In any other year, Bubba Watson’s season might have generated a little attention.
Golf’s mercurial marvel won twice during the P.G.A. Tour season, including a World Golf Championships stop. He finished second on three occasions and third on two others.
That’s eight starts out of 19 in which Watson finished no worse than third. Who wouldn’t be thrilled with that kind of performance chart?
“I was,” Watson said, “but Jason kept beating me.”
That would be Jason Day, the Australian at the forefront of the International Team in the Presidents Cup, which starts Thursday in Incheon, South Korea.