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Mike Wallace The Journalist
Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. During his career, which spanned over sixty years, he interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers.
He was one of the original correspondents for CBS' 60 Minutes which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008.
Wallace's youngest son is journalist Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday.
Wallace enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943, and served as a communications officer during World War II on the USS Anthedon, a submarine tender. He saw no combat, but travelled to Hawaii, Australia, and Subic Bay in the Philippines, then patrolling the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea and south of Japan. Discharged in 1946, he returned to Chicago.
Early in his career, Wallace announced for the radio action shows Ned Jordan, Secret Agent[disambiguation needed
], Sky King and The Green Hornet. It is sometimes reported Wallace announced for The Lone Ranger, but Wallace said he never did.[5]
Wallace announced wrestling in Chicago in the late 1940s and early 1950s, sponsored by Tavern Pale beer.
In the late 1940s, Wallace was a staff announcer for the CBS radio network. He had displayed his comic skills when he appeared opposite Spike Jones in dialogue routines. He was also the voice of Elgin-American in their commercials on Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life.
In 1949, he starred under the name Myron Wallace in a short-lived police drama, Stand By for Crime.[6]
During the 1950s, Wallace hosted a number of game shows, including The Big Surprise, Who's the Boss? and Who Pays?. Early in his career Wallace was not known primarily as a news broadcaster. It was not uncommon during that period for newscasters (the term then used) to announce, do commercials and host game shows; Douglas Edwards, John Daly, John Cameron Swayze and Walter Cronkite hosted game shows as well. Wallace also hosted the pilot episode for Nothing but the Truth, which was helmed by Bud Collyer when it aired under the title, To Tell the Truth. Wallace occasionally served as a panelist on To Tell the Truth in the 1950s. He also did commercials for a variety of products, including Procter & Gamble's Fluffo brand shortening.
Wallace also hosted two late-night interview programs, Night Beat (broadcast in New York during 1955–7, only on DuMont's WABD) and The Mike Wallace Interview on ABC in 1957–8. See also Profiles in Courage, section: Authorship controversy.
In 1959, Louis Lomax told Wallace about the Nation of Islam. Lomax and Wallace produced a five-part documentary about the organization, The Hate That Hate Produced, which aired during the week of July 13, 1959. The program was the first time most white people heard about the Nation, its leader, Elijah Muhammad, and its charismatic spokesman, Malcolm X.[7]
By the early 1960s, Wallace's primary income came from commercials for Parliament cigarettes, touting their "man's mildness" (he had a contract with Philip Morris to pitch their cigarettes as a result of their original sponsorship of The Mike Wallace Interview). He hosted a New York based nightly interview program for Metropolitan Broadcasting stations (MetroMedia) called PM East one hour; it was paired with PM West, 30 minutes, hosted by San Francisco Chronicle television critic Terrence O'Flaherty. Also in the early 1960s, he was the host of the David Wolper-produced Biography series. After his elder son's death, however, Wallace decided to get back into news, and hosted an early version of The CBS Morning News, from 1963 through 1966. In 1964 he interviewed Malcolm X, who, half jokingly, commented "I probably am a dead man already".[8]
His career as the lead reporter on 60 Minutes naturally led to some run-ins with the people interviewed. While interviewing Louis Farrakhan, Wallace alleged that Nigeria is the most corrupt country in the world. Farrakhan immediately shot back, declaring "Nigeria didn't bomb Hiroshima or slaughter millions of Indians!" "Can you think of a more corrupt country?" asked Wallace. "I am living in one," said Farrakhan. Wallace expressed regret in regard to the one big interview he was never able to secure: First Lady Pat Nixon.[9]
On March 14, 2006, Wallace announced his retirement from 60 Minutes after 37 years with the program. He continued working for CBS News as a "Correspondent Emeritus", albeit at a reduced pace.[10] In August 2006, Wallace interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[11] Wallace's last CBS interview was with retired baseball star Roger Clemens in January 2008 on "60 Minutes." [12] Wallace suffered from health problems afterward, and in June 2008 his son Chris said that his father would not be returning to television.[13]
Wallace in 2007
Wallace's younger son, Chris, is also a journalist. His elder son, Peter, died at age 19 in a mountain-climbing accident in Greece in 1962.[14]
