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Bubba Watson is now part owner of a minor league baseball team

Published

9 years ago

Jan 20, 2015

It was an interesting 2014 for Bubba Watson, one that started with a proclamation for personal growth, saw the greatest extended stretch of golf in his career and devolved into a series of picked-apart incidents of the American’s perceived petulance.

So what’s in store for a follow up? Well, Watson has already made news for something other than his golf performance in 2015, but this time it is not controversial.

The 36-year-old announced on Monday that he’s joining the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos as a part owner, a move predicated on his close ties to this Cincinnati Reds affiliate squad.

Watson is good friends with the team’s two primary owners and has attended several Blue Wahoos games in recent years, as the team is situated about 20 miles from Watson’s hometown of Bagdad, Fla. In addition, he has thrown out the first pitch at a Blue Wahoos game and participated in batting practice with the squad.

In classic Bubba fashion, he took some swings with a pink bat at the Blue Wahoos’ stadium following his introduction as a new part owner.

Watson received some slack for a series of actions throughout the second half of 2014. In July, the 36-year-old complained that the press never said anything positive about him, and followed that up with a whirlwind August that included a bizarre diatribe against a harmless long drive contest, and an alarming showcase of poor attitude at the PGA Championship.

And maybe it wasn’t a personal shortfalling, but do we even need to get into Bubbaclaus?

It’s a new year, and maybe a new Bubba.

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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

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5 hours ago

May 7, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.

From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.

Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.

General Albums

2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.

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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

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1 week ago

Apr 30, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

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.