The Most Unorthodox Golfer Of All time | A Short Golf Documentary

golf for so many years has been a textbook sport an art that constantly needs fine-tuning but can never be mastered books were created with the knowledge that we had inspiring young golfers and creating legends that would dominate the sport But as time progressed and technology advanced the new studies debunked the textbook golfer and an evolution of free-swinging players would emerge born in 1978 in the small town of Baghdad Florida Jerry Lester Watson Jr didn't grow up like many professional golfers the name Bobby came from his father who named him after pro football player Bubba Smith his father Jerry was a former Green Beret who introduced his son to the game of golf practice consisted of hitting a wiffle ball around the back garden and never having a lesson Bubba just enjoyed hitting the ball as hard as he could to see how far it could hit it Jerry didn't discipline his son too hard but he was very persistent on young bobber getting better at some point Bobo was taught the correct way to grip the club and then and the hard-hitting teenager was ready to start competing his competitive Journey started through high school when he played on the Milton High golf team with fellow PGA Tour players boo weekly and Heath Slocum his time there saw him progress very quickly and his scoring average backed that up he averaged 72.93 through high school and with that attracted attention from many colleges he enrolled into Faulkner state junior college to study consumer economics and whilst there became a junior college All-American his time there was short-lived though as after a short while he transferred to the University of Georgia the Bulldogs were the defending NCAA Champions but Bubba's arrival wasn't as successful as the junior Watson helped lead the Bulldogs to the SEC title in 2000 but in the senior year Bubba only played in one event the best thing to come out of his time in Athens was meeting his six foot three basketball girlfriend Angie Angie played for the Bulldogs basketball team and was very successful in her time there she was diagnosed with an enlarged pituitary gland which was the reason behind her height so after leaving college and turning professional in 2002 Bubba joined the Nationwide tour where he would play until 2005 becoming the last player to qualify on that season's money list with nothing to shout about thus far Bobo was just doing his own thing like he always had bubble golf was an art in itself well how fat half explosion the amount of power bubble would generate should in theory be uncontrollable but that's exactly what bubba wants because he never wants to hit it straight every shot is either a huge slice or a huge draw which essentially limits his misses to one side of the course so after inventing a brand new style of golf Bubba's impact on the PGA tour was huge in his first three seasons he topped the PGA Tour driving list and earned over 1 million dollars in his first year albeit 90th on the money list so even though he hadn't won he still built up a huge fan base because people just wanted to see him bomb it and watch this unique style of play The Unique Style would soon come into fruition though in 2010. his first PGA Tour win came on the 27th of June in Cromwell Connecticut at The Travelers Championship he beat Corey paven and Scott LeBlanc on the second hole of a playoff but were dedicated the win to his father who was battling throat cancer in a tearful interview Watson said is the kind of guy I am I cry all the time I cry at church every Sunday and I cry at stuff on TV especially if it involves family hardship Bubba's personality was really starting to show as he didn't let any of his raw feelings take a back seat later that year he would eventually lose his father and more bad fortune was about to come his way remember when Dustin Johnson was penalized for unwittingly grounding his Club in a bunker on the final hole of the PGA Championship well bubble was kicking himself at the end of that day too following a final round of 68 Watson lost the three-hole playoff to Martin kymer when he double boged the final hole after going for an aggressive approach shot and finding a hazard hey playing bubble golf doesn't always work but a performance proved he could seriously contend it's a major after being at the top of the golfing headlines Bubba began a journey on social media that would today make him the 10th most followed golfer in the world it all started with a happy birthday trick shot that he sent to Ellen DeGeneres wishing her a happy birthday which then saw him be invited onto the show that popularity would see him invited to Europe to play in the French Open where he made a guest appearance and was paid two hundred thousand dollars for his time as mad as that sounds it wasn't the outrageous money being gifted to him for doing something he probably would have been doing anyway Bubba's innocent humorous personality was getting him into a little bit of trouble after missing the cut Bubba spoke to the media about his time traveling whilst in Paris he went on to call certain Parisian landmarks or as Boba put it that big tower or the building starting with l and this I drove around in a circle the sensitive French were absolutely outraged by the comments from Watson but the triggered Bubba was about to retaliate and get himself into trouble one more time before flying back frustrated with his performance Watson was critical of the tournament setup as he blamed outside factors for his scoring it's different for me there's cameras there's phones there's everything no security Watson complained to Sky Sports after his round I don't know which holes to walk through there's no robes it's something I'm not used to I'm not comfortable with it when the French finally calmed down and thankfully for us Bubba didn't change his personality in fact he exaggerated it 2011 would see the release of golf boys a charity single released on YouTube by Bubba Ricky Fowler Ben Crane and Hunter Mayhem the Farmers Insurance Group promised to donate money for every 1 000 views the video reached which definitely added up as it now sits at over 8 million views the temperament of bubble was attracting fans his outlandish mannerisms had people comparing him to John Daly and his comments about never working out and preferring sleep really resonated with people regardless of his work ethic off the course mother's performances on the course saw him have a fantastic start to the 2012 season Watson began the year with three top five finishes and seven events including finishing second at the WGC Cadillac Championship that second would be trumped though in April when Bubba put on a majestic performance at Augusta he began the final round at six under par three Strokes off the lead held by Peter Hansen on the bank nine Watson bogeed the path 312 hole to return to