Memorial Tournament 2013: Are Bubba Watson’s 2013 Struggles a Surprise?

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Published: June 1, 2013

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One of the surprising names on the rain-tortured Memorial Tournament leaderboard on Friday was Bubba Watson.

When play was suspended for the day after a second cell of inclement weather hit the greater Columbus, Ohio area, there was Watson in a tie for second place with Matt Kuchar, Charl Schwartzel and Kyle Stanley at six-under.

Watson, Schwartzal and Stanley were still on the course.

The question about that is, where did that come from?

The 2012 Masters champion, a surprise of the highest degree, has never really been much of a force since putting on that green jacket in April 2012.



And that’s something of a validation of my opinion that he was a one-and-done champion, a guy who had it all come together for that one week, and it just so happened to be a major.

Since that playoff victory at Augusta National, Watson has been a fringe player, never really in serious contention not only in majors, but in most regular PGA Tour events.

To finish out his 2012 major season, Watson missed the cut in the U.S. Open, tied for 23rd in the Open Championship and tied for 11th in the PGA Championship. And then his title defense at Augusta was a weak tie for 50th.

This weekend is his 11th event of 2013, and he’s made a little over $980,000.

There is a natural letdown after winning your first major title, but Watson’s was worse than a Masters hangover.

He and his wife adopted a son, they moved, and his concentration on the game, which even in the best of times is not great, has not been sharp,

In his defense, however, between Rory McIlroy’s win in the U.S. Open in 2011 and his victory in the PGA Championship in 2012, his results line in major championships is not good.

It reads: tie for 25th, tie for 64th, tie for 40th, missed cut, tie for 60th.

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