Tuesday, April 30
La Quinta, CA
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California State University at Northridge
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Big West Championship
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Sale Finishes in the Top 10, CSUN Places Sixth at Big West Championship
4/30/2024 4:28:00 PM | Men's Golf
Golfstat Final Results
LA QUINTA, Calif. - The CSUN men's golf team matched its low round of the championship for the second straight day with a round of 1-under 287 but remained in sixth place at the conclusion of the 2024 Big West Men's Golf Championship Tuesday at La Quinta Country Club.
After posting the second-lowest team round of the day on Monday, the Matadors were among the low teams again on Tuesday but were not able to gain any ground in the team competition. At 17-over 881 (307-287-287), CSUN finished sixth in the nine-team field.
Trailing after round one, Long Beach State came back over the final two rounds to repeat as Big West Champions with a team score of -14, 850. The Beach won by four shots over Cal State Fullerton (854) while Cal Poly (862) was third. The rest of the final team standings included UC Irvine (865), UC Davis (880), the Matadors (881), Hawai'i (885), UC Santa Barbara (896), and UC Riverside (911).
Individually, Antoine Sale finished in the top 10 in his first and only Big West Championship appearance. Sale, who began the day in 11th place, carded his second consecutive round of even-par 72 to finish alone in 10th place at 1-over 217 for the championship. Sale had one birdie (No. 5) and eight pars on the front nine to make the turn at 1-under. He then made a double bogey at No. 10 and would finish the back nine at 1-over to complete his round of 72.
CSUNÂ SCORES
COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We got it to 3 or 4-under today and then made some mistakes that cost us. Overall, it was the first round that was really demoralizing for us. We just made so many bogeys as a team on Sunday and that was tough to bounce back from. Our goal after Sunday was to get back into the top five and we missed that by one shot today."
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ON HIS SENIOR CLASS
"As a team, I don't think I've ever had five guys that averaged 73 or better throughout an entire season. We set a school record shooting 20-under in Hawai'i and this group of seniors are just a great group of guys. We have Academic All-Americans, All-Big West Academic honorees, this group will certainly be missed. Our young guys learned a lot from this group of seniors and they will benefit from that next year."
#GoMatadors
LA QUINTA, Calif. - The CSUN men's golf team matched its low round of the championship for the second straight day with a round of 1-under 287 but remained in sixth place at the conclusion of the 2024 Big West Men's Golf Championship Tuesday at La Quinta Country Club.
After posting the second-lowest team round of the day on Monday, the Matadors were among the low teams again on Tuesday but were not able to gain any ground in the team competition. At 17-over 881 (307-287-287), CSUN finished sixth in the nine-team field.
Trailing after round one, Long Beach State came back over the final two rounds to repeat as Big West Champions with a team score of -14, 850. The Beach won by four shots over Cal State Fullerton (854) while Cal Poly (862) was third. The rest of the final team standings included UC Irvine (865), UC Davis (880), the Matadors (881), Hawai'i (885), UC Santa Barbara (896), and UC Riverside (911).
Individually, Antoine Sale finished in the top 10 in his first and only Big West Championship appearance. Sale, who began the day in 11th place, carded his second consecutive round of even-par 72 to finish alone in 10th place at 1-over 217 for the championship. Sale had one birdie (No. 5) and eight pars on the front nine to make the turn at 1-under. He then made a double bogey at No. 10 and would finish the back nine at 1-over to complete his round of 72.
CSUNÂ SCORES
- After finishing a team-best fourth at the 2023 Big West Championship, senior Felix Schrott also finished in the top 20 for the Matadors. Schrott had four birdies in the final round to finish at 1-over 73 for the day and 5-over 221 for the championship. After bogeys on his opening two holes, Schrott played his final 16 holes at 1-under par. He wound up leading the 45-player field with 38 pars over three rounds.
- In his final tournament for CSUN, fellow senior Brandon McDonough also posted his second straight top 20 Big West Championship finish. McDonough had three birdies, 14 pars, and one bogey on Tuesday to record CSUN's low round of the championship at 2-under 70. He would wind up tied for 20th with Schrott and two others at 5-over 221.
- After posting CSUN's second-low round of the championship with a 71 on Monday, senior Thomas Burou posted a final round 4-over 76 to slip into a tie for 32nd at 10-over 226. Burou wound up with scores of 79-71-76.
- Eirik Thomassen posted his best round of the championship Tuesday with an even-par 72. He tied for team-high honors with four birdies, bouncing back from an 11-over 83 in round one to finish with rounds of 74-72 which left him tied for 37th at 13-over 229. Thomassen wound up tying for the tournament lead in par-3 scoring over three days.Â
COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We got it to 3 or 4-under today and then made some mistakes that cost us. Overall, it was the first round that was really demoralizing for us. We just made so many bogeys as a team on Sunday and that was tough to bounce back from. Our goal after Sunday was to get back into the top five and we missed that by one shot today."
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ON HIS SENIOR CLASS
"As a team, I don't think I've ever had five guys that averaged 73 or better throughout an entire season. We set a school record shooting 20-under in Hawai'i and this group of seniors are just a great group of guys. We have Academic All-Americans, All-Big West Academic honorees, this group will certainly be missed. Our young guys learned a lot from this group of seniors and they will benefit from that next year."
#GoMatadors
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