Bubba Watson Prepares For A New Journey In The LIV League
, 2022-10-21 11:00:43,
Photo Credit: Nick Garcia
BY LAURA SCHREFFLER
PHOTOGRAPHY NICK GARCIA
GROOMING BIANCA SMITH
WATCHES: RICHARD MILLE
SHOT ON LOCATION AT CHÂTEAU DE MOUGEY IN PENSACOLA, FL
BUBBA WATSON IS DISTRAUGHT. Although the two-time Masters champion has been completely chill for the duration of our shoot in his hometown of Pensacola, Florida, the minute our chat ends, his calm dissolves … with reason. He’s just discovered that the neighborhood ice cream truck has come and gone, and that his friends, who were waiting outside, did not help a brother out.
“You could have texted me!” he moans woefully as Gabe Sauer, his caddie, taunts him with images of his (now long gone) chocolate and vanilla swirl. Business partner and best friend of 30+ years, Randall Wells, doesn’t flaunt his personal soft serve indulgence — only owning up to it when asked directly like a real BFF would. “We did,” he says mildly. “Someone didn’t check his phone.”
Watson accordingly hams up his sadness, lamenting the ice cream lost. And yet, underneath, there’s a tinge of genuine disappointment, which I completely understand given that the reason we missed Mister Softee is, ironically, because we’ve just spent the last five minutes delving into his deep and abiding lifetime love of sugar.
“At least you own a candy store,” I remind him gently, and am rewarded with a smile.
The sun has come out from behind the clouds once again. (Which is, incidentally, a metaphor for much…
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