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edmin
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Wife's amazement
"He never ceases to amaze me," Watson's wife Angie, cheap golf clubsa former professional basketball player who competes in amateur golf at a high level, told Reuters.
"He is always pulling off something, and even more so when we are just playing for fun because he is more keen to try something that he maybe wouldn't try in a tournament round."
The blonde 6-foot-4 (1.93m) Canadian recalls a particularly impressive shot which her husband produced during one of their "fun" rounds together in Alabama.
"He had like this much of a gap to go through and I was really worried about him getting hurt," Angie said while placing her hands roughly a foot apart.
"But instead of swinging towards the trees, he turned sideways and he hooked the ball about 60 yards through the air. It was a two-iron from 270 yards and he hit it to like 10 feet for eagle. It was amazing."
If there was one thing just over a year ago which prevented Watson from fulfilling his abundant golfing talents, it was his mental approach to the game.
An effusively emotional character, he repeatedly berated himself for poor play and had a tendency to allow his mind to wander while he was out on the course.
"My mind is now in the right spot," said Watson who has won twice on the 2011 PGA Tour and climbed to 15th in the world rankings. "I have a lot of confidence in my game and everything is working in the right direction."
"The mental part of it has been the biggest thing for me this year, that's what is keeping me together and letting me play well. But it's definitely a work in progress. You have bad days, you have good days."
Angie believes her husband has benefited immensely from putting golf into its proper prospective.
"He's not living and dying by every shot as much as he used to and he realises there are many things in life that are a lot more important than golf," she said.
"That was spurred on by what we went through last year in losing his dad. Along with our Christian faith, that has allowed him to mature and grow as a person and as a player."
Callaway X24 Hot IronsWatson clinched his first PGA Tour title at last year's Travelers Championship, dedicating the win to his wife and also to his father, Gerry, who was battling lung cancer and died four months later.
This week he will be bidding to claim his fourth victory on the US circuit at the Deutsche Bank Championship near Boston, the second of the tour's four lucrative playoff events.
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