

Jordan Spieth, at 20, had a real shot to become the youngest Masters champion, but back-to-back bogeys on Nos. In Bubba's head, Augusta National falls into rhythm and finds its long-lost dance partner.

Augusta National was designed, in part, to get in a golfer's head and rattle his cage. Bubba's Augusta success seems to come from a sense of simpatico.

Phil Mickelson loves the variety of available shots around the greens, as well as all that open air through the pines when he runs astray off the tee. It helped that they could putt better than everyone else, too. Men like Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods dominated Augusta National with brute force on the par-5s and precision everywhere else. A snapshot review of the week in Augusta. He did it, just might do it again next year, and along the way will do plenty to make us shake our heads for a variety of reasons.īut this Masters is in the books-– almost literally for those who collect those handsome Masters albums annually. Sounds like a daily occurrence, sure, but this Bubba didn't get his jacket at Wal-Mart and wasn't aiming to ward off the lingering morning chill.īubba Watson's second Masters win contained all the wonderment of Bubba, from his emotions, quirks, twitches and, of course, the 1,001 types of shots that belong to him solely. In Georgia, a guy named Bubba gets a new jacket.
