lose any sleep over shooting 5-under; it's still very early in the season and I know our best golf is yet to come."

The Matadors will be off from tournament competition until Oct, 9 when they host the first of three rounds of the 26th annual Bill Cullum Invitational at The Oaks Club at Valencia.

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Thomassen's Top-10 Leads CSUN to Seventh-Place Finish at Fresno State

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Burou

Nick Fowlkes

Paul-Louis Gachet

Brandon McDonough

Felix Schrott

Eirik Thomassen