In the same way that Tiger Woods doesn't need to prove to anyone that he's one of the greatest ever to lift a golf club, Bubba Watso...
In the same way that Tiger Woods doesn't need to prove to anyone that he's one of the greatest ever to lift a golf club, Bubba Watson doesn't need to prove he's longer off the tee than almost anyone else out there. But deciding not to take part in a long drive competition at the PGA Championship today, something you would imagine would be right up his alley, was strange.
Instead of taking driver off the designated tee today, Bubba took iron, disappointing punters across Las Vegas who had bet millions on him winning.
Here's how Bubba justified not taking part via Geoff Shack.
We hope to get God's reaction tomorrow.
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Instead of taking driver off the designated tee today, Bubba took iron, disappointing punters across Las Vegas who had bet millions on him winning.
Here's how Bubba justified not taking part via Geoff Shack.
We hope to get God's reaction tomorrow.
Q. You chose to hit iron off the 10th tee. Your thoughts on why you did that and your thoughts about the long drive contest?
BUBBA WATSON: My thoughts, I want to practice the game of golf. I want to learn this golf course. I haven't seen the 10th hole. I don't see that we should have a competition like that while we're playing a practice round and learning the golf course, trying to win a great championship. There's no reason to make something up in the middle of the practice round like that. That's just me. Like it or not, that's just who I am. That's just what I think.
I think the Par 3, that's something you're spending time with your family. The kids are out there. You're signing autographs, you're have the kid zone, you're signing autographs for kids. You have the choice to participate or not to participate. And this is just right there in the middle of your practice round when you're trying to see the course. Just kind of weird to me.
But I hit my 3‑iron perfect, though, right down the middle. Longest 3‑iron of the day. I won that competition, take that.
Q. (Inaudible.)
BUBBA WATSON: Yeah, it will be driver every day. I was just trying to prove a point that nobody cared about.
Q. There's been a lot of chatter on different avenues about your take on the 10th and the long drive. Do you find it surprising that you would be accused of taking yourself too seriously?
BUBBA WATSON: Me? Yeah, that's surprising. I am.
I'm here to win a championship. I'm not here to goof around (laughing).
No, it's just ‑‑ there's a couple things that just rubbed me the wrong way, and so ‑‑
Q. In what way?
BUBBA WATSON: I just see it, if it's going to be a contest, make it where you could participate and not participate. Calling your name on a Tuesday of a practice round, it just seems funny to me, just seems hokey to me, so I just didn't.
Q. And in a broader sense, do you worry at all or ‑‑
BUBBA WATSON: I worry all the time.
Q. Let me rephrase that. Do you care at all what people think of you?
BUBBA WATSON: Truthfully, no. Because the way I'm trying to live my life, read the Bible, follow the Bible; I can't worry about ‑‑ no matter what I do, no matter if I win every single tournament, half the world is going to love me and half the world is going to hate me no matter what. You can't impress everybody and you can't make everybody happy. It's hard enough trying to make my wife happy, so I don't need to worry about other people being happy.
I care about what you think, though, because you write big articles (smiling).
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