With the sudden-death win, notched his second Travelers Championship crown and eighth title overall in his rd career PGA TOUR start at age 36 years, 7 months, 23 days. Became the seventh multiple winner of the Travelers Championship, joining Stewart Cink and , Peter Jacobsen and , Phil Mickelson , Paul Azinger and , Billy Casper , , and and Arnold Palmer and Is the fourth consecutive player to win in final-round, come-from-behind fashion Kevin Streelman in , Ken Duke in and Marc Leishman in His only three bogeys of the week came at the par-3 16th Thursday, the par-4 12th Saturday and the par-4 17th Sunday.
The last winner of the Travelers Championship with fewer bogeys was Freddie Jacobson in , who had just one blemish on his card. Mickelson leads that group, with 42 titles. Along with this performance, has two other top-three finishes in five starts at the Cadillac Championship 72nd in , second in , T18 in and T2 in Came to the 72nd hole Sunday with a chance to force sudden death but missed a foot birdie putt to extend play.
For the week, was 8-under on the four par-5s. The finish marked the second consecutive T2 in the event and was his third top-five outing at TPC Scottsdale since T5 in Hyundai Tournament of Champions: Second top of the season came with a 10th-place finish at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, finishing six strokes behind Patrick Reed.
Shot rounds of leading up to the final day, with the third-round 68 his best score in 15 rounds at The Plantation Course. Entered Sunday two strokes off the lead but moved into contention by carding a final-round The win was the fifth come-from-behind triumph of his TOUR career. Moved from No. Recorded first top in his ninth start at Muirfield Village GC. Masters Tournament: Held a share of the hole lead with Jordan Spieth before shooting a final-round 69 to win the Masters by three shots over first-time participants Spieth and Jonas Blixt.
Won his second major in his 25th start. His win ended a streak of four consecutive come-from-behind victories at the Masters. Had not held a first-, second- or third-round lead in a major before but took the outright second-round lead and the third-round co-lead with Spieth. In winning the Masters, was three shots fourth off the lead Peter Hanson after 54 holes.
Is tied for second with Jimmy Demaret and Arnold Palmer or the fewest number of attempts before a second victory in the Masters, at six. Became the 17th player in Masters history with two or more wins. Is second among lefthanders Phil Mickelson has five with two career wins in a major.
The eventual Masters champion has come out of the final Sunday pairing 20 of the last 24 years. World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship: Recorded his fifth top finish in seven season starts by adding a runner-up performance at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship.
His ninth runner-up finish was his second at the event Finished one stroke behind Patrick Reed following a closing, 4-under Came from four shots back on the final day to claim the victory. Weekend rounds of is a personal low for the final 36 holes on TOUR. Was the only player in the field to go bogey-free on the weekend at Riviera CC.
Fifth TOUR victory came at age 35 years, 3 months, 11 days in his th career start. Has come-from-behind in four of his five TOUR wins. The win was his first top in eight Northern Trust Opens. Was 3-under on the par 3s, 4-under on the par 4s and 8-under on the par 5s.
Led the field in Driving Distance yard average. A par would have forced sudden-death with Kevin Stadler. Began the third round with a two-stroke lead over Stadler at under before a final-round, even-par 71 resulted in the T2 finish, with Graham DeLaet.
Travelers Championship: Finished fourth at the Travelers Championship after holding the second-round lead and a share of the third-round lead. Has made seven career starts in Hartford. Held the outright lead at under with three holes to play until a triple bogey on the par-3 16th hole ended his victory chances.
Finished at under and two shots out of the Ken Duke-Chris Stroud playoff. Hyundai Tournament of Champions: Battled an illness much of the week at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions but managed a T4 finish, with rounds of at the weather-shortened event. Has improved every season at Kapalua, finishing T25 in and T18 in Shot a final-round 65 to match Charl Schwartzel's Sunday score only to finish 11 strokes off Schwartzel's winning score.
Lost his singles match, 2 and 1, to Luke Donald. Finished one shot behind the winner Marc Leishman. The T2 finish was his first top since winning the Masters Tournament four starts. It was the 15th playoff in Masters history. Notched the third consecutive come-from-behind win at the Masters Mickelson in and Charl Schwartzel in The last back-to-back-to-back, come-from-behind wins at the Masters were by Bernhard Langer , Jack Nicklaus and Larry Mize Joined the list of lefthanders who have won five of the last 10 Masters Mike Weir and Phil Mickelson, with three titles.
