I give to you my favorite 'Green Jacket' recipient.

[madokie]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/masters/2014/04/13/bubba-watson-jordan-spieth-masters-green-jacket/7678473/

I'll never forget the time after his first win when he went on the Letterman Show and stole it. Awesome Golfer if there ever is one.
My hero for the day, Bubba Watson

I can't wait for the follow up on David Lettermans show.

This is awesome and I apologize for posting this here but I really like this guy for his honesty and humility

[malaise]

1. I do like him

but Tiger Woods is till my favorite - Bubba played awesome golf these past few days

[madokie]

11. I like Watson for his persona

His down home demeanor, tell it like it is kind of guy

'morning

[blueamy66]

14. Why is Tiger your favorite?

Just curious....

[malaise]

22. He's the most talented golfer I've seen in my lifetime

he brought the world to golf

[blueamy66]

23. I don't like his outbursts and lack of control...

on the course and off...

He is a great golfer, I've give you that.

I prefer Phil. He made be terribly inconsistent, but you gotta just love the guy. When he plays a great round, he plays a great round.

[malaise]

26. Sorry I hate Phil's politics

and while he's a good golfer, he is not in Tiger's league. Tiger changed the sport.

[blueamy66]

28. I'm talking about golfing, not politics.

No, Lefty's not in Tiger's league on the golf course. If you bring politics into this...let's talk about Tiger's off the course antics.

He changed the sport because he is young and because of the internet and because of product sponsorship, IMHO.

Like I said, he's a great golfer. Just not my favorite.

[malaise]

29. No you're not or you wouldn't have mentioned Tiger's outbursts off the golf course

Tiger brought the real money to golf and there is more than enough empirical evidence to back that up.

[blueamy66]

30. Okay, I'm not going to argue.

I stated that I didn't like his outbursts on the course and then added off the course. You got me.

You like Tiger...I love Phil.

And just because he brought $ to golf...really?

[malaise]

33. and this thread is about Bubba's victory n/t

[Lizzie Poppet]

36. On a personal level, he seems like a complete ass...but what a golfer!

I don't think I'd like Tiger Woods much at all as a person...but he sure is enjoying to watch on the golf course. Well...to the degree I enjoy watching golf at all. I'm not really a fan of watching other people play...I'd rather do it myself, although what I do on a golf course only superficially resembles what Tiger and Bubba (or Inbee and Annika) do!.

[malaise]

37. Here's proof

http://thebiglead.com/2014/04/14/2014-masters-overnight-tv-rating-of-7-8-hits-all-time-low-for-non-easter-sunday-golf/
<snip>
No Tiger Woods and no drama on the back nine resulted in a rock bottom TV rating for the 2014 Masters. Bubba Watson’s relatively easy victory Sunday at Augusta resulted in an ugly overnight TV rating of a 7.8. That was down from Watson’s last Masters triumph (an 8.1 overnight in 2012).

If you’re the type that cares about TV ratings for sporting events, this Masters chart is for you. Going back to 1993, I can’t find a worse overnight rating on a non-Easter Sunday Masters than 7.8. The 2004 Masters overnight was only 7.3, but it was on Easter. It was actually a drama-filled back nine, with Phil Mickelson edging out Ernie Els.

The obvious takeaway: No Tiger, no Phil, no drama and nobody’s watching. It surely didn’t help that the Northeast was gorgeous Saturday and Sunday, and you could follow the events unfolding on your Iphone. If someone had made a charge, you could have just gone inside to watch it on TV.

[Junkdrawer]

2. Steven Colbert's show???

Time marches on....

[madokie]

3. Yes, as we move along

I've never played the game although I once had a chance to play all I wanted for free. You see back in '68 and early '69 I was stationed down the road from Warner Springs Ca. Resort at the Navy's S.E.R.E. school (survival school) and worked at the Warner Springs Resort as a bus boy in the restaurant, serving notables like John Wayne and Glen Campbell while they were filming parts of True Grit near there. Anyways as an employee of the resort I could have played all the golf I wanted at their course but wasn't interested in golf.
My o my how time flies

[Junkdrawer]

4. How DO those kids do it?

I fight the creeping ossification...with diminishing returns.

