Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Go-for-broke ways work for Bubba Watson – USATODAY.com - Christine Brennan - Gerry "Bubba" Watson is a study in contradictions, a swashbuckling master of the impossible on the golf course who plays with a pink driver, a he-man who will smash the ball a mile but cry in his mother's arms on national television at the age of 33. He's a fellow who says, "Golf is not my everything," but, within seconds, also says this, "If I have a swing, I've got a shot." He's the new Masters champion almost solely because of that philosophy.
Bubba, you'd better get ready for fame | Pensacola News Journal | pnj.com - Doug Ferguson / AP -- Bubba Watson had reason to feel like a rock star. His playoff win at the Masters on the second extra hole stretched into early evening, and when he finally slipped on the green jacket during the trophy presentation, the flashes from so many cameras danced across his face like strobe lights. "I'm not ready for fame," said Watson, a graduate of Milton High School. "I don't really want to be famous or anything like that. I just want to be me and play golf."
Bobby Petrino: On leave, in trouble and maybe out of a job | Mark Bradley - AJC - Of greater concern to athletic director Jeff Long is surely this: Did the coach hire the 25-year-old Jessica Dorrell — a press release was issued just last week — only because of her expertise in “student-athlete development”? (She’d previously been an Arkansas volleyball player and a fundraiser for the Razorback Foundation.) In announcing her appointment, Petrino is quoted as saying: “[Dorrell] is familiar with what the University of Arkansas can offer.” (In other news, Dorrell is reportedly engaged to the director of operation for the Arkansas swimming and diving team. The wedding date is set for June 9.)
Solomon: 'Bubba from Bagdad' now a major golf name - Houston Chronicle - He is self-taught. Self-motivated. And not afraid of self. The guy has a pink driver, for goodness sakes. The next golf lesson he takes will be his first. His game might be reckless, but at least it is his game. He goes down swinging. Or, on a day like this, when he bags his first major victory, he stands tall swinging away. As his name suggests, Watson is more than a little bit country. He calls himself Bubba from Bagdad, a tiny town of some 1,500 people in the far northwest corner of the Florida Panhandle. The Deep South. He attended the University of Georgia. He made a six-figure purchase of a General Lee, the Confederate Flag-bearing muscle car from the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard." He's also a little bit rock and roll. That's him, barefoot and shirtless in blue-jean overalls, swaying a little off beat and rapping a little off key with Rickie Fowler, Ben Crane and Hunter Mahan in the vi! deo for the single "Oh Oh Oh," a release by the PGA Tour's first and only boy band, the Golf Boys.
Jessica Dorrell And 3 Other 'Inappropriate' College Coaching Scandals - International Business Times - Jessica Dorrell's "inappropriate" relationship with Bobby Petrino may lead to the Arkansas Razorbacks football coach's undoing.
Masters Champion Bubba Watson: Golf's Next Marketing Star - Forbes - Watson has several things going for him. He was born Gerry Lester Watson, but has a catchy moniker in Bubba (think Tiger, Kobe, LeBron). Fans love the long ball and no one hits it longer than Watson. He leads the PGA Tour in average driving distance at 313 yards this year, 18 yards longer than Woods. He has a great back story as a self-taught golfer who never had a lesson, giving hackers around the country hope. - “We wanted someone who was up-and-coming and really stood out,” says Paul Nicholson, a Director of Marketing for Motorola Mobility. Watson’s personality was also a big selling point. “He is his own man and has a very different way of thinking which is very true to our product,” says Nicholson.
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