arena in this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. The PGA Tour accident starts Thursday.
"I don't like it," Watson said. "I'm not traveling to PC it. I don't like it at all. I just mentioned why I'm here. I've got three admirable sponsors that adulation it here."
Bubba Watson isn't a fan of changes fabricated to TPC Scottsdale, but will play in the Phoenix Open. Rob Carr/Getty Images
Watson opened his account appointment by adage the three sponsors -- Ping, Oakley and Stance Socks -- will accept a cogent attendance at this weekend's tournament. And that's why he's here.
"Obviously I'm actuality because of my sponsors and everything," he said. "So, I adulation advancing here. It's consistently abundant weather. Used to accept a abode here. It's consistently admirable advancing actuality and arena here."
After praising the action of the course, which Watson said was in the best action he has anytime apparent it afterwards he played actuality two weeks ago, Watson said he didn't accede with the changes fabricated to the Stadium Advance endure year.
The advance went through a cogent check in 2015, which added about 50 yards and removed seven bunkers. The additional and third greens were redesigned. The fourth blooming was redesigned and relocated. And the 14th aperture was diffuse to 490 yards.
At endure year's tournament, artist Tom Weiskopf said the best 14th was an "equalizer." A ample alembic was aswell added on the larboard ancillary of the 18th fairway, but it would yield 360 yards to backpack the bunker.
"I didn't see any acumen to change it," Watson said. "You know, again, they didn't ask me. It's just my own opinion. I didn't see any acumen to change it."
Watson said he aswell didn't like that the advance plays narrower afterwards its redesign.
"Just to me, it just seems like all they did is just anchored it up," he said. "Scores didn't change. It just makes it goofier and tougher, which is not fun for us. We came actuality for a reason. We came actuality because we wish to play golf and shoot acceptable scores.
"But why? Five-hundred thousand humans appearance up here. I didn't see there is a acumen to change something that's not broke."
Watson said he believes the advance is now ill-fitted for continued hitters, like himself. He accomplished angry for additional the endure two years and angry for fifth in 2012. The aberration amid him acceptable at TPC Scottsdale has been putting, he said. With quicker greens this week, Watson said he has "to just try to accomplish one or two added putts than the added guys."
"Look at the endure few years. Big hitters accept won," he said. "They accept fabricated added putts than me. I feel like I accept a attempt if I can accumulate my arch on straight.
"Obviously, my almanac shows about here. I feel good. I'm hitting the brawl absolutely good."
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