‘It’s OK To Not Be OK Sometimes’
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2021-02-27
To the casual observer, the shifting, twitchy Bubba Watson could have come off as dismissive or even arrogant. His excitement could have been just PR spin. Both assumptions would have been wrong. Being misunderstood has plagued Watson his entire life, and this scene provided clues as to why. His exhibited behavior was not new for the three-time Genesis Invitational winner — in fact it was textbook for someone with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or anxiety issues. Watson has both. To try to understand Watson is to try to understand both conditions, Ben Everill writes on PGATOUR.com
“In the past there were times I've slipped up and people have blasted me… people have made fun of me,” says Watson. “And it definitely is hurtful. The big thing for me now is I’m accepting it more. One of the many problems was I held things in for so long that it hurt me. It hurt when people would write things about me without knowing me.”