Second Thoughts

Bubba needs a little time to sort it out

Bubba Watson has played only nine times this year, tied with Rory McIlroy for the fewest of any player among the top 75 on the PGA Tour money list.

Watson played the Cadillac Championship at Doral and took off four weeks before the Masters. Now he is in the middle of a four-week break before showing up at the U.S. Open.

The two-time Masters champion is simply trying to find the right balance to be a golfer, husband and father while keeping up his energy when he does play.

"We all know theories are just theories, but when you look at it on paper, I'm trying to figure out my life," Watson said Tuesday. "I'm looking at it going, 'How do I get my best energy level? How do I get the most positive thoughts?'"

The U.S. Open is the start of three consecutive weeks (Travelers, Greenbrier) before he gets a week off ahead of the British Open. And starting with the Bridgestone Invitational, he plays six out of eight weeks.

He played only one round from Doral until the Masters last year -- an 83 in the opening round before he withdrew with an allergy problem -- and won another green jacket. He had four weeks off this year and tied for 38th.

Watson figures no matter how much time he takes off or how often he competes before a major, "It doesn't mean I'm going to play well."

He'll at least be in Seattle a week ahead of the U.S. Open. Watson said a friend has a city church in the area and he'll spend the week with him. He already has played Chambers Bay during a charity event hosted by Ryan Moore.

"I don't know the rules of the USGA, but I'm going to try to play the week before," he said.

A misunderstanding

Indiana Coach Tom Crean kicked Devin Davis and Hanner Mosquera-Perea off the basketball team for "not living up to their responsibilities to the program" after an incident involving marijuana.

Wrote Reggie Hayes, a columnist with The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne, Ind.: "Crean should probably be more specific when he urges his players to jump high."

Back to school

The Miami Marlins fired Manager Mike Redmond and hired General Manager Dan Jennings for the job.

Jennings last coached 30 years ago -- and it was a high school team.

"Makes some sense," wrote Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com. "The Marlins are a pretty sophomoric franchise."

That's a wrap!

UCLA Coach Jim Mora, to TMZ Sports, on having the sons of Snoop Dogg and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs on his football roster: "I've got the East Coast and the West Coast rap game covered."

Sports quiz

Who was the Marlins' first manager?

Sports answer

Rene Lachemann from 1993 to 1996

Sports on 05/21/2015

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