Issue Date: 4/24/06
Showing the way
By Ian Clark
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This has never been exercised or illustrated more than it has been in Palomar College's own golf stand-out Lyndon Barril.
Barril not only shows poise and intensity for his own game, but he also brings a certain maturity that proves to be paving the way for his younger teammates.
Barril is one of the only sophomores on Palomar's nearly all-freshman team.
"He's more mature, so the freshman feed off that and improve our own games," said teammate Alberto Pesqueira, who said he has become close friends with Barril this season. "We always go to him and ask more about the game, making it more understandable."
Pesqueira is one of the many freshman golfers on the team and said sometimes in golf you blow your fuse, lose focus and are unable to escape the moment. But maturity comes in to play, when your pulse is running high and you are still able to regain that needed focus on the next shot.
"It is a lot easier for the younger kids to get all hyped up and worry about the score, but he calms us down," Pasqueira said. "He is older than all of us."
Although the team is young, Barril described them as having a very close-knit relationship.
"This is the closest group of team members that I've gotten with than any other team I've played on," Barril said.
Barril said the team's goal is to win the regional and state title.
"Our team has the potential of being the best in our conference," said Barril who currently has an average par of 74 in the 14 matches this season.
Barril has a list of awards under his belt, including being the four-time Most Valuable Player for varsity golf at his high school. Last season Barril earned All-Orange Empire Conference honors. He has also played as an amateur in two professional events held in Asia, as well as competed for four consecutive years in the Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines.
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