Bubba Watson thinks Tiger Woods is 'going the wrong way'

Bubba Watson thinks Tiger Woods is 'going the wrong way'

That kind of celebration for besting Woods is fading these days as it becomes more routine. And Watson thinks he knows why Woods is struggling: too much thinking."I'll just go ahead and say it. I think Tiger's going the wrong way," Watson said. "I think he's so mental right now with his swing. Just go ahead and play golf. He used to hit shots, he used to bomb it, he used to do all that stuff."In 1997, I think he did pretty good. He won Phil Mickelson VS Bubba Watsonthe Masters by 48 shots, whatever he won it by."Woods' last victory came at the Australian Masters in 2009. That was followed by a sex scandal, coaching changes, swing tinkering and now another left knee injury at the Masters last month that forced him to skip this week's tournament.Woods, who won at Quail Hollow in 2007, finished fourth in 2009, two strokes behind winner Sean O'Hair and one behind Watson.

Webb Simpson has earned Arnold Palmer's respect for the way he handled a bad-luck, one-stroke penalty Sunday.Simpson, winless on the PGA Tour, was leading at New Orleans by one shot and his ball was less than a foot from the cup on the 15th green when it moved. Simpson believed it was caused by the wind.It didn't matter. Since Simpson had already addressed the ball, he was assessed a one-stroke penalty. Simpson ended up losing to Watson in a playoff.The U.S. Golf Association said this week it's discussing modifying the rule. The 81-year-old Palmer, after a rare round of public golf in the pro-am Wednesday, thinks it should."I think they'll look into that properly and I hope they find something to do that will alleviate things like happened to Webb last week," Palmer said. "He really deserved a little better fate. But he handled it extremely well, and that's kind of the name of the game as far as I'm concerned."He handled it well. He's a good player and he will win down the road. That's the important thing."