Boys’ golf: Team starts strong despite injured player

The golf team started its season with a record of 9-0 as of late March, including a victory in an important match against Milpitas that players won by 2 strokes.

“Milpitas is the [school] that we probably had to defeat in order to win our league,” No. 2 player senior Andrew Cho said.

With all players returning, the boys’ golf team has only improved in skill from last year.

“Since we didn’t lose any seniors this year and gained a new player, [No. 5 player sophomore] Christian Galvin, we’re a lot better this year,” said sophomore Robbie Parden, the No. 1 player.

However, Cho dislocated his wrist while playing tennis on his own time three weeks ago. Due to inexperienced players not knowing how to “act under pressure,” Cho believes the scores are a lot different without him. He played in the match against Milpitas shooting only 2 over par despite his injury.

“Andrew at 100 percent would be shooting around even par or under every match,” senior Kent Paisley said. “However, he did come back and soldier through his wrist injury against Milpitas and if he didn’t do that we would have lost the match.”

Although Cho is still injured, he played and helped Toga win in key matches against Milpitas and Los Gatos. Other schools that the team has defeated include Monta Vista, Lynbrook, Wilcox and Santa Clara.

“Los Gatos and Milpitas are both kind of our rivals,” Cho said, “so I played in the matches against [these schools] anyway even though I hurt my wrist really badly.”

Despite losing one match to Milpitas and both to Los Gatos last year, the Falcons have defeated both schools this year.

“We feel really good about the season this year,” said Paisley. “We’ve gone undefeated and are prime to go undefeated for the rest of the year.“