Even by Bubba Watson's unpredictable standards, his decision to pull out of this month's Players Championship to spend more time with his family is an unusual one.
Masters champ Bubba Watson turns trick shots and sings in boy band. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
Masters champion Bubba Watson speaks with CNN about what life has been like since his dramatic win in Augusta.
England's Luke Donald reclaimed golf's No. 1 ranking from Rory McIlroy by finishing third at the Zurich Classic, but it could be the shortest of stays at the top.
Austria's Bernd Wiesberger has won his first European Tour title with a commanding final day performance at the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea.
Golf's Ernie Els tells Nkepile Mabuse about his son with autism and his work raising awareness of the disability.
2012 Masters champion Bubba Watson takes on Piers Morgan in a putting competition
Just a week after losing to Bubba Watson in a playoff at the U.S. Masters, Louis Oosthuizen bounced back with a three-shot victory in the Malaysian Open Sunday.
Louis Oosthuizen holds a one-shot lead heading into the final day of the Malaysian Open at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.
U.S. Masters runner-up Louis Oosthuizen was one shot off the lead when a storm brought an early end to play on the second day of the Malaysian Open Friday.
South African pair Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel put their Augusta disappointments behind them to impress in the opening round of the Malaysian Open Thursday.
If you thought golf was the stuffy reserve of mild-mannered gentlemen in polo shirts, think again. From Santa Claus outfits to leaping into jacuzzis and even smashing lettuce heads to smithereens, there's no antic too crazy for new Masters champion Bubba Watson.
First-time Masters champion Bubba Watson admits he's still learning to control his emotions after a miraculous win left him bawling on the green.
Bubba Watson won the 76th U.S. Masters as he beat South African Louis Oosthuizen at the second hole of a sudden death playoff at Augusta National on Sunday.
Tiger Woods was forced to withdraw from Sunday's final round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship in Doral, Florida, after suffering an injury to his left leg.
Bubba Watson will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship after a five-under 67 Saturday on Doral's Blue Monster Course.
A stunning 10-under par round of 62 fired Bubba Watson to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway mark of the WGC-Cadillac Championships on Friday.
Phil Mickelson continued his recent run of good form at the Northern Trust Open in California on Friday shooting a one-under par round of 70 to lead by one at the halfway stage.
What if robots ruled the world of golf?
Tiger Woods suffered a second straight defeat at the Presidents Cup on Friday, but the U.S. still held a two-point lead over the International team at the end of day two in Australia.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson fired a six-under par round of 65 to take the outright lead at European Masters Saturday, but he has some big names breathing down his neck.
Golfers preparing for The Barclays FedEx Cup playoff event at Plainfield Country Club in New Jersey found themselves not only battling the course, but also the effects of a 5.8 magnitude earthquake which struck Virginia on Tuesday.
Alexander Noren continued to re-write the record books at the Scandinavian Masters after a stunning 63 at Bro Hof Slott Saturday saw his lead extended to 11 shots going into the final round.
Swedish golfer Alexander Noren claimed a three-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Scandinavian Masters in his native Stockholm on Friday.
James Morrison was hospitalized on Tuesday night with a recurrence of Crohn's disease but after a second successive 66 has taken the halfway lead in the French Open at Le Golf National near Paris.
Professional caddy Ted Scott talks CNN through his working day on course with Bubba Watson.
A smiling Ted Scott strides into the bustling caddy area at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, and sets down the golf bag marked "Bubba Watson" that defines his working life.
For sportsmen to form a pop group is rare, for a boy band to be forged from a sport often criticized as being the stuffy reserve of boring old men is something of a miracle.
Bubba Watson held his nerve to secure a third win on the PGA Tour Sunday after the 32-year-old beat Webb Simpson in a playoff to clinch the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.
Miguel Angel Jimenez and Brett Rumford are tied for the lead on ten-under par midway through the third round at the rain-affected Ballantine's championship in South Korea.
