CSUN Sits Fourth After Two Rounds at PING Cougar Classic

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PROVO, Utah - With Nick Fowlkes in the individual top-15, the CSUN men's golf team is in fourth place after two rounds of the PING Cougar Classic Friday at Riverside Country Club.

The Matadors opened with a team score of 10-under 278 in round one which was two strokes off their season-low for 18 holes. CSUN then carded a 2-over 290 in the afternoon round but was able to move up from a tie for sixth into fourth place in the 16-team field. Host BYU fired rounds of 273-270 and at 33-under 543, carried an 18-shot lead over second place Utah Valley into Saturday's final round.

Individually, Fowlkes is tied for 14th at 4-under 140 through 36 holes. He four birdies and two bogeys in round one before posting five birdies and three bogeys in the afternoon round. Fowlkes got as low as 3-under in round two before a bogey on his final hole of the day gave him his second consecutive round of 70. He heads into the final round nine shots out of the lead but just two shots out of the top-10.

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Following Fowlkes, three Matadors are also under-par through 36 holes. Brandon McDonough is tied for 26th at 1-under 143. McDonough had two birdies and one bogey in round one's 1-under 71 before posting three birdies and three bogeys in an even-par round of 72 in the afternoon.
Felix Schrott and Paul-Louis Gachet matched McDonough at 1-under 143 after Schrott posted rounds of 70-73 while Gachet finished with scores of 67-76 on Friday. Schrott had an eagle and three birdies in the opening round before two birdies and three bogeys in round two. Gachet had six birdies and a single bogey in round one as he fired a season-low 5-under 67. He added two more birdies in round two but also had six bogeys in a 4-over 76 in round two.
Eirik Thomassen opened an even-par 72 that featured three birdies and three bogeys before posting three birdies, four bogeys and one double-bogey in a 3-over round of 75 in the afternoon. Thomassen is currently tied for 58th at 3-over 147.
Thomas Burou, competing as an individual, is tied for 85th at 9-over 153 after rounds of 82-71. Burou posted his one and only birdie in round one on his first hole before three birdies and two bogeys in the second round.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"Nick got the best out of what he could today. He struggled with his iron play but made his short game saved him. This course is a good lead-up to La Quinta. It's a similar course in the speed of the greens so we'll hope to post a good round tomorrow in our final round before conference."

The Matadors will be paired with BYU, Utah Valley and Wyoming for the final round which gets underway Saturday at 10:10 a.m. off the No. 1 tee.

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CSUN Sits Fourth After Two Rounds at PING Cougar Classic

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Burou

Nick Fowlkes

Paul-Louis Gachet

Brandon McDonough

Felix Schrott

Eirik Thomassen