Teen bowling champion offers bowling tips to Rick Santorum: ‘You can definitely tell he doesn’t do it for competition’

Chris Moody
·Political Reporter

CHILTON, Wis.-- Rick Santorum has visited a different bowling alley every day during his weekend campaign swing through Wisconsin, but this time, he had some competition.

Tyler Buechel, a high school bowling champion whose father owns the alley where Santorum played on Sunday, was on hand when the candidate arrived.

Buechel joined Santorum on the hardwood, and while Santorum's not a bad amateur bowler, the kid schooled him.

"I've been bowling for 13 years and I'm 15," Buechel, who lives with his family above the bowling alley, told Yahoo News. "I started when I was two and a half."

As for Santorum's bowling skills, Buechel said he could use some more practice.

"You can definitely tell he doesn't do it for competition," he said.

He offered Santorum a few pointers on how to become a champion bowler, in case the presidential thing doesn't work out:

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