C’est la Vie: Victor Arrives At Doral; His Clubs Take Longer

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What is it about airlines screwing up the last checked bags in the world you don't want to have miss a plane: golf clubs of high profile professional golfers? Add Victor Dubuisson to the long list of pros whose sticks somehow didn't make it on the plane, this time a flight from France for this week's WGC Cadillac Championship.

As Jim McCabe notes, at least while he was waiting the folks on Titleist's Vokey Wedge team cooked up some clever clubs for Dubuisson to practice with and to commemorate his epic shots in the WGC Match Play.

When his clubs weren’t on his flight Monday, nor were they delivered to him early Tuesday, Dubuisson and his coach, Benoit Ducoulombier, made the most of it.

“We were going to work on the wedge game,” said Ducoulombier – and that’s exactly what the two of them did.

Working with Aaron Dill of Titleist – a PGA Tour Vokey Design Wedge Specialist – Dubuisson got four wedges made and he went to the far corner of the range and hit balls for more than an hour. (For the record, the 60-degree wedge has a special touch via Dill’s handiwork – it was imprinted with a cactus.)

Jason Sobel writes about the mystery man from France, who asked nicely not to answer questions about his childhood but who did open up a bit when the 1997 Masters and Tiger's influence came up.

So was Tuesday’s news conference with the assembled media – just like every other one he’s conducted in the past.

Despite the blond locks of a movie star and the goatee of a musketeer, Dubuisson remains shy when it comes to revealing his inner feelings.

“At the start of his career,” Levet recalls, “he didn’t want to answer any questions from the press. ‘Why? I’m 400th in the world. Why do they want to interview me? I’m nobody.’ I told him that’s part of your job.

GolfChannel.com video of Dubuisson's entire press conference.