AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Bubba Watson sees golf differently from anyone else.

His most famous shot is still that gap wedge he hit from a forest of pine trees to the right of the 10th fairway at Augusta National in a playoff, the one he hooked some 40 yards to an elevated green. ”If I have a swing, I have shot,” is the credo he shares with longtime caddie Ted Scott.

It’s what he often refers to as ”Bubba golf.”

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What he still has trouble seeing is the amount of trophies that are starting to pile up.

He won the Dell Technologies Match Play for his second victory in his last four starts, the first time he has ever won twice in a season before the Masters. It was his second World Golf Championship and his 11th victory on the PGA Tour.

”A guy named Bubba from Bagdad, Florida, never had a lesson,” he said, a story he repeats often because part of him still can’t believe all he’s done. ”All I had is dreams and creativity. I enjoy playing golf because that’s what I’m..

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Richard HeathcoteThe WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play is one of the most grueling events of the year on the PGA Tour. Winning it takes over 100 holes of some of your best golf in a five-day span. It's a busy week, especially for guys who already operate on a tight schedule. Yet somehow, the busiest man this week wasn't even one of the competitors, it was Matthew McConaughey, and we have no idea why.
Seriously, check out some of the photos from Austin Country Club, where McConaughey yucked it up with just about everyone. Here he is with Ben Crenshaw and CEO of Dell Michael Dell:
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CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) Eun-Hee Ji had a hole-in-one to dramatically finish off Cristie Kerr and the other challengers Sunday in the Kia Classic.

Her lead cut from four strokes to one, Ji aced the 156-yard 14th with a 7-iron, the ball bouncing and rolling into the hole, to push her advantage to three shots.

Ji finished with a 5-under 67 at Aviara for a two-stroke victory over Kerr and Lizette Salas in the final event before the major ANA Inspiration next week at Mission Hills.

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Ji finished at 16-under 272. The 31-year-old South Korean player earned $270,000 and two Kia cars, a Sorento for the hole-in-one and a Stinger for the victory. She has four LPGA Tour victories, including the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open.

The 40-year-old Kerr closed with a 68. She shot a 64 on Friday to take a five-stroke lead into the weekend, then had a 75 on Saturday to drop a stroke behind Ji, Salas and In-Kyung Kim.

Salas finished with a 69.

Ji followed the ace with three-putt bogey..

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Bubba Watson made the final of the Dell Technologies Match Play look as though he were on vacation all along.

Watson won his second World Golf Championships title Sunday with the biggest blowout since the championship matched switched to 18 holes in 2011, a 7-and-6 victory over Kevin Kisner.

Watson wasn’t as sharp as he was in the semifinals against Justin Thomas, whom he beat in 16 holes to deny Thomas going to No. 1 in the world ranking. He didn’t have to be in the final. If not for missing a 4-foot birdie putt on the par-5 sixth, Watson would have won the first seven holes.

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Kisner had a lot to do with that. After escaping in 19 holes against Alex Noren in his semifinal match, Kisner didn’t put up much of a fight. He made four straight bogeys and only twice on the front nine was putting for birdie.

Watson had scheduled a family vacation out of the country on Sunday, which he had to postpone. Watson figured he hardly ever makes it th..

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) Steve Stricker pulled away on the back nine Sunday at Fallen Oak to win the Rapiscan Systems Classic for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory.

The 51-year-old Stricker closed with a 4-under 68, birdieing all four par-5 holes on the Tom Fazio-designed layout with big and fast greens. He finished at 11-under 205 for a three-stroke victory over Billy Andrade.

”Anytime you’re trying to win a golf tournament, it’s challenging and tough,” Stricker said. ”You’ve got nerves to deal with, and when things don’t go well you think that you’re not going to win. You’ve got to ride that emotional roller coaster and it was no different today. It was good to come down the stretch and hit the shots that I needed to hit down the stretch and finish it off the way I should.”

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Stricker won the Cologuard Classic three weeks ago in Tucson, Arizona, for his first victory on the 50-and-over tour. He tied for 12th the following week in the PGA Tour’s Va..

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) Brice Garnett completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship for his first PGA Tour title.

Two strokes ahead after three late wind-blown bogeys Saturday, Garnett closed with a 2-under 70 in windy and rainy conditions for a four-stroke victory over Keith Mitchell.

”I slept good, actually,” Garnett said. ”Surprisingly, I did. I woke up a little bit early, a little bit restless, but I was just excited for the day. We talked last night that obstacles were opportunities, so it’s fun.”

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The 34-year-old Garnett, a two-time winner last year on the Web.com Tour, finished at 18-under 270. He opened with a 63 and added rounds of 69 and 70.

”I had a buddy text me this morning and said, `You’re the only guy in the field who’s won twice in the last year, so go get another one.’ Drew on a lot of those experiences. … It’s crazy. It’s a lot of hard work, a lot of determination and a lot of..

It wasn't an excuse, but earning the label “Best Golfer in the World” was something Justin Thomas couldn't stop thinking about during his loss to Bubba Watson

When my colleague and proud carrier of LeBron James' water Alex Myers messaged me King James' latest posterizing dunk, my immediate thought was that it must have happened last night and I completely missed it while watching Leonard Hamilton murder everyone that bet Michigan -4.5. At the rate LeBron has been defying father time with his dunks this season, it's hard to keep up with each one. See here and here for examples.
But I'm happy to report that his latest just occurred in a sleepy Sunday afternoon game against the lowly Brooklyn Nets. Hopefully, this is the first you're seeing of what may possibly be his best dunk to date, in which he ends two lives in one slam:
https://twitter.com/jeffeisenband/status/977963232282513408?s=21
Dear God. That's all she wrote for Dante Cunningham and Joe Harris, who spent his first two NBA seasons on the Cavaliers. Had he not left, he may still be alive today. Sad.
All jokes aside, props to Harris for not only considerin..

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Bubba Watson was in high spirits for someone with such low expectations at the Dell Technologies Match Play.

Walking to the sixth tee, already 2 up in his semifinal match against Justin Thomas, he smiled and said, ”Just remember, I was beating No. 1 at some point.” Thomas only had to win that match to reach No. 1 in the world, and Watson figured that’s what would happen.

It was about the only thing he got wrong Sunday.

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Watson denied Thomas with a brand of golf that was close to flawless, and then he made the final look as though he were on vacation all along. Watson won his second World Golf Championship with the biggest blowout since the title match switched to 18 holes in 2011, a 7-and-6 victory over Kevin Kisner.

He sure didn’t expect to play only 28 holes in two matches on the final day at Austin Country Club, lead after every one of them, and pose with the trophy.

”There’s stories all different directions that didn’t go the way ..