PGA Tour Golfer Bubba Watson Is Married To Wife Angie Watson Since 2004; Shares Two children

When two people meet by co-incidence and immediately strike a connection, there's a sense of destiny attached to it. Bubba Watson met his future wife one of the least likely places he would have expected in the least likely manner.

When two people meet by co-incidence and immediately strike a connection, there's a sense of destiny attached to it. Bubba Watson met his future wife in one of the least likely places he might have expected, in the least likely manner.

Perhaps the couple was always meant to be. This was proven when Watson's partner dropped a bombshell in one of their dates that could seriously jeopardize any relationship, but Bubba's love for her did not flinch in the slightest.

Bubba Watson's Married Life

Bubba Watson is married to his beautiful wife Angie Ball (now Angie Watson). The couple tied the knot on 1st September 2004.

The pair first met at the University of Georgia, but in a rather intriguing manner.

As per PGATour.com, Angie was in Athens rehabbing her knee. She had earlier played a season for the Charlotte Sing. Ball was watching her friends play a pick-up basketball game. And yes, you guessed it! Bubba happened to be playing in the game.

During the match, a player collided with Angie while chasing a loose ball which led to a group of people check on her. Bubba was apparently one of them. The two later struck up a conversation while Angie was practicing free throws.

Speaking to OnlineAthens.com, Angie said:

"My knee was in a cast at the time and I was just overshooting free throws or something. One of the guys in the game tried to save a ball from going out of bounds and he knocked me over and my teammates all came over to see if I was OK and helped me up since my leg was in a cast."

She continued:

"We all had a chuckle about it and were laughing that I fell and here’s Bubba in the middle of all these girls laughing about it. I’m like, ‘I don’t know you, but you’re laughing at me, so I think I need to know who you are,’ so that was the first time we met."

Merely a week later, the duo was hanging out as they played golf and ate pizza together, albeit this might not classify as an official date. Angie approved this while talking to PGATour.com. She said:

"Apparently, that [golf] can’t be a first date for a golfer."

The formal date arrived a few days later when the pair went out to dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse.

During their first date, Angie told Bubba she would not be able to conceive a child for medical reasons. Admirably, this did not stop Bubba from dating and marrying her.

As per PGATour.com, Bubba told Angie

"[It’s] so cool to adopt, so cool to give a child a good home."

Years later, the couple was determined to go through all the extensive application process. In fact, back in 2012, they received a call asking if they'd like to adopt. Six days later, they went to pick up their first adopted child named Caleb Watson.

During an interview, Angie revealed:

"I went and spent Saturday morning, three hours, I had two people or two girls from Babies ‘R Us just helping me pick out everything that I needed, everything I need to just last for first three weeks, get me through the first three weeks because I think we’ll be able to go home at that point."

Ball added, she bought two of everything and since Bubba gets finished with his round on Saturday, she went to the player parking lot driving a car filled with baby stuff.

Angie admitted, she was so overwhelmed, and she did not even know how to work half the stuff she got. Two years later in 2014, the duo adopted their second child, a daughter named Dakota Watson.

The entire family of four look absolutely adorable together. It remains to be seen if this beautiful couple decides to further expand their already delightful family.

Bubba Was Convinced By His Wife Not To Quit Golf

In 2017, Bubba hit a low point of his career as he struggled to find success on the golf course. During the time, the golfer was involved in a few new business ventures which included a candy store, and Bubba's Sweet Spot.

Moreover, Watson also owned minor league baseball team Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

Speaking to The Sun, Bubba revealed his wife's influence on his decision making.

"I was planning to take four months off to decide what to do next because I’ve got into a lot of new stuff in the last couple of years."

He continued:

"So we would have had something new to do. But Angie basically told me to stop whining and man up. She’s a lot tougher than I am. I get a paper cut and I’m out for a week or so. But she wasn’t going to let me sit around looking for pity."

It goes without saying Bubba has one brave, fearless, and an extremely motivating lady as his spouse!

Bubba Watson: Quick Facts

 

• Born as Gerry Leseter Watson Jr. on 5th November 1978 in Bagdad, Florida.
• His birth sign is Scorpio.
• His father Garry Watson took him to a golf course for the first time when he was six.
• He practiced hitting Wiffle balls in his backyard as a kid.
• He played on the golf team at Milton High School.
• His high school featured future PGA Tour members, Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley.
• He played golf for his community college named Faulkner State which was located nearby Baldwin, Alabama.
• During his college days, he was a junior college All-American.
• He enrolled into the University of Georgia.
• He played for the Bulldogs in 2000 and 2001.
• He led the Bulldogs to the SEC title in 2000.
• He invented a new style of golf called Bubba Golf, a half art, half violent explosion.
• He is a social media king and one of the first professional golfers to embrace Twitter.
• He's a card-carrying member of "The Golf Boys" who released a pair of music videos on YouTube in 2011 and 2013.
• He drives a car from the "Dukes of Hazzard".
• He is good friends with Justin Bieber and Tim Tebow.
• His net worth is estimated to be $30 million.