Maybe the most remarkable thing about Bubba is that he plays the way he does with equipment that is designed to hit high draws. Ask just about anyone on tour and they will tell you how hard it is to shape shots with the modern ball. But Bubba does it anyway. I think that is why his swing appears so extreme. He is really trying to move the ball as far as he can. He’s a long-hitting Corey Pavin, who was maybe the best shot-maker on Tour 20 years ago.

Think about this too. Bubba’s golf is pretty much “idiot proof.” He doesn’t try to hit draws off the tee. He just goes ahead and hits his big fade – the shot pretty much anyone can hit. Okay, it is difficult to hit that shot as hard and consistently as he does, but the point is he makes things easy for himself. He doesn’t fight anything. He just goes with it. There is a real logic to his way of playing.

All of which is not to say he can’t hit a draw off the tee. He can. And when he does, he hits the ball un-Godly distances, something he does maybe once or twice a round. All of the above gives him a massive advantage over most other players. While they are doing everything they can to hit 310-yard drives, he does that routinely with what is – to him at least – a little “bump” fade.