On Bubba: “The poor soul has to hit golf balls for a living.”
/If you watched PGA.com's featured group coverage online or through apps, you know that Bubba Watson lost his puppy dog worse than ever Friday as rain dared to mess with his grip, his clubface (it's wet!) and his mind.
Alex Myers with a round-up of the social media reaction and also the tweeted photo of Bubba caddied teeing up a ball for his boss.
And Dave Kindred considers Bubba's advertised faith and how he behaved Friday.
A 35-year-old grown man from the panhandle of Florida could be making a decent living at long-haul trucking. Instead, this torture. Country clubs, chartered jets, chauffeured Mercedes, million-dollar paychecks. And, sometimes, if you can believe it, he has to do it in the rain. To protect himself from the rain, he once held an umbrella and asked his caddie, Ted Scott, to set his ball on a tee.
After a bad drive early in the round, Bubba said to Scott, and television's boom mikes sent it across America, "It don't matter what I do, man. It don't matter. It's f*cking horsesh*t."
Maybe Noah said something like that in about the 37th day of that storm, and maybe Job expressed himself colorfully after lightning killed his livestock. But some readers of the Bible took to Twitter immediately to say they could not find those words in either the New or the Old Testament. Those twitterers were moved to append hashtags such as: "#quityerbitchin," and "#helpbubbajebus."
Bubba took to Twitter after his round to apologize for his whining.
Sorry for my actions today! Trying to get better as person. Thanks to all who support me. #YallDontGiveUpOnMe
— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) August 8, 2014
And the forever legendary shot of caddie Scott teeing up Lord Grantham's tee ball so that he could keep himself dry.


