Winner: Bubba Watson
Around the wider world of golf: Haru Nomura won the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on the LPGA/LET; Marcus Fraser won the Maybank Championship Malaysia on the ET/Asian Tour; and Erynne Lee won the IOA Championship on the Symetra Tour.
Bubba Watson got here into this week with eight wins and a kidney stone, among other things. Since he became in Hollywood, he and son Caleb hung out with Justin Bieber, he did a guest shot on the TV display "Girl Meets World", and went to a Clippers basketball recreation.
Oh yeah, and he played some golfing. He won the match, in reality. But it didn't appear like everyday Bubba golfing to me.
Bubba is mostly a quite accurate driver. But he simplest hit half of his fairways this week, and in Friday's round he most effective hit . Yet by some means he managed to hit nearly seventy one% of his GIR. And despite the fact that his misses seemed to be in some pretty awful locations -- at the least they regarded horrific to me -- he scrambled without a doubt nicely.
But he putted well. He made an entire lot of putts. And whilst Bubba putts nicely, he commonly rankings well -- which he did this week.
It didn't harm that everyone else struggled with the softer veggies at Riviera. (How often can we say that?) Most of the large names made a rate but just couldn't maintain up the pace. For instance, Rory McIlroy eagled the primary hole however, after that, he had a Sunday he will be keen to neglect. Adam Scott had a rough stretch in the center of his round; he'll depart Riviera feeling pretty top about his game, mainly his setting with the quick putter, however he did have a couple of awful holes. And Jason Kokrak, seeking to win his first Tour occasion, came down with a case of brain freeze coming down the stretch after having the event beneath manage.
In the give up Bubba did what he regularly does. He came up with essential pictures in crunch time, going -2 at the last three holes to seal the deal.
Bubba's meant to transport to #four within the OWGR with this win, and I trust he's now 2nd most effective to Rory for total wins due to the fact 2010. And seeing that I started out this blog in 2009, I wager this win places him 2nd simplest to Rory for Limerick Summaries as properly.
First it?S proper, then it?S left, then it?S instantly,
Then it?S excessive, then it?S low. Was it fate?
Bubba?S ball zipped around
Riviera and discovered
One more win he could add to his eight. The photo came from this page at espn.go.com.
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