For many years, Mike Wallace unknowingly suffered from depression. In an article he wrote for Guideposts, Wallace related, "I'd had days when I felt blue and it took more of an effort than usual to get through the things I had to do". It worsened in 1984, after General William Westmoreland filed a $120 million libel lawsuit against Wallace and CBS over statements they made in the documentary The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception (1982). Westmoreland claimed the documentary made him appear as if he manipulated intelligence. The lawsuit, Westmoreland v. CBS, was later dropped after CBS issued a statement explaining they never intended to portray the general as disloyal or unpatriotic. During the proceedings, Mike Wallace was hospitalized with what was diagnosed as exhaustion. But his wife, Mary, forced him to go to a doctor, who diagnosed Wallace with clinical depression. He was prescribed an antidepressant and underwent psychotherapy. Out of a belief that it would be perceived as a weakness, Wallace kept his depression a secret until he revealed it in an interview with Bob Costas on his late-night talk show.[15] In a later interview with colleague Morley Safer, he revealed he attempted suicide circa 1986.[16]
Wallace received a pacemaker more than 20 years prior to his death and underwent triple bypass surgery in January 2008.[1] Wallace lived in a "care facility" the last several years of his life[1]
Wallace interviewed Gen. William Westmoreland for the CBS special The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception, aired January 23, 1982.[22] Westmoreland then sued Wallace and CBS for libel.
In February 1985, the parties settled just before the case was to go to
trial. Each side agreed to pay its own costs and attorney's fees and
CBS issued a clarification of its intent with respect to the original
story.
In 1981, Wallace was forced to apologize for a racial slur he had made about about blacks and Hispanics. During a break while preparing a 60 Minutes report on a bank that had been accused of duping low-income Californians, Wallace was caught on tape joking that "You bet your ass [the contracts are] hard to read" if you're reading them over watermelon or tacos.[23][24] Attention was re-drawn to that incident several years later when protests were raised against Wallace's being selected to give a university commencement address at the same ceremony during which Nelson Mandela was being awarded a honorary doctorate in absentia for his fight against racism. Wallace initially called the protestors' complaint "absolute foolishness."[25] However, he subsequently again apologized for his earlier remark, and added that when he had been a student decades earlier on the same university campus, "though it had never really caused me any serious difficulty here ... I was keenly aware of being Jewish, and quick to detect slights, real or imagined.... We Jews felt a kind of kinship [with blacks]," but "Lord knows, we weren't riding the same slave ship."[26]
Wallace was played by actor Stephen Rowe in the stage version of Frost/Nixon, but he was omitted from the screenplay of the 2008 film adaptation.
In the TV movie Hefner: Unauthorized from 1999, Wallace is portrayed by Mark Harelik. In the 1957 film A Face in the Crowd, Wallace portrays himself.
He was one of the original correspondents for CBS' 60 Minutes which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008.
Wallace's youngest son is journalist Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday.
Early life
Wallace, whose family's surname was originally Wallik,[1] was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Frank and Zina (Sharfman) Wallace. His father was a grocer and insurance broker.[2] Mike Wallace attended Brookline High School, graduating in 1935.[3] He graduated from the University of Michigan four years later with a Bachelor of Arts. While a student he was a reporter for the Michigan Daily and belonged to the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.[4]Career
Wallace appeared as a guest on the popular radio quiz show Information Please on February 7, 1939, when he was in his last year at the University of Michigan. His first radio job was as newscaster and continuity writer for WOOD Radio in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This lasted until 1940, when he moved to WXYZ Radio in Detroit, Michigan, as an announcer. He then became a freelance radio worker in Chicago, Illinois.Wallace enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943, and served as a communications officer during World War II on the USS Anthedon, a submarine tender. He saw no combat, but travelled to Hawaii, Australia, and Subic Bay in the Philippines, then patrolling the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea and south of Japan. Discharged in 1946, he returned to Chicago.
Early in his career, Wallace announced for the radio action shows Ned Jordan, Secret Agent[disambiguation needed
], Sky King and The Green Hornet. It is sometimes reported Wallace announced for The Lone Ranger, but Wallace said he never did.[5]Wallace announced wrestling in Chicago in the late 1940s and early 1950s, sponsored by Tavern Pale beer.
