Boys golf swings into playoffs

around the course. This year’s League Finals were successful, with many players shooting beyond expectations.

With an undefeated overall record, the Diamond Bar boys golf team dominated this season. The team’s strong players and determined mindsets eventually led four Brahmas to the CIF playoffs.

“The greatest success of the team this season is that we remain undefeated at both varsity and JV levels, 13-0 Varsity and 4-0 JV,” head coach Jason Tuck said via iMessage. “Another success is the development of our young players who are gaining experience through competition in key matches.”

In both of their recent games against Walnut, the boys emerged victorious, with scores of 207-199 and 231-216. However, despite the team’s perfect record, there were a few problems in the players’ decision-making on the fairways.

“The area needing the most improvement, in my opinion, is balancing risk vs reward on certain shots during key parts of a competitive round,” Tuck said.

Essentially, he wants the team to play safely in the middle to ensure that the ball is clear of hazards

Four Brahmas made it to the firstteam all-league, with sophomore Samson Li winning League MVP and freshman Logan Park finishing second. Additionally, seniors Henry Yang placed fourth and Elson Liu placed eighth in League Finals. Even though the season has finished for most of the players, they continue to practice for an even better season next year. Both Logan Park and Samson Li are continuing on to individual CIF tournaments on May 15 at Cross Creek.

Before playing in tournaments, the coach makes sure that everybody is ready and gets some practice before a match starts.

“Our coach keeps the team in shape by hosting practices at Roya Vista and practice rounds at Mowuntain Meadows,” junior Kyle Lim said. “He makes sure everyone is active and swinging.”

“The team is well motivated to remain undefeated and continwue our success throughout the playoffs, CIF, SCGA and State competitions. It’s a real pleasure to coach these fine young men,” Tuck said.

Outside of writing and designing for the school newspaper, my other activities also made the last four years very enjoyable. I found success in swimming and made life-long relationships with those I met through the sport.

I also discovered a passion for working out in the gym that I will continue to pursue throughout college and beyond.

During the weekends, I would always find time to spend with friends and family, which was always fun as a way to decompress from school. Being a part of a large friend group of 18 guys certainly kept me company throughout the years, especially during quarantine when we would play computer games all day to keep busy.

Thinking about it now, I probably had too much fun for my own good throughout high school.

Now that I am graduating, I’ll miss all the sweet times, but I’m excited to move on to the next chapter of my life.

Throughout most of high school, I was clueless about what I wanted to do in the future, but I can finally say that I have a plan for where my life will take me.

All this is to say, that I am very grateful, more than any of you would ever know to this family I found through Journalism, as well as the lifelong friends that I’ve made during these last four years supported me through thick and thin.

And to the advisors that have been so foundational to the Bull’s Eye—Mr. List, Ms. Chen and Mr. Miller for their relentless advocacy they’ve given me and my fellow staff members throughout these last few years.