Duke Nitcher approached No. 18 knowing that Jesuit’s team state championship had been all but secured. And yet, when the golfer stood over a short putt to make par, he still felt pressure.
“The only time I was nervous was when I was standing over that 2-inch putt,” Jesuit coach Bryan Bairnsfather said Nitcher told him.
The putt dropped, ending the tournament and clinching Jesuit’s six-stroke victory over St. Thomas More…