Bobby “Speed” Massa joins Golf Today to discuss his journey overcoming his swinging yips and how he’s handling the stress of returning to the CJ Cup Byron Nelson after making it through the Monday qualifier #GolfChannel #golftoday #Golf
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CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL. >> ALWAYS SOMETHING TO PLAY FOR, PATHWAYS. >> AN ERROR ON THAT GRAPHIC SINCE BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU IS NOT IN THE AON SWING FIVE MAKING HIS WAY IN. >> WOULD HAVE BEEN BREAKING NEWS HAD TO DO A DOUBLE TAKE. WE LOOK AT MONDAY QUALIFIERS FOR THIS WEEK’S CJ CUP BYRON NELSON. BOBBY MASSA, GETTING THROUGH NICK WATNEY, NAMES FROM THE PAST TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY THROUGH WHAT COULD BE A VERY DIFFICULT GAME. SPEAKING OF BOBBY, HE IS A SPORT PERFORMANCE COACH FROM DALLAS. HE BECAME ONE OF THE TOP MID AMATEURS IN THE WORLD, SUPPORTERS OF LAST SUMMER’S U.S. AMATEUR IN HAZLETON, FALLING EVENTUALLY TO THE WINNER. CHECK THIS OUT, 127 MILE PER HOUR SWING SPEED. BALL SPEED IN THE 190s. ONCE A PRO GOLFER, AFTER GRADUATING FROM TEXAS ARLINGTON AND THEN GAVE UP THE GAME. MORE OF HIS STORY IN BRENTLY’S ARTICLE ON GOLFCHANNEL.COM AND GREAT TO HAVE BOBBY WITH US ON THIS WEDNESDAY. I HEAR THE TERM MONDAY QUALIFIER AND I THINK STRESS. WHAT WAS THE STRESS LEVEL LIKE JUST GETTING THROUGH INTO THE CJ CUP? >> OH. THE STRESS IS ALWAYS THERE BECAUSE NOW THE REAL PRESSURE STARTS. YEAH. JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER. LIKE I SAID, I WENT AND WORKED THIS MORNING JUST TREAT IT LIKE AN EVERY DAY THING AND SHOW UP TOMORROW AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. >> BOBBY, YOU’VE GOT A FULL-TIME JOB. YOU HAVE A NEWBORN. TWO KIDS UNDER TWO. YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO OBSESS OVER THIS GAME ANYMORE. IS IT EASIER WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE TO PLAY IT FOR A LIVING? >> I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S EASIER. I NEVER STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. I OBSESS SO MUCH WHEN I TRY TO DO IT FOR A LIVING SOME OF THAT TIME SPENT HAS CARRIED OVER. BUT I DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE I GOT ALL THESE KIDS TO TAKE CARE OF AND WORK. JUST ENJOY IT WHEN I CAN NOW. >> BOBBY, YOUR NICKNAME IS BOBBY SPEED, ONE OF THE COOLEST NICKNAMES I’VE COME ACROSS. HOW MUCH ARE YOU WORKING OUT WITH OTHER ATHLETES FROM DIFFERENT SPORTS NOT JUST TO HONE YOUR GOLF BUT YOUR ATHLETICISM? >> AT MY GYM WE HAVE TONS OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. GUYS LIKE DEREK HENRY, JULIUS RANDLE THERE FOR A LONG TIME, SETH CURRY, DAXA LOT OF GUYS WORKED AT OUR GYM. I’VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIGH PROFILE ATHLETES AND SEE WHAT REAL ATHLETES LOOK LIKE. >> I READ WHEN YOU WERE SORT OF STRUGGLING WITH THE GAME, BOBBY, WITH SWING YIPS, THAT YOU SAID YOU COULDN’T BREAK 90. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE HOW A GUY CAN GO FROM BEING IN A VALLEY LIKE THAT TO BEING GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY AT THE AMATEUR LEVEL YOU ARE NOW AND ALSO TO QUALIFY FOR A PGA TOUR EVENT. HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT KIND OF JOURNEY? >> IT’S DEFINITELY A JOURNEY TO SAY THE LEAST. I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN IT KIND OF STARTS IT’S REALLY HARD TO GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY. MOST OF IT STARTS TECHNICAL AND KIND OF DEVELOPS MENTALLY AND THEN GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, FIX IT TECHNICALLY AND THEN TRY TO FIX IT MENTALLY. ALTHOUGH THAT KIND OF — THAT MENTAL SIDE OF IT KIND OF — THAT SCAR TISSUE ALWAYS STAYS AROUND SO IT’S A CONSTANT BAT LE WITH THAT EVEN THOUGH I’M PLAYING BETTER NOW. IT’S IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND YOU DON’T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT. I GUESS NOBODY REALLY UNDERSTAND IT UNTIL THEY KIND OF GO THROUGH IT UNFORTUNATELY AND I DON’T WISH IT UPON MY WORSE ENEMY TO GO THROUGH THOSE PROBLEMS, THE SWING PROBLEMS. >> THE CLICHE IS THAT IT MAKES YOU TOUGHER. DOES IT MAKE YOU TOUGHER? >> OH, FOR SURE. FOR SURE. I