Bubba Watson, who missed the first cut of his Masters career on Friday, apologized for a “bad joke” in which he took out some of his frustrations on a golf writer.
Masters 2017: Bubba Watson apologizes for dissing golf writer after missed cut
‘My jokes as bad as my golf this week!’ Bubba tweets.
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“Golf is tough; I don’t know if you’ve ever played it,” Watson said, according to the Charleston Post and Courier’s Gene Sapakoff. “But writing articles is easy.”
Watson made his remarks after a tough day at the Masters, which began with four straight bogeys and ended with three bogeys on the back, including at the 18th, and the early exit.
Watson, who has had a down year with just one top-10 finish since September’s Tour Championship, apologized on Sapakoff’s timeline:
He then took a jab at himself in an expanded mea culpa that he posted on Twitter:
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