Bittersweet Bubba Watson reveals mixed emotions

Bubba Watson is among the pre-tournament favourites for this week’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, where he has bittersweet memories of his performance at the links-style venue five years ago.

Though Watson was beaten in a play-off for the 2010 PGA Championship by Germany’s Martin Kaymer, he looks back at that near miss as the moment he realised he could compete toe-to-toe with the game’s best players.

“It just showed that I have the ability to play golf in a tough competition like that,” the American world number three said yesterday. “Have the ability to perform at a high level, under stressful situations.