"I couldn't get the 'yes' or the 'I do' out on my wedding day. And the pastor said, you gotta say it. You can't just nod."
/Lorne Rubenstein celebrates the beauty of how little golf sense golf makes sometimes, particularly after a Bubba Watson playoff against super short knockers Corey Pavin and Scott Verplank.
Bubba's post round interview is a must read. Besides the outpouring of emotion and explanation of the above quote, he clarifies what happened with the the playoff drive on 18 that might have been missed by the select few who opted not to watch the event. Well, it was more than a select few.
Q. Talk about the drive there. I think that went 396.
BUBBA WATSON: Boy, that cart path helped out a lot. You know, I hit it really well. It was more downwind in the playoff. Matt Jones, he hit it past the cart path. We saw it going past the cart path from the tee. Then I hit a good one. We thought it was going to be a short iron, 100 yards or so just give or take, and then Matt saw it hit the cart path. I didn't even look. I picked my tee up and started walking, just put my head down trying to grind out another birdie, and Matt said it hit the cart path and bounced straight up in the air. So we knew it had to be pretty far down there. So I was just inside 50 yards, and I was like, my best chance for birdie on this hole is right now. Somehow I walked away with a birdie.
Q. Bubba, talk about how nervous you were when you thought you had a chance to win.
BUBBA WATSON: I was nervous.