Bobby Massa can move his ball. like truly move it. Swing speeds crawling at 130 mph; Ball speeds threatening 200 mph. All of these explain the nickname for the 37-year-old Dallas-centered sports performance coach, which Moonlights as one of the elite games of the game: “Bobby Speed”.
Monday, Bobby Speed ​​was doing his things in the first round of match game in 44 The US mid-amateur THEir Troon country club In Scottsdale, Ariz. His opponent: The 62-year-old who reigns the elderly amateur champion Louis Brown. We will save you math. This is a 25-year-old gap. As to the change in their direction distances?
“Maybe 75 to 100 (yards),” Massa said after the match. “But this golf course doesn’t matter how far you hit it. You have to keep it out of the grass and go from there.”
Golf is good so, especially in barge. Massa was thrown into a 3-up lead across three holes, but Brown did not become a national champion by revolving. “He was just hanging out,” Massa said. “He made some really long strokes and some sort was thrown back into the match when I was very in control. He made him interesting.”
However, Massa would not be denied, closing Louis in the 16th hole, 3 and 2
If Massa, who was a finalist in the Mid-am 2024, continues to win, his week could become even more interesting. That’s because his brother, Cody, is on the same side of Bobby’s match bracket. If Cody and Bobby each win three more matches, they would light up in the semifinals.
After his first round victory Monday, Bobby was asked about the possibility of his brother’s confrontation. Clearly, he didn’t think so much ahead, because a reporter had to inform Bobby about the potential of a Massa Mashup on Wednesday.
“No ideal,” Bobby said. “I don’t want to play it in any way, because one of us will have to go home.”
Cody, who is 38 years old, would have the home field advantage because he lives inside Scottsdalewhich means brothers do not often get the opportunity to play with or against each other. Cody said about the possibility of a Bro-VS-Bro collision: “We have to do it in the semifinals so we can collide. That’s the goal.”
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Cody started the hot week. Over 36 holes in the game part of the event, he fired a five combined under Troon CC and co-perpetrator Troon North, good enough for some of the medals honors. In his first round match on Monday, he chose Marlton’s Troy Vannucci, if not as hard as Cody would like. After providing a 4-up lead through 11, La Vannucci’s Cody to return to the match with a double in par-4 14 and bogey in par-3 15th
Cody said a 30-minute reception in the 14th annoyed rhythm, and that showed. In the same hole he topped an iron stroke in a channel “from nowhere,” he said. “It was a little stressful after that.”
When the players tied 16 and 17 to pars, Cody had dominated 2 and 1. Afterwards, Cody said he regretted not playing aggressively below the stretch. “I should have done all day instead of playing it safe to the end,” he said. “I have to understand what the best option is moving forward because I played a lot of matches playing the last two years and I go to that place a lot and it seems I always let them go back to the end.”
As for this writing, both Cody and the round of the 32 Bobby matches are underway. Through 13 holes, Cody is 1 down to Michael Buttacavoli of Miami Beach, Fla. Bobby, meanwhile, is 3 to 11 holes in his match against Matt Liston to Louisville, this.
The round of 16 matches will be played on Tuesday afternoon with local time. You can follow all the results here.
