Off theme for my blog, perhaps; but of interest to me. I belong to an informal group of
golfers. We try and get together to play
when the sun shines in the Portland area.
The group’s honcho also organizes a friendly betting pool on major professional
golf tournaments. Yesterday was the
final day of the Masters Tournament – a big deal in the golf world. Although I don’t really spend much time
following golf, I always try to enter the pools just for fun. Surprise, surprise; yesterday I won. How did that happen? I picked Bubba Watson to win – which he did.
Actually my associate and good buddy, the same of ‘I Watson’
fame, thought it was a good idea. I wasn’t
so sure. But, decided to go with
it. Although, I must say that my Mr.
Watson slept through most of the tournament.
However, this got me interested in Bubba Watson, the now
two-time winning Masters' Champion. His
given name isn’t Bubba, of course. His
name is Gerry Lester Watson Jr., and he was raised near Pensacola,
Florida. He is 35 years of age. He was a standout golfer in high school and
college (University of Georgia). While
in college, he met his wife Angie who was a member of the women’s basketball
team. Incidentally, she is 6’4” tall and
Bubba is reported to be 6’3”.
Bubba's Share of the MastersTournament winnings for 2014 is approximately $1.6 million.
Bubba and his wife and child went to the Waffle House for their after tournament celebration.
Bubba sounds like an all-around nice guy.
True Nelson
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