Bubba Watson

Gerry "Bubba" Watson (born November 5, 1978) is an American professional golfer.

Watson was born in Bagdad, Florida. He played golf for Faulkner State Community College in Alabama, where he was a junior college All-American. After that he played golf at the University of Georgia (UGA) in 2000 and 2001. While at UGA, he helped lead the Bulldogs to a SEC Championship in 2000.

After his career at UGA, Watson played on the Nationwide Tour from 2002 until 2005. By finishing 21st on the Nationwide Tour in 2005, he was the last player to qualify for the 2006 PGA Tour. As a rookie player on the 2006 PGA Tour, he earned $1,019,264 (90th overall) and led the PGA Tour in driving distance (319.6 yards). His longest ever drive on the PGA Tour was a 398 yard drive at the 2006 Sony Open in Hawaii.

He is ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Watson played well at the 2007 U.S. Open. He was in the final group on the Saturday after shooting rounds of 70-71 (+1) at Oakmont Country Club. He was one off the lead at the start of the third round but then slipped shooting two final rounds of 74 (+4). He finished at T5.

Bubba Golf

Watson now has his own clothing line called Bubba Golf at Steve & Barry's.

Professional wins

Other

*2008 CVS Caremark Charity Classic (with Camilo Villegas)

Results in major championships

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

External links

* [http://www.bubbawatson.com "bubbagolf"] Official clothing line
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/58/04 Bubba Watson] Profile on PGATour.com
* [http://www.owgr.com/players/bio.sps?ID=7334 Bubba Watson] Official World Golf Ranking
* [http://www.pga.com/news/tours/pga-tour/watsoninterview032906.cfm Bubba Watson March 29, 2006 interview]
* [http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2006/11/14/1115bubba.html "A million-dollar season for PGA's Bubba"] by Stan Awtrey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, published (11/15/06)
* [http://www.pgatour.com/2007/r/07/10/watson_clothing/index.html Watson launches apparel line 'bubbagolf']
* [http://www.usopen.com/2004/players/b_watson.html 2004 U.S. Open player bio]
* [http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46772&SPID=3598&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=648654 Georgia Golf lettermen]
* [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/columnists/sfl-spmell15jun15,0,1496194.column?coll=sfla-sports-col Randall Mell article]