Like that long ago Smith Barney ad, Mitch Hupe won his Masters gold medal at the 2018 World Men’s Championships the old-fashioned way: he earned it.
Hupe qualified 20th for the Masters with a 24-game total of 4,995 (208,12 average) comprising his 6-game qualifying blocks for singles, doubles, trios and team.
The stylish and powerful right-hander then defied what any bookmaker would have set as incredibly long odds by beating, in order, Jojoe Yannaphon of Thailand, 2016 PBA Player of the...