UPDATE: Bobby Massa won his second round match on Tuesday afternoon, but his brother, Cody, did not. The brothers will not meet in the semi -final.
Bobby Massa can move his ball. Like, Real Move it. Swing speeds crawl up at 130 mph; Bullet speeds that threaten 200 mph. All this explains the nickname for the 37-year-old sports performance coach, which Moonlights is one of the elite amateurs of the game: “Bobby Speed”.
On Monday, Bobby Speed did his thing in the first round of match game on the 44th US Mid-Amateur in Throne Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. His opponent: the 62-year-old ruled the American senior amateur champion Louis Brown. We will save you mathematics. That is a 25 -year -old gap. Regarding the difference in their driving distances?
“Probably 75 to 100 [yards]”Said Massa after the game.” But this golf course does not matter how far you get it. You have to keep it out of the grass and go from there. ‘
Golf is so good, especially in match game. Massa jumped to a 3-up lead through three holes, but Brown did not continue to roll on a national champion. “He just hung around,” said Massa. “He made a number of really long putts and was reflected a bit in the game when I almost had control. He made it interesting.”
Yet mass would not be refused and Louis on the 16th hole, 3 and 2 close
If Massa, who was a finalist in the 2024 Mid-Am, 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-Play Bracket. If Cody and Bobby each win three more games, they would get away in the semi -finals.
After his first round victory on Monday, Bobby was asked about the opportunity to be confronted with his brother. It was clear that he had not thought so far ahead, because a reporter had to inform Bobby about the potential for a mass of mashup on Wednesday.
“Not ideal,” said Bobby. “I don’t want to play him in any way, because one of us should go home.”
Cody, who is 38, would have a home field advantage because he lives in Scottsdale, which means that the brothers do not often have the chance to play with or against each other. Cody said about the possibility of a Bro-VS-BROOG: “We have to reach the semi-final so that we can struggle. That is the goal.”
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Cody started the week hot. More than 36 holes of the Slagplay part of the event, he shot a combined five at Throne CC and Co-host site Throne North, good enough for part of the coin winner. In his first round game on Monday, he chose Troy Vannucci from Marlton, NJ, if not as effortlessly as Cody wanted. After securing a 4-up lead by 11, Cody Vannucci returned to the game with a double bogey on the par-4 14th and bogey on the par-3 15th
Cody said that a waiting time of 30 minutes on the 14th tee disturbed his rhythm, and that turned out. On the same hole he covered an iron shot in a channel “out of nowhere,” he said. “Then it was a bit stressful.”
When the players 16 and 17 with pars, Cody had prevailed 2 and 1. Then Cody said he was sorry that he was not playing more aggressively at the piece. “I should have done all day instead of playing safely by the end,” he said. “I have to find out what the best option is to move forward, because I have played a lot of match play in recent years and I have come to that location a lot and always seemed to leave them back.”
Both Cody and Bobby’s round of 32 games are currently underway. By 13 holes, Cody 1 is Michael Buttacavoli from Miami Beach, FLA. Bobby is now 3 to 11 holes in his match against Matt Liston by Louisville, Ky.
The round of 16 games will be played on Tuesday afternoon local time. You can follow all scoring here.
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