Boys golf goes undefeated, the first time in 15 years

Varsity boys golf went undefeated this season, ending with a record of 17-0. Head coach Glenn Van Enk felt that the strong start at the beginning of the season in March was the key to this success.

“We had started our play with some non-league matches against Mira Costa and they always have a strong team,” Van Enk said. “When we were able to beat them, I thought that the team could be capable of winning league this year.”

Peninsula went on in the second week to win their match against Redondo and in the third week to win their match against Palos Verdes, giving the team momentum for the rest of the season. This season was the first time the team went undefeated since 2001. Van Enk feels this year was the most successful team Peninsula has had since then.

“I had an idea we could get pretty far,” Van Enk said. “We have got a good core group of junior players who have been playing varsity golf since freshman year.”

Juniors Cole Yoshida, Rohan Krishnaswarmy and Takuma Yamashita individually advanced to play in the first round of CIF on May 10. They represented three of the seven players from the Bay League section there. None were able to advance into the second round individually.

“I think we grew up a little bit,” Yamashita said. “We are looking good for senior year right now, and we hope good freshmen come to the team next year so we can enhance the quality of the team’s performance.”

Peninsula did not advance to the second round of the CIF team tournament on May 16th after placing 11th with a score of 398. However, Van Enk is satisfied with how the team played throughout the season and is looking forward to the off-season and next year.

“I knew from the start that this group would be good during their junior and senior season,” Van Enk said. “They have already proven that they are a pretty good team, and so next year it would be almost a disappointment if they did not do the same thing.”