Elementary mistakes cost enigmatic Bubba Watson dearly

Maybe the timing of the “60 Minutes” episode on Bubba Watson wasn’t the best. Shown last Sunday night on CBS, a lead-in to the annual Masters Week, the segment was up-close and personal, with Watson talking about the demons that plague him. An assortment of fears, he said, most alarmingly his constant thoughts that a building might fall on him.

Which leads you to wonder if there are imaginary buildings on Augusta National that only Watson can see, because the man continues to be an enigma at this cosiest of all major championships.

Crazy, given how Watson professes such a love of the Masters and how the stage at this tournament seemingly offers the one thing he covets — wide-open spaces. With enormous fairways and galleries kept at comfortable distances, Watson has room to breathe, to bend his boomerang tee balls, to not feel claustrophobic.