Bubba Watson has been known to get testy on the golf course at times, and while this wasn’t one of his more high-profile moments, it was still classic Bubba. It’s either one or the other.
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Rules official:“The sand is like a loose impediment.”
For his second shot, Watson had a sticky chip that he didn’t perform all that well, leaving about 8 feet for a birdie that he went on to make. Since it’s an animal, it is an animal, right? The official classified the anthill as a “loose impediment”; Watson countered that ants, technically, are “burrowing animals”. It’s burrowing and digging a hole. You agree with that? It’s either an ant bed or it’s an animal digging a hole.
First up was a mighty swish of his famous pink driver at the par-four sixth, where he carried his ball over 320 yards to set up a 15-foot putt for eagle which he converted easily.
Bubba Watson has finished either 1st or 2nd in three of his last five starts.
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Rules official:“Unless, unless – (hands up) well we wouldn’t care less – but it’s only if they’re risky ants, like the biting, fire ant ones”.
