Bubba Watson has taken his game international this week, and the early results are promising.While the PGA Tour heads back to the Lone Star State for the Valero Texas Open, Watson hopped in a plane and flew to China for the Shenzhen International. It's the third straight year Watson has headlined the field, where he finished T-29 in 2015 and T-8 last year. But after a 6-under 66 in the opening round at Genzon Golf Club, the southpaw enjoys a one-shot lead over five players.Watson bogeyed the par-3 12th, his third hole of the day, but that proved to be his only blemish. He bounced back with birdies on three of the next four holes, then followed a birdie on No. 1 with an eagle on the par-5 second."I just made putts today," Watson told reporters. "Most of my swings and most of my shots were really good today and there were no bad swings in there, so it just made the score better."Watson completed his round before a lightning delay postponed play for nearly two hours. Other notable first-round scores include Tommy Fleetwood (69), Ross FIsher (71) and Peter Uihlein (71).The low round comes at an opportune time for Watson, who has struggled to find his footing in recent months. He entered the week ranked No. 22 in the world, his lowest ranking since before he won the 2014 Genesis Open. He hasn't cracked the top 10 in a full-field, PGA Tour event since March 2016.But Watson did make it out of group play at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, and despite a missed cut at the Masters he is happy he made the trip to China and is now on a course where he feels, of all things, familiar."The more you play the golf course, the more you are going to learn it and get better at it," Watson said. "Like the saying is, this is our home course, so after two years of playing it I should know by now."
Two-time Masters champion, American Bubba Watson, led the first round of the storm-interrupted Shenzhen International after scoring six under par. The clubhouse leader, ranked 22 in the world, clinched an early lead by shooting an eagle and five birdies before storms in the area suspended play for two hours in the afternoon.
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All in all, a great day and a good start, especially as we thought it was going to rain early on," Watson told reporters. The 38-year-old Bubba Watson takes clubhouse lead in Shenzhen
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BEIJING: Two-time Masters champion American Bubba Watson led the first round of the storm-interrupted Shenzhen International on Thursday after scoring six under par. The clubhouse leader, ranked 22
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Bubba Watson (66) Takes Early Lead at Shenzhen International
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Bubba Watson takes first-round lead at the Shenzhen International. Bubba Watson recovered from an early bogey to post a six-under 66; It was the two-time Masters winner's lowest round of the year
Bubba Watson takes lead at the Shenzhen International
While the PGA Tour is in Texas, Bubba Watson is in China, holding a one-shot lead after a 66 at the Shenzhen International. Bubba (66) takes early lead at Shenzhen International. By Will Gray.
Bubba Watson takes lead at the Shenzhen International
Beijing: Two-time Masters champion, American Bubba Watson, led the first round of the storm-interrupted Shenzhen International on Thursday after scoring six under par. The clubhouse leader, ranked 22 in the world, clinched an early lead by shooting an eagle and five birdies before storms in the area
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Bubba Watson has taken his game international this week, and the early results are promising. While the PGA Tour heads back to the Lone Star State for the Valero Texas Open, Watson hopped in a plane and flew to China for the Shenzhen International.
Bubba Watson takes clubhouse lead in Shenzhen
Bubba Watson recovered from an early bogey to post a six-under 66 It was the two-time Masters winner's lowest round of the year to date The American has a one-shot lead with five players tied on
Bubba (66) takes early lead at Shenzhen International
Bubba Watson of the US watches his shot at the Shenzhen International golf tournament in Shenzhen, in China's southern Guangdong province on April 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO Bubba Watson takes
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