Has made all four of his cuts at the Masters T20 in , 42nd in and T38 in Only has three rounds in the 60s in 16 rounds at the Masters. Improved his career playoff record to The eventual Masters champion has come out of the final Sunday pairing 19 out of the last 22 years. He joined Johnson and Schwartzel as the exceptions. Had rounds of Was one of four players to shot par or better in all four rounds at Bay Hill.
World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship: Entered the final round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship with a three-stroke cushion, but carded a 2-over 74 which included three consecutive bogeys early in the round to finish one stroke behind Justin Rose. The sixth runner-up finish of his career came in second start at the Cadillac Championship 72nd in and sixth career World Golf Championships start previous-best finish was fourth at the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Through the Cadillac Championship, had yet to finish outside the top 20 in six starts this season. Won with a birdie-4 on the second extra hole to claim his third career title. Fired rounds of to force sudden-death. Playing in the same group Sunday, both eagled the yard second hole. He rolled in an eagle putt from 9 feet to get to under and leapfrog Simpson for the lead.
His eagle was his third of the week in the event where he made his first career TOUR start, in Simpson countered by canning his own eagle putt from 6 feet to retake the lead at under par. Holmes 19 holes prior to loisng to to Martin Kaymer 1-up in the semifinals and Matt Kuchar 2 and 1 in the third-place match. Victory over Holmes came after being 5-down through 10 holes to become the first lefthander to reach the semifinals in tournament history.
Converted up-and-down from greenside bunker for birdie on the 72nd hole to take a two-stroke lead and watched as Mickelson's eagle attempt from 72 yards came up just feet short. Finished under on the par 5s and led the field in Greens in Regulation 59 of 72, Lost to Kaymer after hitting his approach shot into the water at the third playoff hole, but the runner-up finish was his best in 11 major championship starts. While disappointed with the loss, he said "I came to win the tournament.
I almost did. But I didn't almost play my way onto the Ryder Cup team. I did play my way onto the team. Closed with a 4-under 66 to match Verplank and Pavin at under. Finished birdie-birdie-double bogey-birdie to end regulation, including a yard tee shot and 5-foot birdie putt on the final hole to make the playoff.
Pavin dropped out on the first extra hole when Watson nearly holed his second shot and Verplank made a birdie putt to force a second extra hole.
Watson made a 3-footer on the par-3 16th after Verplank missed the green and made bogey. Emotional win was dedicated to his father, Gerry, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in October , and wife Angie, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in December but was later determined to be an enlarged pituitary gland. Father passed away in October Transitions Championship: Recorded best result by a left-hander in tournament history at Transitions Championship, finishing third. Also ranked third in Driving Distance yards for the week.
Trailing by one on the final hole, nearly chipped in for eagle on the par-5 hole to finish one behind winner Bill Haas. It was the fourth runner-up finish of his career. Set the SilverRock course record with a second-round 62, which began with a front-nine Wife, Angie, played in the pro-am portion of the event after he purchased a spot for her as a fifth-anniversary present.
Buick Invitational: Earned first top of the season in his fourth start with a T7 at the Buick Invitational, ranking third in Putting putts and fourth in Driving Distance Finished T25 after final-round Buick Open: Finished T2 at the Buick Open after missing a foot birdie try at the 72nd hole that would forced a playoff with Kenny Perry. Fell back on Sunday with bogeys at Nos. Shared the hole lead with four other players including eventual champion Tiger Woods.
It was his first top since finishing T5 at the U. Open Championship: In just his second career major championship start, finished T5 at the U. Open at Oakmont. Trailed the leader, Angel Cabrera, by one stroke through 36 holes, and finished four strokes behind the eventual champion. Shell Houston Open: Shared the hole lead after opening and held the hole lead by three strokes after a Redstone GC Tournament Course record-tying 8-under-par Finished three strokes behind champion Adam Scott after posting a final-round When you win the Masters in , and then do it again in Life came at Bubba pretty fast when he won those two Masters tournaments in the early s, and in his new book Watson details the struggles he went through dealing with pressure that follows winning.
Win twice, now how about a third time? As he has said a handful of times this year, the pressure to deliver for people became constant.
It becomes a whirlwind in your head. What to say no to and what to say yes to. I gotta get home to my wife. When you think about doctors and nurses. Firemen, police officers, military. Bubba Watson, who opened with a 6-under 65 on Thursday at the Northern Trust, said after his round that he has been working more on his mind than his game the past year.
Watson snaps driver, still near top of Travelers Bubba Watson recovered after snapping his driver to make birdie at No. All rights reserved. Wyndham Championship Sedgefield Country Club.
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