In the late 1940s, Wallace was a staff announcer for the CBS radio network. He had displayed his comic skills when he appeared opposite Spike Jones in dialogue routines. He was also the voice of Elgin-American in their commercials on Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life.
In 1949, he starred under the name Myron Wallace in a short-lived police drama, Stand By for Crime.[6]
During the 1950s, Wallace hosted a number of game shows, including The Big Surprise, Who's the Boss? and Who Pays?. Early in his career Wallace was not known primarily as a news broadcaster. It was not uncommon during that period for newscasters (the term then used) to announce, do commercials and host game shows; Douglas Edwards, John Daly, John Cameron Swayze and Walter Cronkite hosted game shows as well. Wallace also hosted the pilot episode for Nothing but the Truth, which was helmed by Bud Collyer when it aired under the title, To Tell the Truth. Wallace occasionally served as a panelist on To Tell the Truth in the 1950s. He also did commercials for a variety of products, including Procter & Gamble's Fluffo brand shortening.
Wallace also hosted two late-night interview programs, Night Beat (broadcast in New York during 1955–7, only on DuMont's WABD) and The Mike Wallace Interview on ABC in 1957–8. See also Profiles in Courage, section: Authorship controversy.
By the early 1960s, Wallace's primary income came from commercials for Parliament cigarettes, touting their "man's mildness" (he had a contract with Philip Morris to pitch their cigarettes as a result of their original sponsorship of The Mike Wallace Interview). He hosted a New York based nightly interview program for Metropolitan Broadcasting stations (MetroMedia) called PM East one hour; it was paired with PM West, 30 minutes, hosted by San Francisco Chronicle television critic Terrence O'Flaherty. Also in the early 1960s, he was the host of the David Wolper-produced Biography series. After his elder son's death, however, Wallace decided to get back into news, and hosted an early version of The CBS Morning News, from 1963 through 1966. In 1964 he interviewed Malcolm X, who, half jokingly, commented "I probably am a dead man already".[8]
His career as the lead reporter on 60 Minutes naturally led to some run-ins with the people interviewed. While interviewing Louis Farrakhan, Wallace alleged that Nigeria is the most corrupt country in the world. Farrakhan immediately shot back, declaring "Nigeria didn't bomb Hiroshima or slaughter millions of Indians!" "Can you think of a more corrupt country?" asked Wallace. "I am living in one," said Farrakhan. Wallace expressed regret in regard to the one big interview he was never able to secure: First Lady Pat Nixon.[9]
On March 14, 2006, Wallace announced his retirement from 60 Minutes after 37 years with the program. He continued working for CBS News as a "Correspondent Emeritus", albeit at a reduced pace.[10] In August 2006, Wallace interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[11] Wallace's last CBS interview was with retired baseball star Roger Clemens in January 2008 on "60 Minutes." [12] Wallace suffered from health problems afterward, and in June 2008 his son Chris said that his father would not be returning to television.[13]
Personal life
For many years, Mike Wallace unknowingly suffered from depression. In an article he wrote for Guideposts, Wallace related, "I'd had days when I felt blue and it took more of an effort than usual to get through the things I had to do". It worsened in 1984, after General William Westmoreland filed a $120 million libel lawsuit against Wallace and CBS over statements they made in the documentary The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception (1982). Westmoreland claimed the documentary made him appear as if he manipulated intelligence. The lawsuit, Westmoreland v. CBS, was later dropped after CBS issued a statement explaining they never intended to portray the general as disloyal or unpatriotic. During the proceedings, Mike Wallace was hospitalized with what was diagnosed as exhaustion. But his wife, Mary, forced him to go to a doctor, who diagnosed Wallace with clinical depression. He was prescribed an antidepressant and underwent psychotherapy. Out of a belief that it would be perceived as a weakness, Wallace kept his depression a secret until he revealed it in an interview with Bob Costas on his late-night talk show.[15] In a later interview with colleague Morley Safer, he revealed he attempted suicide circa 1986.[16]
Wallace received a pacemaker more than 20 years prior to his death and underwent triple bypass surgery in January 2008.[1] Wallace lived in a "care facility" the last several years of his life[1]
Death
On April 8, 2012, CBS Sunday Morning announced that Mike Wallace died at the age of 93.[17][18][19][1] On Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer reported that Wallace died in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he resided, at 8 p.m. on April 7, 2012.[20][21]Awards
