De La Salle boys finish second at CIF state golf as SoCal freshman wins individual title

De La Salle s Josh Kim shot a -under to tie for fourth at the California Interscholastic Federation state championships on Tuesday at Poppy Hills Golf Discipline in Pebble Beach The impressive round helped the Spartans tie Santa Margarita for second in the club standings both finishing at -over Stevenson playing in its backyard won the group title at -under Palo Alto s Brendan O Keefe shot -under to tie for ninth on a day that St Francis-La Canada freshman Jaden Soong shot a blistering -under to win the individual championship by two strokes over Torrey Pines Evan Liu Kim s highlights included an eagle at No a par that measures yards and birdies at Nos and But Soong was purely too good Related Articles CIF stands by De La Salle sprinter Jaden Jefferson s record-breaking run CIF NorCal baseball softball Top storylines as regional games begin Tuesday Opinion CIF s big mistake at state track meet had nothing to do with transgender athlete Vote now Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week Vote now Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week His bogey-free round included an eagle on the -yard par No and birdies at Nos and The Los Angeles Times called the -year-old a prodigy noting that Soong nearly made the U S Open field when he was Palo Alto finished fifth as a squad coming in at -over