Bubba Watson started the final round of the Genesis Open with the lead, but quickly squandered it with three bogeys on the front nine.That didn't crush the two-time tournament champion's (or his caddie's) confidence though, as evidenced by his birdie on the par-3 14th hole, which he made from the greenside bunker.Watson regained the final-round lead by finding the bottom of the cup with this splash-out from the sand, a shot his caddie, Ted Scott, apparently called before he hit it:
"You called it baby, you called it!"#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/BqfujkUT0q— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 18, 2018Hey, when you caddie for a guy who has two green jackets hanging in the closet at home, sometimes you just know.
Bubba Watson regained the Genesis Open final-round lead with a bunker hole-out for birdie, immediately after his caddie called his shot. Bubba holes birdie from bunker after caddie calls it.
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But he calmed down on his back nine, and a chip-in birdie from a greenside bunker on the par-3 14th hole gave Bubba a two-shot advantage and much-needed confidence coming down the stretch. After a birdie on the par-4 17th, a tap-in par on the 18th was more than enough to hold off his challengers.
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Watson holed a bunker shot at Riviera's par-3 14th hole for birdie en route to a two-under 69 and a two-stroke victory over Tony Finau and Kevin Na. bunker at No. 14. In typical Bubba
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