Bubba Watson
Lester Gerry " Bubba" Watson, Jr. ( born November 5, 1978 in Baghdad, Florida) is a left-handed American professional golfer on the PGA TOUR. He is an outspoken self-taught: By his own account he has - apart from lessons of his father in early childhood - never taken a golf lesson with a trainer.
From 2003 to 2005 Watson played on the second lined up Nationwide Tour and qualified from the 2006 season for the great PGA TOUR. Thanks to some good placings and prize money of just over $ 1 million, the tall left-hander has secured the eligibility for the next season as 90 of the money list. At the U.S. Open in 2007, he finished joint fifth place and a season prize money of more than 1.6 million $ Watson managed easily the Next whereabouts on the PGA Tour. In June 2010 he won his first tournament on the PGA Tour, the Travelers Championship.
By far the biggest success of his career, he celebrated the victory at The Masters in 2012., Where he could be in the playoffs against the South Africans Louis Oosthuizen prevail. Watson had his Drive lagging far to the right while Oosthuizen was at Fairway. However, Oosthuizen 's second blow did not reach the green while Watson was able to convey his second shot by about 30 meters wide bend on the green. After two putts he had beaten Oosthuizen.
One among golfers particularly rare peculiarity: Bubba Watson has since the beginning of his career, never changed his putter.
He is with Angie, a former Profibasketballerin married. The two are parents of a son, Caleb, you adopted on 26 March 2012.
The game
Self-taught, Bubba Watson has developed some very unorthodox techniques. Most striking is probably his Drive: It brings exceptionally far out, but above all he shifted on the downswing his weight is not - as it would be a left-handed the case to him in a conventional swing - completely on his right leg, but he raises with both feet simultaneously off the ground, thereby opening its entire state ( ie it rotates the whole body half in the direction of the target). At least, this technique obviously does not harm its width: Bubba Watson is considered to be pronounced " hitters " and led for example to the statistics Drive the PGA Tour in 2012 with an average of 315.5 yards (about 288.5 meters). In general, noticeable is be very spectacular and risky game, with whom he often brings in difficult situations, but also can escape from such a time again. Bubba Watson has also a kind of personal trademark aesthetic nature: He wears his polo shirts always completely closed, so do not, as is usual, with an open top button.
PGA Tour victories
- 2010 Travelers Championship
- 2012 The Masters
- 2014 Northern Trust Open
Other tournament victories
- 2008 CVS Caremark Charity Classic ( with Camilo Villegas )
- 2010 Wendy's 3- Tour Challenge ( with Dustin Johnson and Boo Weekley )
Participation in team competitions
- Ryder Cup: 2010, 2012
Results in Major Championships
DNP = did not participate CUT = cut failed "T " shared placement Green background for wins Yellow background for top 10