WISH I DIDN’T HAVE TO GET TOUGHER THAT WAY TO SAY THE LEAST. BUT IT DEFINITELY MAKES YOU TOUGHER MENTALLY. YOU APPRECIATE THE GAME A LOT MORE WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM IT. FOR SURE. BUT LIKE I SAID, I’M JUST ENJOYING THE RIDE NOW. I KIND OF GOT THROUGH THE — THE TERRIBLE STORM OF THE YIPS AND NOW I FEEL LIKE I’M ENJOYING A LOT OF TIME I SPENT WORKING ON IT. >> YOU’RE, OBVIOUSLY, WELL KNOWN FOR YOUR SPEED, BOBBY, AND A LOT OF — WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF PLAYERS IN THE WORLD CHASE SPEED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. HOW MUCH SPEED COULD A TYPICAL RECREATIONAL GOLFER EXPECT TO PICK UP IN YOUR MIND? >> IF YOU REALLY GO AT IT HARD, SOME GUYS HAVE GOTTEN UP TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. I REALLY RECOMMEND TRYING TO GET AROUND 4. FOUR MILES AN HOUR IS TWO CLUBS A HOLE WHICH MOST PEOPLE CAN GET FOUR MILES AN HOUR. I DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE ASPECTS OF I DON’T LIKE CHANGING SOMEONE’S GOLF SWING TO GET SPEED. I TRY TO SPEED UP WHAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO DOWN THE ROUTE OF CHANGING A GOLF SWING, YOU KIND OF LOSE FACE AND BECAUSE THIS GAME IS SO FICKLE AND THE BRAIN AND HOW MENTAL IT GETS IF YOU START HITTING DIFFERENT WINDOWS YOU’RE NOT USED TO HITTING, I TRY NOT TO GO DOWN THE FULL ROUTE OF BEING THIS TECHNICALLY AS PERFECT AS POSSIBLE TO GET AS MUCH SPEED AS POSSIBLE IF YOU DON’T ALREADY NATURALLY HAVE THAT A LITTLE BIT. >> THERE ARE 30 HANDICAPPERS WHO DREAM OF PLAYING IN THE MASTERS. YOU LOST TO EVAN BACK IN THE U.S. MID AM. YOU LOST TO JOSE IN THE QUARTERS AT HAZLETON AND THE U.S. AM. YOU WERE CLOSE TO DRIVING DOWN MAGNOLIA LANE. DOES IT MAKE IT ANY EASIER THE FACT THAT YOU LOST TO THE EVENTUAL WINNER BOTH TIMES? >> THANKS FOR REMINDING ME. APPRECIATE IT. I WOULDN’T SAY THAT IT MAKES IT EASIER NECESSARILY. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES DON’T COME AROUND VERY OFTEN, OBVIOUSLY. ALL THESE GUYS THAT ARE PLAYING AT THAT LEVEL ARE VERY GOOD AT GOLF. YOU HAVE TO GET A COUPLE BREAKS ALONG THE WAY AND NEED A COUPLE PUTTS TO FALL AT THE RIGHT TIME AND A BALL BOUNCE OFF A TREE AT THE RIGHT TIME. YEAH. IT’S TOUGH TO BE IN THOSE SITUATIONS. HARD PILL TO SWALLOW TO NOT MAKE IT THERE, BUT IT’S STILL A LOT OF FUN TO BE IN THE HUNT AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> QUITE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEK AS WELL, BOBBY. IT’S NOT YOUR FIRST PGA TOUR EVENT. YOU PLAYED THE BYRON NELSON TWICE BEFORE. WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE WEEK, GIVEN ALL OF THE OTHER COMMITMENTS WE’VE TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR LIFE? >> I WOULD SAY JUST TRYING TO BE FOCUSED ON EACH AND EVERY SHOT AND AS CLICHE AS IT SOUNDS IF YOU TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT STUFF THE RESULTS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. BUT, I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY THE WEEKEND, OBVIOUSLY. IF I PLAY GOOD MY GOOD IS GOOD ENOUGH. THOSE GUYS ARE SO CONSISTENT DOING IT, ALL FOUR DAYS, WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT, BUT WHY NOT ME, RIGHT? >> WHY NOT YOU. YOU LIVE IN A HOTBED OF GOLF. SCOTTIE, JORDAN, TOM KIM, WILL ZALATORIS, ARE YOU ABLE TO HANG OUT, PICK BRAINS, MONEY GAMES? WHAT’S YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS IN DALLAS? >> I DON’T SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THOSE GUYS, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE GUYS GROWING UP IN TEXAS, THE WEATHER IS NEVER GOOD HERE. IT’S ALWAYS GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY GOLF, BUT IT’S NOT GREAT. SO GUYS GET REALLY GOOD AT PLAYING IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. THE TYPE OF GRASS HERE WITH IT BEING BERMUDA IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST TO CHIP OFF OF. IF YOU GET GOOD AT THAT, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH PLAY ANYWHERE. I THINK THAT’S WHY THOSE GUYS ARE SO GOOD. I DON’T SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THEM. I SPENT TIME WITH BRANDON WU AND PLAYED A HANDFUL OF MONEY GAMES WITH HIM AND GUYS AROUND TOW
