Geoffrey Sisk

On the par-3 35th hole, Sisk hit his tee shot to 5 feet and threatened to take it to the 36th hole.

However, McDermott holed his 12-foot birdie putt to win 2 & 1.

Though he lost, Sisk ultimately won the Massachusetts Golf Association Player of the Year.

He was the youngest person ever to win the award.

The following summer, he was the low amateur at the Massachusetts Open.

Geoffrey Sisk (March 11, 1965) is an American professional golfer.

Sisk had a "sterling" amateur career at Temple University, earning All-American honors and winning eight tournaments, a Temple record.

He had difficulties getting on to the PGA Tour, however, with repeated failures at PGA Tour Qualifying school.

In the interim, he played local events in New England with incredible success, ultimately winning the Massachusetts Open six times.

Sisk won his first three matches and was slated to play Jim McDermott, the 1980 champ, in the finals.

The finals were 36 holes long.

Sisk struggled in the morning and was 4 down after 17 holes.

The newspaper referred to him as part of the 1981 Golf All-Scholastics team.

In the summer of 1982, Sisk's play at the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Intermediate Tournament was reported by The Boston Globe.

Sisk won the CYO defeating Ted Wheeler in the finals 3 & 2.

During his senior year, Sisk maintained top-notch play for Marshfield High School.

"He has been around par or under par all year," his coach Dennis Zicko said.

Late in the academic year, Sisk played the Cape Area sectional title at Pocasset Golf Club in Bourne, Massachusetts.

Sisk won the event, scoring four birdies against three bogeys, finishing with a one-under-par 71.

In the spring of 1983, Sisk was recruited to attend Temple University on a "partial golf scholarship."

It was the only college to offer him an athletic scholarship.

In the fall of 1983, Sisk began attending Temple University.

During the academic year, he won the Big 5 Invitational, his first win college win.

In March 1984, Sisk received media attention for his play at the Iron Duke Classic.

At the elite event, he finished in joint second place among individuals, one shot behind champion Webb Heintzelman.

In the summer he returned to Massachusetts.

He was the low amateur at the Massachusetts Open.

In July, Sisk played the Massachusetts Amateur.

Sisk finally earned PGA Tour memberships before the 1999 season but did not have much success.

For most of the remainder of his career, Sisk played on the local minitours, especially the New England Pro Golf Tour, with much success, winning over a dozen tournaments.

Sisk was born in Arlington, Massachusetts.

He grew up in Billerica, Massachusetts.

Around the age of 15, however, his family moved to Marshfield, Massachusetts.

Sisk attended Marshfield High School.

In his early teens, he won the Marshfield Country Club junior championship.

As a sophomore at Marshfield High, he earned the top spot on his high school's golf team.

He also finished in fourth place at the Massachusetts State Junior Championship.

Late in the academic year, Sisk first received notable media coverage in The Boston Globe.

However, he birdied the 18th to win the hole to alter the "momentum."

After lunch, Sisk won a number of holes early during the afternoon's front nine though McDermott continued to maintain a slight lead.