and now bubba wattson.e first -- weir the first ever left-handed winner and now we've had five left-handers win in the last 10 competitions. he did take his time, didn't he? just to gather himself to close he? just to gather himself to close it out. jim: what a final round it was. another thriller here. you've got a double eagle, but it's not enough to win for oosthuizen. one more look at the oosthuizen. one more look at the leaderboard. jim: bubba watson just coming into butler cabin, and we are just synchronizing all the world feeds who are coming into butler cabin. all of them get this presentation. here is the shot that ultimately defined this 2012 masters. a wedge to the green, a two-putt par and victory. everything is lined up now. we are set for the presentation in butler cabin. >> good evening, i'm billy payne, chairman of augusta national golf club. i'm excited to be here in our famous butler cabin, along with my good friend jim nantz. another wonderful job. jim: incredible day here toy. >> thank y

champion bubba watson. >>> good evening. our big story tonight breaking news in the trayvon martin case. a special prosecutor has said she's prepared to hold a news conference in 72 hours. and lawyers saying they've lost contact with him and are dropping his case. could an arrest be coming soon? i'll talk to trayvon martin's parents. plus my exclusive with masters champion bubba watson. >> can you quite believe you're in the green jacket on cnn talking to the world about being masters champion? >> to my favorite person. >> obviously. >> yeah. >> but can you believe it? >> no. it's a dream i've never completed. it's a dream i've never finished. to be here, i guess now it's a dream come true. it's like heaven on earth. it's just a wild ride and hopefully this ride keeps going because it's fun right now. >> bubba watson. really uplifting and emotional interview with the masters champion. we begin tonight with the trayvon martin case. joining me now is sybrina fulton and tracy martin and their attorney benjamin crump. another di

you know, y'all obviously didn't want bubba to come in here height away.here's a lot of -- >> we didn't take any -- >> a lot of big men out there watching me. >> tell me about your wife. >> wait, what was your words on this? i want to hear your great speech. >> i think it's completely ridiculous. i think that the idea that in the modern age such a prestigious organization that the whole world is focused on, this amazing tournament doesn't allow women members is just like something out of the dark ages. just get over themselves. have a female member. what are they going to do? >> i know who's not going to be a member. you. >> i am banning myself. watching augusta, i banned myself. you can't ban me. i'll come back when you allow women. let's move on to your wife. >> they won't have you back. >> they won't care. they never heard of me. >> they probably don't watch your show. >> watch it! i started off liking you. >> the truth hurts sometimes. >> it can turn. your wife is 6'4" and she's a basketball champion. played in the olympics. played all over the place,

just be careful, bubba.s, played all over the place, actually. tell me about how you met. >> we were at the university of georgia. she was hurt. she's a year older. so she was hurt. coming back and rehabbing at the university of georgia. i love to play basketball. i was playing on the courts, goofing around with the girl -- the girls' team. i played with a lot of them when they were off-season. so we were running up and down the courts, and she was there rehabbing her knee. and so i started talking to her. she blew me off. she could care less who i was. because i looked ridiculous out there trying to play basketball. but i overheard her talking a couple days later at the same place, talking to the women's assistant coach about golf. so i said this is my in, i can talk to her. you know. so i went over, i said hey, you want to play golf one day? and she agreed somehow. and we went there, and i told her who i was, told her what i did. i said i just turned pro but i'm still finishing school. and so i hit a coupl

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another person making money is masters champion bubba watson. you a golf fan?> i'm not a huge player. i'm not a player at all but i watched the masters. he did great. he's a real colorful character. congratulate him on my behalf, piers. that one shot he did, that was really amazing. >> i urge you to stay on and watch. >> thanks, piers. >>> coming up next is my primetime exclusive with the man of the moment, masters champion bubba watson. managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink [ male announcer ] get it now at red lobster's lobsterfest. 12 tempting choices like lobster lover's dream or maine lobster and shrimp. but only for a short time. now at red lobster. i'm laura mclennan and i sea food differently. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teac

