59!!! Viboch and Bucey repeat at NCGA Mid-Am Four-Ball
10/4/2022 | by Northern California Golf Association
see also: View results for NCGA Mid-Amateur Four-Ball, Poppy Ridge Golf Course
Longtime friends become the first to repeat as NCGA Mid-Amateur Four-Ball champs since 2010-11
The two recently had spent quite a bit of time moving Bucey into his new home. As a result, they also took most of September off.
So much for practice.
"It's just chemistry," Viboch said. "Winning these doesn't get old. You cherish them more with each win. They're so hard to get."
On the front nine, the two posted a bogey-free 31 with five birdies. After the turn, they'd card five more birdies and close out the day with an eagle courtesy of a 40-foot hole-out greenside bunker shot from Bucey. The two finished at 17-under 125, one stroke shy of the tourney record low of 124, set by 2020 winners Nick Moore and Matt Cohn.
"After I made birdie on 17, I looked at Bobby and said, 'An eagle on 18 will get us a 59,'" Bucey said.
The 59 is the all-time low for any NCGA scratch Four-Ball event.59! Brett Viboch and Bobby Bucey repeat as NCGA Mid-Am Four-Ball champs after a record day at Poppy Hills pic.twitter.com/UsiCKac5cO
— NCGA (@ncga1901) October 4, 2022
The previous 18-hole record for the Mid-Am Four-Ball was 11-under, shot by Danny Paniccia and Mike Stieler at the 2019 championship at Poppy Hills (60) and the teams of Moore and Cohn and Steven Christophel and Brian Jones, who posted a 61 at par-72 Del Monte during the 2020 championship. The low at the NCGA Four-Ball championship is an 11-under 61 posted by 2021 champs Ethan Farnam and Ethan Ashbrook.
For Bucey, it marks his sixth career NCGA title. For Viboch, the 2021 Player of the Year, it's his third.
"It's great. It's more fun to go out and win with Brett," Bucey said.
Second place went to the team of Kevin Price and Troy Armstrong at 129 after a 62. Patrick Jorgensen and Marc Engellenner were third at 131.
About the NCGA Mid-Amateur Four-Ball
Two-person, better-ball scratch event for NCGA members 25 years of age and older. FORMAT: 36 holes of four-ball stroke play, 18 holes per day. ELIGIBILITY: Players must have reached their 25th birthday by the start of the tournament and have a numeri...
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