Wallace's professional honors include at least 20 Emmy Awards, among them a report just weeks before the 9/11 terrorist attacks for an investigation on the former Soviet Union's smallpox program and concerns about terrorism. He has also won three Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, a Robert E. Sherwood Award, a Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Southern California School Of Journalism and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the international broadcast category. In September 2003, Wallace received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, his 20th. Most recently, on October 13, 2007, Wallace was awarded the University of Illinois Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism.Criticism
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1976 documentary about the PLO hosted by Mike Wallace
In 1981, Wallace was forced to apologize for a racial slur he had made about about blacks and Hispanics. During a break while preparing a 60 Minutes report on a bank that had been accused of duping low-income Californians, Wallace was caught on tape joking that "You bet your ass [the contracts are] hard to read" if you're reading them over watermelon or tacos.[23][24] Attention was re-drawn to that incident several years later when protests were raised against Wallace's being selected to give a university commencement address at the same ceremony during which Nelson Mandela was being awarded a honorary doctorate in absentia for his fight against racism. Wallace initially called the protestors' complaint "absolute foolishness."[25] However, he subsequently again apologized for his earlier remark, and added that when he had been a student decades earlier on the same university campus, "though it had never really caused me any serious difficulty here ... I was keenly aware of being Jewish, and quick to detect slights, real or imagined.... We Jews felt a kind of kinship [with blacks]," but "Lord knows, we weren't riding the same slave ship."[26]
Fictional portrayals
Wallace was played by actor Christopher Plummer in the 1999 feature film, The Insider. The screenplay was based on the Vanity Fair article, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" by Marie Brenner, which accused Wallace of capitulating to corporate pressure to kill a story about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistle-blower trying to expose Brown & Williamson's dangerous business practices. Wallace, for his part, disliked his on-screen portrayal and maintains he was in fact very eager to have Wigand's story aired in full.Wallace was played by actor Stephen Rowe in the stage version of Frost/Nixon, but he was omitted from the screenplay of the 2008 film adaptation.
In the TV movie Hefner: Unauthorized from 1999, Wallace is portrayed by Mark Harelik. In the 1957 film A Face in the Crowd, Wallace portrays himself.
Kamis, 05 April 2012
Who is Bubba Watson
Gerry "Bubba" Watson (born November 5, 1978) is an American professional golfer who won the 2012 Masters Tournament. Watson is one of the few left-handed
golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest
driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards
and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being one of the
few players who can hit a ball over 350 yards.[1][2] He has been featured in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Watson won the 2012 Masters Tournament after defeating Louis Oosthuizen in a sudden death play-off.[3]
Watson played well at the 2007 U.S. Open. He was in the final group on Saturday after shooting rounds of 70–71 (+1) at Oakmont Country Club. He was one stroke off the lead at the start of the third round but then slipped, shooting 74 (+4) in the third and fourth rounds. He finished in a tie for fifth.
Watson claimed his first PGA Tour win on June 27, 2010 in Cromwell, Connecticut at the Travelers Championship in a two-hole sudden death playoff, beating Corey Pavin and Scott Verplank.[5] Watson tearfully dedicated the win to his parents, specifically his father who was battling cancer.
Watson was runner-up to Martin Kaymer at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, after losing a playoff that was initially also going to include Dustin Johnson before he was given a two stroke penalty. Watson led the playoff after the first hole but, Watson hit his 2nd shot in the water hazard at the last hole. Kaymer eventually defeated him by one stroke on the third and final hole.
Watson had his own clothing line called Bubba Golf at the former Steve & Barry's. He was invited on the Ellen Degeneres show after he sent her a video of a golf trick shot he completed for her birthday.
On January 30, 2011, Watson won his second PGA Tour event, the Farmers Insurance Open, beating Phil Mickelson by one stroke.[6] Watson picked up his second win of the 2011 season and third career PGA Tour title on May 1 when he defeated Webb Simpson at the second playoff hole at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.[7] On the first playoff hole, both players made birdies with Watson holing a 12 footer to take them into a second playoff hole. At the second playoff hole Watson made a birdie again to win the tournament, whereas the best Simpson could manage was a par.