even power for the round a bad start but he'd make up for it with four consecutive birdies for a round of 68 4 under par and tied for the 72 hole lead with fourth round playing partner Louis ustazen at 10 on the pair in the sudden death playoff us tazen and Watson both made their power on the uphill 18th hole on the next hole the downhill until 10th both drove their tee shots towards the woods to the right of the hole it was Hazen landed in the rough 220 yards away whilst Watson's ball landed deep in the woods on pine straw 164 yards from the pin without a clear shot to the green there was only one man in golf who could pull off this kind of shot a huge hook with a 52 degree gap wedge under that amount of pressure Bubba pulled off one of the greatest shots in not only Master's history but golf in history he hooked the ball to 15 feet and after ustazen's approach shot landed short of the green Watson trickled his bird he put a foot past the hole took his time on the very sharp power port and then made it for the emotional Victory tears of joy streamed down his face as his caddy hugged him followed by his mum as they both looked to the heavens knowing his father was looking down on him watching from home was his wife who celebrated alone and she had clung to their new adopted baby boy Caleb the new world's number four had far too many things on his mind in 2013 after reaching a career high bovard miserable season family was taking over and his mind was elsewhere 2014 was different though after adapting to Dad life Bubba's Farm completely Switched at the Waste Management Phoenix Open Watson held the lead for most of the tournament but he finished runner-up to Kevin Stadler Watson then earned his fifth career PGA Tour Victory and his first since the 2012 Masters at the 2014 Northern Trust open at Riviera Country Club he shot back to back 64s over the weekend to defeat runner-up Dustin Johnson by Two Strokes he followed that win up with two more strong finishes in Ninth Place tie at the WGC Central match play championship and the second place tie in the WGC Cadillac Championship the Run of Great Farm came a great time with the Masters up next and people were putting Bubba as one of the favorites he got off to a great start and was leading heading into the final round he entered the final round tied for the lead with 20 year old Masters rookie Jordan beef playing together in the final pairing spief birded the seventh fall for a two-stroke lead over Watson however the momentum turned on the par 5 8 hole spief had a birdie put but ended up three putting for bogey whilst Watson birded fall into first place then on the ninth hole Watson birded again while Spieth bogood and the four shots swing over the two holes gave Watson a lead that he never relinquished in a win over spief and Jonas blixt with the win Watson became the 17th player to win The Masters two or more times and to move them again into number four in the official World goal of rankings in a season where Watson went 296 Holes without a three port and reclaiming his master's Green Jacket it still wasn't the highlight of his year something must be in the year at Augusta because it grants bubble with all his wishes him and his wife took to social media in December to share the world their second adopted child Dakota with a family complete in his game in a stable place the time was right to move the family to somewhere more homely in Pensacola here Bobby made it his responsibility to give back to the community he invested money into the local baseball team opened a sweet shop bought a Chevrolet dealership and now has plans to run for mayor with life very comfy at the moment and his career achievements far outweighing the average professional golfer he was happy to quit professional golf spend more time with his family and retire working in his sweet shop starting to talk absolute Madness it was actually Bubba's wife Angie who persuaded Bubba to continue playing golf the persuasion was just what Bubba needed as the next few years would see him reach another career high of the third in the official world golf rankings he'd win at The Travelers championship in the Hero World Challenge and the flame still seemed like it was Burning Brightly whilst Burning Brightly Bubba's media presence was getting heated again as the media tried to twist his word once again trying to get a reaction prior to the Waste Management Phoenix Open in early February 2016. Watson caused a bit of controversy after publicly admitting he disliked the cause at TPC Scottsdale as a result he was jeered by fans for the majority of the tournament later criticizing the media for the Turning of his words two weeks later though we returned to the Winner's Circle after winning the Northern Trust open at Riviera for a second time in three years seeing off the challenge of Adam Scott and Jason cocrack to win by one shot from here things started to slow down for Bubba with the thought of retirement already playing on his mind his family knew it wouldn't be long before those thoughts would come back 2017 can be chalked off as a loss but 2018 was an incredibly successful year he started the season with a tied seventh for the QBE shootout Mac and his best of his first six stars then he put on a show at the Genesis open with the 12 underpath finish in February his third victory at this tournament and all of them at Riviera his trifectorate the Genesis makes him only the fifth player to win this long-standed event at least three times along with Ben Hogan Arnold Palmer Lloyd mangram and McDonald Smith in March he gained his 11th toll win at the WGC Dell match play Event in Austin Texas and then on June 24th in 2018 he won a game at The Travelers for the third time a result which would evidently be his last on the PGA tour the next four years were pretty ugly for Bubba it didn't manage a win even though he was in the 2018 Ryder Cup meaning after playing in four Ryder cups over the years he wasn't successful in any of them whilst never successful in a Ryder Cup Bubba was incredibly successful on the PGA tour winning 12 times including two masters racking up a career earnings of 50 million dollars an incredible amount of money which bobred worked so hard for over the last 20 years but when Liv came knocking and offered the same amount just a sign for the breakout tour it suddenly didn't have the same meaning the future of golf is still up in the year and whether live continues or the players begin playing back on the PGA tour together boom his legacy will always be remembered an erratic player who never had a lesson and changed the way people look at golf to this day one for the people and one for the fan favorites bubble Watson was and is one hell of an exciting golfer foreign [Music]

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Length: 13min 34sec (814 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 11 2023