Bubba Watson takes ‘legal medicine’ to overcome illness at PGA Tour opener

Bubba Watson was down for the count ahead of Thursday’s first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions before his wife Angie came up with an elixir that got him on his feet and on his way to a 4-under 69.

Watson may have had on his mind the rumors about Peyton Manning using HGH — despite Masters emcee Jim Nantz’s refusal during Sunday’s Broncos game to acknowledge even a whiff of scandal involving his fellow Papa Johns shill, with whom he also shares an agent — when he clarified the meds he ingested.

“Our family has been under the weather and [my wife] took care of me the last couple of days. I was in the bed from 1:30 [yesterday afternoon] until I woke up this morning around 10 … So I’ve been in bed for a while,” Watson told reporters after finishing the opener of the PGA Tour’s 2016 curtain-raiser four shots behind leader Patrick Reed.

“Just a lot of medicine, that’s legal medicine on the tour here,” Bubba specified with a smile.

“So she’s been taking care of me. She’s the one that got me around today,” Watson added.

It was a day of ups and downs for Bubba.

But the two-time Masters champ, who said his kids’ pink eye and ear infections “kind of transferred over to us,” was just happy to be out there.

“I think it is my first time shooting in the 60s in the first round on this course,” Watson said. “So it was a good day for me.”