CSUN Eighth After Opening Round of Big West Championship

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LA QUINTA, Calif. - Antoine Sale fired an opening round 1-over 73 and is tied for 11th but the CSUN men's golf team posted a team round of 307 and is in eighth place after round one of the 2024 Big West Men's Golf Championship Sunday at La Quinta Country Club.

At 19-over 307, the fourth-seeded Matadors sit eighth in the nine-team field. Cal State Fullerton fired a team round of 7-under 281 and carries a five-shot lead over Long Beach State (286) into round two. Cal Poly (287) is third, followed by UC Irvine (290), UC Davis (299), Hawai'i (302), UC Santa Barbara (302), the Matadors, and UC Riverside (312).

Sale had three birdies in the opening round, two on the front nine where he made the turn at even-par. He opened the back nine with three straight pars before another birdie at No. 13 dropped him to 1-under on the day, Sale then closed the round with three pars and a pair of bogeys to finish at 1-over 73.

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Following Sale, Felix Schrott is tied for 28th at 4-over 76. Schrott birdied his opening hole before finishing 5-over the rest of the round. He made the turn at 1-over before a double bogey at No. 15 and a bogey at No. 18 moved him to 4-over 76 for the round.
Thomas Burou and Brandon McDonough each carded a round of 7-over 79 and are two of three players tied for 37th after 18 holes. McDonough had a team-high four birdies on the day but also had to overcome a pair of triple bogeys. He made the turn at 1-over before finishing 6-over on the back nine. Burou was 6-over after his opening nine holes before making his only birdie on the back nine where his finished 1-over.
Eirik Thomassen rounded out the CSUN lineup, finishing the day at 11-over 83. Thomassen was 4-over after two holes before making seven straight pars to head to the back nine at 4-over. But consecutive double bogeys to open the back nine dropped him to 8-over before finishing 3-over the remainder of the round.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We just got off to a terrible start and it steam rolled from there. We played the par-5's at 1-over and the teams that are leading were 15-under, so there's the big difference. It was a combination of what could go wrong went wrong today. I'm certainly disappointed that we're not in the thick of it but the guys didn't quit and kept a good attitude despite nothing going right for us."

The Matadors will be paired with UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside for round two which gets underway Monday morning at 11:40 a.m. off the No. 1 tee. Thomassen will tee-off first followed by Burou (11:50 a.m.), McDonough (12:00 p.m.), Schrott (12:10 p.m.), and Sale (12:20 p.m.).

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CSUN Eighth After Opening Round of Big West Championship

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Burou

Brandon McDonough

Antoine Sale

Felix Schrott

Eirik Thomassen