Tisch wins regional of Drive, Chip and Putt
Sep. 11—Zionsville's Brycen Tisch won the Drive, Chip and Putt regional at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.
With the win, Tisch will compete with nine other regional winners at the National Drive, Chip and Putt Championships during Masters week at Augusta National in the spring.
Tisch tied with Hogan O'Keefe of Collierville, Ohio during the competition, with each golfer finishing with 154 points combined in the three disciplines and had to go to a tiebreaker, which was a 15-foot putt.
Tisch sunk the putt and punched his ticket to Augusta.
"I've always dreamed about this, but I never thought it would happen," Tisch told the Drive, Chip and Putt website. "I have a picture of hole 12 at Augusta hung up in my room, and now it's come true that I'm going. That place is so special, and to be able to step foot there will be amazing."
Whitestown's Mac Myers also competed in the regional, and placed sixth in the boys 14-15 age group.
Drive, Chip and Putt was founded in 2013 as a joint initiative by the Masters Tournament, United States Golf Association and The PGA of America.
It's a free nationwide junior golf development competition aimed at growing the game by focusing on the three fundamental skills employed in golf.
Will Willems is the Sports Editor of the Lebanon Reporter. Follow him on Twitter @Will_Willems.
