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Have you seen this? Bubba Watson cranks drivers with shoppers at Golfsmith
BUBBA & GOLFSMITH from Bubba Watson on Vimeo.
Fresh off a flight into Los Angeles a few weeks back, the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world, Bubba Watson, decided to stop by an area Golfsmith to drive and putt with shoppers.
And by all appearances, it wasn’t a clever prearranged marketing stunt orchestrated by Ping or Oakley intended to produce a viral video (although Watson does play the good company man with respect to Ping equipment).
Inside the store, the Masters champ begins by engaging an employee in a putting contest, rolling balls across the store floor and onto the small putting surface. With touch honed at Augusta National, Watson has no problem handling the carpet and comfortably lags to tap-in range.
“Anybody wanna try long drive…anybody?” Watson asks next.
The left-hander, who leads the PGA Tour with a 313-plus yard average off the tee, surprisingly isn’t vanquished by Joe Weekend Golfer when the pair take to the simulator to square off with the big stick. Credit to Watson though for slipping on a glove, as he really needed to maximize distance and control in order to edge out the his opponent, who likely plays from the white tees.
(Ping) driver in (and glove on) hand, Watson steps into the simulator and slightly bests his opponent’s 250-yard drive… by more than 75 yards.
Another putting contest ensues and Bubba continues being Bubba before buying a hybrid, a sleeve of balls and heading off for another adventure.
Whether Watson’s style is your cup of tea or not, it’s tough to imagine, say, the No. 5 golfer in the world (a certain Tiger Woods), stopping by Golfsmith to crank drivers, putt on the store floor and mingle with the commoners. Watson, with all his Twittering and Vimeoing, is good for the growth of the game.
And it looked like he paid retail for his club and sleeve of balls, so he’s supporting the golf industry that way too.
Check out the full video here.
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Austin Cook – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Alejandro Tosti – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- MJ Daffue – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Nate Lashley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- James Nicholas – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Kevin Streelman – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rasmus Hojgaard – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Tom Whitney – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- SangMoon Bae – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Daniel Berger – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Russ Cochrane – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Aldrich Potgieter – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Steve Stricker WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Drew Brees WITB (Legendary New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Thriston Lawrence WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
Pullout Albums
- MJ Daffue’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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Brian
Jul 7, 2014 at 2:33 am
Two of the things that I liked which I want to mention:
1. For a man who makes as much as he does and has equipment custom fit for him, I think even he had sticker shock when he saw the price. “$200!”
2. He hit a “ladies flex” driver over 300 yards … unless they gave him a different one in between the cuts thus improving his drive 50 yards. Kind of removes some of my excuses when it comes to shafts.
CP
Jul 7, 2014 at 11:57 pm
I think he was joking about it actually being ladies flex, but it was definitely softer than the X he’s used to.
cocheese
Jul 5, 2014 at 2:25 pm
I love it!
Matt C
Jul 6, 2014 at 9:41 pm
“…as he really needed to maximize distance and control in order to edge out the his opponent, who likely plays from the white tees.”
Yes, Urkel, some of us are not real pros, like you.
tank
Jul 5, 2014 at 7:10 am
bunch of bubba hating “tools” on here. get a life. same whiners who comment like their the real housewives of the pga.
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lisa
Jul 4, 2014 at 12:06 am
that place was EMPTY.
Donnie
Jul 3, 2014 at 10:02 pm
Total tool…
Martin
Jul 3, 2014 at 8:46 pm
I like Bubba.
nikkyd
Jul 3, 2014 at 5:13 pm
Id love to give him a BABA BOOEY! During his backswing
Alex
Jul 3, 2014 at 3:08 pm
A little late to the party on this one…
John Brotherton
Jul 3, 2014 at 12:38 pm
Yea, what a tool. Watson is emotional when he wins but a complete jerk to those in his group or anyone for that matter.
He is an amazing golfer but a lousy person, he has the right to do what he wants but I’d decline playing a round with him.
His tool status is right up there with Trevino. When the merry mex has a camera on him he is all smiles and fun, but when its off he is a complete jerkoff.
hebron1427
Jul 3, 2014 at 12:19 pm
amazing that a guy has that much fun doing his job. in his videos, he’s always playing putt putt or running into a random golf store. it’s all about golf. he does it 365 days a year and still does it when he’s not doing it. crazy cool.
JW
Jul 3, 2014 at 2:45 pm
It isn’t like he has skills to do anything besides golf. He can’t even interview, he is limited to his golfing ability, alone.
So, what is he going to do besides play golf?
glitch
Jul 3, 2014 at 4:52 pm
I guess he could apply for your job and work his way up from there?
Curt
Jul 3, 2014 at 8:03 pm
Hilarious!
bradford
Jul 10, 2014 at 7:55 am
or perhaps talk about golf on the internet?
DH14
Jul 8, 2014 at 10:27 am
Which I am assuming is why he plays golf FOR A LIVING?
award for most pointless comment ^^^^^
Keith Knox
Jul 3, 2014 at 11:56 am
It would be great if a long driver was in there and put it 30-40 by him!
Ant Lockyer
Jul 3, 2014 at 11:46 am
What a tool.
Lawrence Williams
Jul 3, 2014 at 11:45 am
Very cool…..
Mike
Jul 3, 2014 at 11:20 am
I want to casually bump in to Bubba somewhere. I don’t live far from his house in Orlando. Lol.