Bubba Watson can’t explain how he goes about the game of golf. He does it his way, he’ll say. And that’s about it. When Watson found himself in the woods to the right of the
10th fairway at Augusta National,
with the Masters tournament at
stake, he knew he had a shot as soon
as he reached the ball. “If I have a
swing, I have a shot,” he said the
night of April 8, repeating his Bubba
Golf mantra.
He needed to hit a 160-yard gap
wedge with 40 yards of hook, keeping
it under a tree, then flighting it high
enough to stop on the green, which
is exactly what he did. His two-putt
par defeated Louis Oosthuizen in the
playoff and put the Masters green
jacket around his shoulders.
His first major victory was the cul-
mination of an emotional two weeks
during which he and wife Angie had
finally been able to adopt a baby boy,
So, just how many ways is Watson
different from the average PGA Tour
pro?
You could start with his pink driver
and an overall affection for the color
pink. You could scratch your head
that he doesn’t have a swing coach
and never has. You might think him
nuts for not having a putting guru.
