PGA Tour: Bubba Watson fights back at the Memorial Tournament

Bubba Watson appeared to be done for the week on Thursday at the Memorial Tournament. But he fought back, making the cut at this week’s PGA Tour event

On Thursday, I wrote about Bubba Watson, and others, who shot high scores in the first round of the Memorial Tournament, this week’s stop on the PGA Tour. Last week, I also roasted Watson who took himself out of contention in the Workday Charity Open after just five holes of play.

I have never been one who has hesitated to admit being wrong, or giving credit where credit is due. And I would like to take this opportunity to give Watson a ton of credit this week for what he has done at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

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Watson opened with a terrible 6-over par round on Thursday to find himself near the bottom of the field at Jack Nicklaus’ annual event. He was 4-over par through just six holes and his week seemed to be over at that point.

Watson held his Thursday round together enough to just shoot a 78. Then on Friday, he showed a ton of heart and guts to come back with a 4-under par 68 that easily could have been even lower. With his score on Friday, Watson found himself at 2-over par and inside the cut line for the weekend. An impressive performance for sure considering where he started the week.

On Saturday, Watson continued to fight his way back toward the middle of the pack at the Memorial. Watson had an up-and-down front nine. He parred the first three holes, they bogeyed the par-3 fourth hole. However, Watson bounced back with birdies on the fifth and seventh holes to get under par on his Saturday round. However, a bogey on the ninth hole to shoot an even-par 36 on the front side.

The back nine is where Watson finally got to a place he hadn’t seen since Thursday – even par for the tournament. He did that in dramatic fashion by making an 11-foot eagle putt on the 11th hole. That left Watson 2-under on his Saturday round.

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That round would get even better later on the back nine. Watson would birdie the par-5 15th hole to get to 1-under for the first time in the event. However, a bogey at 16 dropped him back to even, where he would finish the day after a 2-under par round of 70.

Admittedly, I’m not a big fan of Bubba Watson. However, I will give him credit where credit is due. He easily could have mailed in his back nine on Thursday and his entire Friday round but he didn’t. He kept fighting and found a way to actually get under par at one point on Saturday. Good for you, Bubba.

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