[madokie]

6. With a lot of determination and true Grit

I went though the School myself, had to in order to be a part of the program. It was tough, toughest period in my life by leaps and bounds. It was 6 weeks of holy hell capped off by a week in a simulated prisoner of war camp complete with torture. A mild form of waterboarding was used on some students, determined by what their duty station was going to be. If they were to be a commander of a Navy base/ship or were flying planes in 'Nam they more than likely were waterboarded. As I was neither, only one of the 95 instructors and support personnel I wasn't 'boarded.
If by the time you were captured and impounded in the Prisoner of war camp you weren't totally convinced that this was all real you would be removed from the school and with new orders sent to a different duty station than the one that got you in the school to begin with, no fucking around here. It was serious business as serious as a heart attack.

[Junkdrawer]

9. On Saturday, I did a 50 mile bike ride - half with no breakfast and little water...

Big screw-up. I thought there would surely be a store or two on the path where I could chow down. The last 8 miles of the first 25 were awful. Perhaps a tiny taste?

[madokie]

10. Perhaps

I couldn't imagine a 50 mile bike ride unless I was on a bike that had a motor on it. I have PAD, PVD plus lung problems. COPD, adult onset Asthma and can't do much of anything that requires much walking or using my legs in any form.
You are tough to say the least

[Junkdrawer]

12. When I say "I fight the creeping ossification"...

No holds barred.

BTW: I see a lot of recumbent bikes out there. And I've seen electric bikes. An electric recumbent????

Without said screwup, it's really nice out there. And 99.9% of the people I meet on the path are wonderful people.

[madokie]

13. Lots of great people out there

[cherokeeprogressive]

20. I get chills just thinking about that. n/t

[madokie]

21. Yes we had a discussion concerning this a while back

Hope you are doing great, you misplaced Okie you just kid'n about the misplaced part so don't beat up on me too bad

[1000words]

5. After 6 holes, my father was convinced Spieth was making history.

For once, I turned the tables on the old man and sagely offered what I had heard from him many times: "Still a lot of golf to be played."

I believe Watson has at least another in him.

[Hip_Flask]

7. That blubbering baby?!

Ack...

[madokie]

8. Humpf

[blueamy66]

24. If you just won $1.6M you'd be blubbering too.

nt

[Hip_Flask]

31. Tell that to every man who won before him...

... Who didn't cry like a toddler missing his blanky...
On

Guy needs to compose himself..

Remember that movie line about "There's no crying in baseball!.?

It applies to all sports...

[blueamy66]

32. I'm not going to post about every guy in sports that has cried....

It just doesn't matter to me I guess.

And you're right...it was just a movie...and I believe Hanks was drunk when he said it!

[wilt the stilt]

15. His greatest piece of humanity

He is absolutely one of my favorites. why? His wife(Angie) told him on their first date that she could never have children. How many men would have dumped her and never called her back? About 90%. He is a rare bird and he did and they are married. That is what makes him special.

[madokie]

16. I didn't know that

thanks. To me he seems like the kind of guy I'd be comfortable spending time with. For the most part I can't say that about other professional athletes

[Junkdrawer]

18. I caddied for Palmer when he played WITH Nicholas during a 4 round best-ball event...

Arnie was Arnie, but Nicholas impressed the shit out of me.

Example:

On the 10th tee, some kid kept crunching potato chips during his backswing. After walking away and regrouping twice, he finally leaned on his driver, looked the kid in the eye and said "Can I have some?" Class act.

[madokie]

19. Cool

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Good Catch, Wilt

And speaking of his wife, boy is she tall!

[blueamy66]

27. She's 6'4" and played ball at Georgia and

in the WNBA, for the Charlotte Sting.

They make a great couple.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. I Knew She Played Pro Ball

Still didn't dawn on me she was one of the bigs. Skylar Diggins is a great WNBA player and she's only about 5'7".

Thanks for the actual height. It did look like she was at least as tall as him if not taller.

[blueamy66]

35. I'm almost 6'....I won't ever admit it. I stick with 5'11"

But as I've gotten older I've learned to like my height.

Never got to the WNBA but did get to play in college.

I didn't think that Bubba was that tall!

[blueamy66]

25. And the family celebrated at The Waffle House.

Can't beat that!

[ieoeja]

38. I know a woman who used "I can't have children" to ATTRACT men. n/t

[wilt the stilt]

39. except she can't have children

and he didn't care. That is very cool what he did.