Ryan Downes obtained off to an terrible begin on the 117th Massachusetts Newbie Championship.
He ended it because the champion.
The 19-year-old Longmeadow resident captured the championship for the second time in three years. The GreatHorse member dominated his dwelling course in Hampden and simply defeated Patrick Kilcoyne of Woodland Golf Membership within the remaining, 7 and 6.
Downes opened the event Monday and struggled to a 77. A 70 on the second and remaining day of stroke play enabled him to sneak up right into a tie for fifteenth. As soon as match play started, Downes was unbeatable, topping two opponents Wednesday and Thursday and Kilcoyne on Friday.
Within the championship match, Downes got here out firing, successful the primary two holes. He captured a 6-up lead after 14 holes and Kilcoyne was down 5 holes after the primary 18 holes. Downes shot 67 within the morning in comparison with Kilcoyne’s 73.
The second 18 was owned by Downes as effectively. He gained the opening gap to go 6-up once more and was by no means threatened. The Vanderbilt College golfer provides to his rising trophy case.
He’s the primary participant in occasion historical past to win a number of titles earlier than age 20. He captured the 2023 championship at Essex CC.
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