Tyler Samaan couldn’t miss a golf shot, even when he thought he did.

As the Burlington Central senior followed through on his third shot to the par-5 18th green from 117 yards out Wednesday at Pinecrest Golf Club in Huntley, he released his club in disgust.

Much to Samaan’s surprise, the ball landed three feet from the cup, setting up his ninth birdie putt, which he rolled in for a winning 6-under-par 66 in the Class 3A Huntley Regional.

Mind you, Samaan never played golf until the summer going into his freshman year, which explains why he played on the JV team that fall.

His score Wednesday was six shots better than runner-up and teammate Matthew Zierk.

“I couldn’t really see the ball because of the sun, so I thought it went a little right,” Samaan said with a sheepish grin of his kn

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