Rickie Fowler jumps in the lake after Bubba Watson shoots 83, withdraws from Bay Hill
Rickie Fowler had some fun with Bubba Watson after the latter’s less-than-fun day at Bay Hill on Thursday. Fowler only hit the water once while Bubba rinsed a trio of golf balls on his way to an 11 on Bay Hill’s par-5 sixth.
Bubba Watson, as Brendan Porath so vividly depicted on Thursday, did a triple dunk and scored a sextuple-bogey 11 on Bay Hill’s par-5 sixth hole, unceremoniously retired his scorecard after a first-round 83, and blamed his "Tin Cup" performance on allergies.
What the 2012 Masters champion did not explain was the real reason for his premature withdrawal, so it’s a good thing that Bubba’s best bud Rickie Fowler was around to fill us in on why Watson was so keen to get off the course. A frequent house guest of Bubba, wife Angie, and son Caleb, as well as a co-member of the Golf Boys band, Fowler -- in blue trousers, a signature backwards lime green flat-bill cap, and lime green golf shirt, and with Watson as videographer -- did a flip into a lake off a deck near the Orlando-based Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Why Bubba shot in the 80's today #LetMeExplain #NoNoNoNoNo #gainer 🎥cred the man himself BW #UrWelcome http://t.co/7tKoHuGQiy
— Rickie Fowler (@RickieFowlerPGA) March 20, 2014 Bubba, of course, was in on the fun, taking to Twitter to equate his “bad golf” with Fowler’s running back flip.
Bad golf = @RickieFowlerPGA does a flip off my dock! #lucky http://t.co/vY1KUgGcWX
— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) March 21, 2014 Mystery solved, conspiracy buffs.
Fowler, by the way, did not have his best game on Thursday either, though he did come in 10 shots below Watson, with a 1-over 73. Starting the second round right on the projected cut line, Fowler has much ground to make up on overnight leader Adam Scott, who torched Bay Hill to a course record-tying 62.
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