In July 2011, Watson provoked controversy by criticizing the Alstom Open de France, in which he was playing under a sponsor's exemption; he indicated after his first round that he would not be playing any further events on the European Tour,[8] and complained after his second round about security and organization at the tournament.[9]
Watson took part in the Long Drive Contest for charity at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions alongside Dustin Johnson and Robert Garrigus. He finished in second place, with a longest drive of 370 yards behind a drive of over 400 yards by Jamie Sadlowski.
In the sudden-death playoff, both Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson made par on the 18th hole [10]. On the next hole (10th hole), both golfers drove their tee shots towards the woods to the right of the hole. Oosthuizen’s shot landed in the rough, while Watson’s shot landed deep into the woods [10]. Watson was able to recover from his bad tee shot by placing his second shot to within ten feet from the hole [10]. Oosthuizen finished the hole at one over par, while Watson parred the hole to defeat Oosthuizen in the playoff [10].
Bubba Watson’s victory at The Masters was his first major championship win in his career [10].
On March 26, 2012 Watson and his wife adopted a one month old baby boy named Caleb.[13]
Watson's father, Gerry Lester Watson, died on October 15, 2010 of throat cancer.[14]
Watson is currently one of four golfers in the PGA Tour exclusive boy band "Golf Boys". (The other three golfers are Rickie Fowler, Ben Crane and Hunter Mahan.) The Golf Boys currently have a popular YouTube video for the song "Oh Oh Oh". Farmers Insurance will donate $1,000 for every 100,000 views of the video. The charitable proceeds will support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives.[15]
PGA Tour playoff record (3-1)
1Defeated Louis Oosthuizen in a sudden death playoff: Watson (4–4=8) and Oosthuizen (4–5=9).
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Amateur career
Watson was born in Bagdad, Florida. At Milton High School in Florida, he played on the same high school golf team as fellow PGA Tour members Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley.[4] He played golf for Faulkner State Community College in Alabama, where he was a junior college All-American. After that he played golf at the University of Georgia in 2000 and 2001. While at Georgia, he helped lead the Bulldogs to a Southeastern Conference Championship in 2000.Professional career
Watson turned professional in 2003 and joined the Nationwide Tour where he played until 2005. He finished 21st on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2005, making him the last player to qualify for the 2006 PGA Tour. As a rookie on the PGA Tour, he earned $1,019,264 (90th overall) and led the PGA Tour in driving distance (319.6 yards). His longest ever drive on the PGA Tour was a 416 yard drive at the 2010 Sony Open. His longest drive in professional competition was a 422 yard drive on the Nationwide Tour.Watson played well at the 2007 U.S. Open. He was in the final group on Saturday after shooting rounds of 70–71 (+1) at Oakmont Country Club. He was one stroke off the lead at the start of the third round but then slipped, shooting 74 (+4) in the third and fourth rounds. He finished in a tie for fifth.
Watson claimed his first PGA Tour win on June 27, 2010 in Cromwell, Connecticut at the Travelers Championship in a two-hole sudden death playoff, beating Corey Pavin and Scott Verplank.[5] Watson tearfully dedicated the win to his parents, specifically his father who was battling cancer.
Watson was runner-up to Martin Kaymer at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, after losing a playoff that was initially also going to include Dustin Johnson before he was given a two stroke penalty. Watson led the playoff after the first hole but, Watson hit his 2nd shot in the water hazard at the last hole. Kaymer eventually defeated him by one stroke on the third and final hole.
Watson had his own clothing line called Bubba Golf at the former Steve & Barry's. He was invited on the Ellen Degeneres show after he sent her a video of a golf trick shot he completed for her birthday.
On January 30, 2011, Watson won his second PGA Tour event, the Farmers Insurance Open, beating Phil Mickelson by one stroke.[6] Watson picked up his second win of the 2011 season and third career PGA Tour title on May 1 when he defeated Webb Simpson at the second playoff hole at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.[7] On the first playoff hole, both players made birdies with Watson holing a 12 footer to take them into a second playoff hole. At the second playoff hole Watson made a birdie again to win the tournament, whereas the best Simpson could manage was a par.
In July 2011, Watson provoked controversy by criticizing the Alstom Open de France, in which he was playing under a sponsor's exemption; he indicated after his first round that he would not be playing any further events on the European Tour,[8] and complained after his second round about security and organization at the tournament.[9]
Watson took part in the Long Drive Contest for charity at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions alongside Dustin Johnson and Robert Garrigus. He finished in second place, with a longest drive of 370 yards behind a drive of over 400 yards by Jamie Sadlowski.