Brett Rumford of Australia held three-shot lead at halfway in the Ballantine's Championship after an eight-under-par second round 63 Friday.
World number four and reigning U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell posted an eight-over-par round of 80 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida.
Young Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa hopes he can give his compatriots hope and encouragement after Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami by performing well at the World Golf Championship event in the United States.
Martin Kaymer has claimed golf's No. 1 ranking after reaching the final of the World Match Play tournament in Arizona on Saturday.
Martin Kaymer is on course to claim golf's No. 1 ranking after reaching the quarterfinals of the WGC-Accenture World Match Play in Arizona on Friday.
Bubba Watson believes he can now challenge golf's top stars after heading off three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson for an emotional victory at Torrey Pines in California on Sunday.
Germany's Martin Kaymer had words of consolation for Dustin Johnson after sealing the PGA Championship with a playoff triumph against Bubba Watson.
CNN's Patrick Snell sits down for a 1-on-1 interview with Martin Kaymer.
Germany's Martin Kaymer beat Bubba Watson after a three-hole playoff to win the 92nd PGA Championship at Whistling Straits and claim his first major title.
When play resumes Friday, Bubba Watson and Francesco Molinari's names will be atop the leaderboard after having each opened the first round with a four-under 68 at the 92nd PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
Troubled golfer Tiger Woods has given Phil Mickelson every chance to claim his No. 1 ranking after failing to bounce back from his poor start to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Friday.
Tiger Woods endured a torrid time during the opening round of the Bridgestone Invitational as he battles to cling onto his world number one ranking.
First of all, congratulations to Bubba Watson, a well-deserving champion and classy champion here at this year's Travelers Championship!
A tearful Bubba Watson claimed his maiden PGA Tour victory after winning a three-man playoff for the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.
Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington fired his best score this year to take the halfway lead at the Transitions Championship in Florida, and then claimed he would be happy to be paired with Tiger Woods when the disgraced world No. 1 makes his golfing comeback at the Masters.
Bubba Watson and Alex Prugh are tied for the lead after four rounds of the 90-hole Bob Hope Classic on Sunday, each missing chances to edge ahead going into Monday's final round.
Bubba Watson and South Africa's Retief Goosen took the halfway lead at the $6.4 million Quail Hollow Championship as Tiger Woods slipped into a tie for third.
Kenny Perry fired a closing round of six-under 66 to win the Buick Open by one stroke at Warwick Hills.
World number one Tiger Woods made his first public appearance on a golf course since his knee surgery as he played nine holes in preparation for this week's U.S. Open.
Michael Lardon figures it was serendipity. A top table tennis player growing up in New York, he had always been fascinated with the mental component of competition. "Who gets in 'The Zone?' How do they get in 'The Zone?' And most important, How do they stay there?" He enrolled at Stanford, took a pre-med science course and was paired with Olympic speedskater Eric Heiden as a lab partner.
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) -- Adam Scott held off defending champion Stuart Appleby in the Houston Open on Sunday, saving par with a 50-foot putt on the 72nd hole after hitting his tee shot into the water.
American Bubba Watson takes a three stroke lead into Sunday's final round of the $5.5 million Houston Open.
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) - Bubba Watson finished an 8-under 64 on Sunday morning to take a three-shot lead into the final round of the rain-delayed Houston Open.
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) -- Bubba Watson still loves when fans marvel at his booming tee shots, but he admits that the label of the PGA Tour's longest hitter is starting to get old.
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) -- Jason Gore got a boost from the Rocket in the Houston Open.
As Bubba Watson walked off the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Golf Resort on Saturday, pleased with himself after getting up and down for par on 18, he turned to his playing partner and quipped: "I can't believe that. Bogey-free, and I got waxed."
The Buick Invitational is heading for a tight finish with Tiger Woods among eight players in the title hunt midway through Sunday's final round.
Robert Allenby has become the first player to ever claim the "triple crown" of Australian golf in the same season.
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