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Thomassen Ties for Fourth, CSUN Top-10 at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate
3/3/2023 8:25:00 PM | Men's Golf
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PALM DESERT, Calif. - Junior Eirik Thomassen posted his best finish of the season, tying for fourth place to pace the CSUN men's golf team to a top-10 finish Friday at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate at The Classic Club.
Thomassen, who began the final round in a tie for third, closed with a round of 1-under 71 to tie for fourth at 3-under 213. Thomassen began the day on the No. 9 tee and made par on his opening five holes before an eagle at No. 14 dropped him to 2-under. Three bogeys and a pair of birdies over his next seven holes left him at 1-under when he would remain at the end of his round.
As a team, the Matadors posted their best team round of the tournament on Friday, carding a 292 to move up one spot into 10th place at 21-over 885. Host Wyoming led over the final two rounds and closed out the team title with a score of 7-under 857. Fresno State (860), Colorado (863), Utah (868) and Hawai'i (872) rounded out the top five in the 16-team field. Matthew Manganello of Fresno State won individual medalist honors with a three-round score of 8-under 208.
CSUNÂ SCORES
COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We've been playing in pretty tough conditions for the past month and a half and our scores have been up a little bit. That's no excuse, the bottom line is we've got to be more consistent. The positive is that we have plenty of time to work on that before the Big West Championship at end of April. We have a three-week break before our next event at Torrey Pines and the team knows the level of golf we need to be playing at, so hopefully we'll get some more favorable conditions in the next couple weeks and work on some things in practice."
The Matadors will return to the course on Mar. 27 as CSUN tees it up at the UCSD Invitational at Torrey Pines GC (Mar. 27-28).
#GoMatadors
PALM DESERT, Calif. - Junior Eirik Thomassen posted his best finish of the season, tying for fourth place to pace the CSUN men's golf team to a top-10 finish Friday at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate at The Classic Club.
Thomassen, who began the final round in a tie for third, closed with a round of 1-under 71 to tie for fourth at 3-under 213. Thomassen began the day on the No. 9 tee and made par on his opening five holes before an eagle at No. 14 dropped him to 2-under. Three bogeys and a pair of birdies over his next seven holes left him at 1-under when he would remain at the end of his round.
As a team, the Matadors posted their best team round of the tournament on Friday, carding a 292 to move up one spot into 10th place at 21-over 885. Host Wyoming led over the final two rounds and closed out the team title with a score of 7-under 857. Fresno State (860), Colorado (863), Utah (868) and Hawai'i (872) rounded out the top five in the 16-team field. Matthew Manganello of Fresno State won individual medalist honors with a three-round score of 8-under 208.
CSUNÂ SCORES
- Paul-Louis Gachet, who was in the top-20 after one round but dropped into a tie for 46th after a second round 77, led the Matadors with five birdies in a final round even-par 72. Gachet was even through 13 holes on Friday before a birdie at No. 5 dropped him to 1-under. He would close his round with a birdie, a par and two bogeys to finish the day at even-par.
- Nick Fowlkes had a pair of birdies on the day in posting a final round 4-over 76 to slip into a tie for 44th at 8-over 224 (70-78-76).
- Brandon McDonough also had his best round of the tournament on Friday, finishing with a 2-over 74 to finish in a tie for 62nd at 14-over 230 (8076-74).Â
- Felix Schrott also had his low round Friday, making three birdies in carding a 3-over 75. Schrott finished with rounds of 78-77-75 to tie with McDonough in 62nd place at 14-over 230.
- Thomas Burou, competing as an individual, completed the CSUN scoring as he tied for 81st at 21-over 247 following rounds of 81-83-83.
COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We've been playing in pretty tough conditions for the past month and a half and our scores have been up a little bit. That's no excuse, the bottom line is we've got to be more consistent. The positive is that we have plenty of time to work on that before the Big West Championship at end of April. We have a three-week break before our next event at Torrey Pines and the team knows the level of golf we need to be playing at, so hopefully we'll get some more favorable conditions in the next couple weeks and work on some things in practice."
The Matadors will return to the course on Mar. 27 as CSUN tees it up at the UCSD Invitational at Torrey Pines GC (Mar. 27-28).
#GoMatadors
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