2012 Masters Tournament
On April 8th, 2012 during the final round of the 2012 Masters Tournament, Louis Oosthuizen, Watson's playing partner for the day, started the final round seven under par, two strokes back of leader Peter Hansen [10]. Oosthuizen hit a double eagle on the second hole allowed him to take the lead from Hansen. [10]. Watson began the final round six under par, three strokes off the lead. He shot a 68 (four under par) to reach ten under par, to enter a sudden-death playoff with Oosthuizen [10].In the sudden-death playoff, both Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson made par on the 18th hole [10]. On the next hole (10th hole), both golfers drove their tee shots towards the woods to the right of the hole. Oosthuizen’s shot landed in the rough, while Watson’s shot landed deep into the woods [10]. Watson was able to recover from his bad tee shot by placing his second shot to within ten feet from the hole [10]. Oosthuizen finished the hole at one over par, while Watson parred the hole to defeat Oosthuizen in the playoff [10].
Bubba Watson’s victory at The Masters was his first major championship win in his career [10].
Personal life
Watson is married to Angie, a 6'4" (1.93m) former basketball player.[11] She was diagnosed with having an abnormally sized pituitary gland which accounts for her unusual stature.[12]On March 26, 2012 Watson and his wife adopted a one month old baby boy named Caleb.[13]
Watson's father, Gerry Lester Watson, died on October 15, 2010 of throat cancer.[14]
Watson is currently one of four golfers in the PGA Tour exclusive boy band "Golf Boys". (The other three golfers are Rickie Fowler, Ben Crane and Hunter Mahan.) The Golf Boys currently have a popular YouTube video for the song "Oh Oh Oh". Farmers Insurance will donate $1,000 for every 100,000 views of the video. The charitable proceeds will support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives.[15]
Professional wins (6)
PGA Tour wins (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 27, 2010 | Travelers Championship | –14 (65-68-67-66=266) | Playoff |  Corey Pavin, Scott Verplank |
| 2 | Jan 30, 2011 | Farmers Insurance Open | –16 (71-65-69-67=272) | 1 stroke | Phil Mickelson |
| 3 | May 1, 2011 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | –15 (66-68-70-69=273) | Playoff | Webb Simpson |
| 4 | Apr 8, 2012 | Masters Tournament | –10 (69-71-70-68=278) | Playoff |  Louis Oosthuizen |
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | Travelers Championship | Corey Pavin, Scott Verplank |
Won with par on second extra hole Pavin eliminated with par on first hole |
| 2 | 2010 | PGA Championship |  Martin Kaymer |
Lost three-hole aggregate playoff: (Kaymer:11, Watson:12) |
| 3 | 2011 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | Webb Simpson |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 4 | 2012 | Masters Tournament | Louis Oosthuizen |
Won with par on second extra hole |
Other wins (2)
- 2008 CVS Caremark Charity Classic (with Camilo Villegas)
- 2010 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Dustin Johnson and Boo Weekley)
Major championships
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Masters Tournament | 3 shot deficit | –10 (69-71-70-68=278) | Playoff1 | Louis Oosthuizen |
Results timeline
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T20 | 42 | DNP | T38 | 1 |
| U.S. Open | CUT | DNP | DNP | T5 | CUT | T18 | DNP | T63 | |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | T30 | |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | 70 | CUT | 2 | T26 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
- Tournaments played: 17
- Wins: 1
- Top 10s: 3
- Top 25s: 5
- Missed cuts: 6
- Most consecutive cuts made: 6
Results in World Golf Championship events
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accenture Match Play Championship | DNP | DNP | 4 | R32 |
| Cadillac Championship | 72 | DNP | DNP | 2 |
| Bridgestone Invitational | DNP | T22 | T21 | |
| HSBC Champions | DNP | DNP | DNP |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
U.S. national team appearances
Professional- Ryder Cup: 2010
- Presidents Cup: 2011 (winners)
Equipment
- Driver: PING G20 All PINK Proto 8.5*
- Fairway: PING G20 4 wood 17*
- Irons: PING S56 3-PW
- Wedges: PING Tour-W 52,56,60 or 63
- Putter: PING Redwood
- Ball: Titleist ProV1x
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