just be careful, bubba. played all over the place, actually. tell me about how you met. >> we were at the university of georgia. she was hurt. she's a year older. so she was hurt. coming back and rehabbing at the university of georgia. i love to play basketball. i was playing on the courts, goofing around with the girl -- the girls' team. i played with a lot of them when they were off-season. so we were running up and down the courts, and she was there rehabbing her knee. and so i started talking to her. she blew me off. she could care less who i was. because i looked ridiculous out there trying to play basketball. but i overheard her talking a couple days later at the same place, talking to the women's assistant coach about golf. so i said this is my in, i can talk to her. you know. so i went over, i said hey, you want to play golf one day? and she agreed somehow. and we went there, and i told her who i was, told her what i did. i said i just turned pro but i'm still finishing school. and so i hit a couple

bubba watson breaks all the rules. how did this renegade win golf's most revered prize? his unlikely unforgettable journey to that green jacket. >> good evening. we begin with two stories tonight showing the promise and peril of america's new economy. look at this. the dow down more than 130 points, closing below 13,000, four days straight of losses thanks to a blow from last week's disappointing jobs report. but thanks to facebook, there was also an astonishing success story. the social network snapped up a company called instagram for $1 billion. it has just 13 employees. it's around been around 550 days, marketing online photo albums like this. tonight it's worth 12 times more than kodak. good news coming up. but first dan harris has more on what's behind a troubling day on wall street. >> reporter: today, the often stomach-turning, soul-crushing, economic roller coaster ride we've been on took a fresh and scary dip. >> this is non-sense. >> reporter: on this down day for wall street, the biggest losers, bank of america, caterpillar, and fedex. driving the dip, last f

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oosthuizen and bubba watson go to the playoff. putting for birdie. so bubba watson with a putt to win the masters on the first playoff hole. didn't even really hit the cup. sudden death continues. next playoff hole attempt, watson in trouble among the pine needles. recovers nicely. ripping a hook out of the rough, and onto the green. an amazing shot from 155 yards. says he loves to hook if. if he's got to swing, says he can do it. he taps in. tearful celebration with his mom. bubba watson can put on a green jacket, he is your 2012 masters champion. >> this day means so much more than putting on this green jacket in many ways, and -- but it's a special time to do it here this tournament. played good. i thought i was playing good all year. but somehow fell in my hands today and to put on this green jacket, it's amazing. it's a blur. the last nine holes, i don't remember anything. >> yeah, it was a hard one. it's close. close to the jacket. bubba played well. it was great. unbelievable atmosphere out there. you know, we were going at it, both of us, so

let's go to bubba watson. everybody loves bubba watson. this is a really endearing story.about the couple's struggle to have a baby. on their very first date, he was told by his now wife angie she couldn't have kids. they said it wasn't a problem. let's take a look at the tweet he just sent out. right after the masters a couple of days after that, the tweet says, changed my first two diapers today. masters champ. he's a proud father of a new baby boy caleb. and they got the baby just a few weeks before the masters. and so his wife was home trying to change a diaper and put the baby down for a nap when he won. >> again, everyone loves this guy's story. you won a million bucks, the masters, a new kid at home, a loving wife. doesn't get better than that. bubba is living the life. >>> russell brand is living the life, too. he has so much money he can literally set money on fire. this is from tmz. they caught him somewhere in l.a. living the life and he literally started setting some bills on fire. of course, the interesting thing here is that he just got divorced from katy per

now bubba watson's wardrobe boast as green jacket. here's nbc's mario solis with all your sports headlines. >> good morning to you. the final round of the masters started with history and finished with a shot for the ages. to augusta, south african louis hue tayshaun with one for the history books. the ball hits the fringe and just keeps on rolling toward the hole. the first double eagle. he has a two-shot lead. bubba watson would make up the difference and force a place-off. he's left with an impossible shot out of the windows. keep in mind the green is to the right and behind the tree. bubba breaks out the hook shot and nails it. drops it about ten feet from the hole. bubba watson with an easter sunday to remember wins the masters in dramatic fashion. not bad for a guy who's never taken a golf lesson in his life. >>> nba bulls picks it up in the final seconds of the fourth. then in overtime it's anthony again from the same spot. he had 43. knicks's derrick rose returns. they win it in omt t. >>> from overtime to extra innings. detro

oosthuizen and bubba watson.le of the playoff number 10 from the pine straw i talked about after a brutal tee shot. but look at that. good thing he doesn't hit the ball straight. he needed a 40-yard hook shot. that lands on the green only ten feet from the hole. and then he putts it in. two shots later, bubba watson is your 2012 masters champion. it is the first major for the 33-year-old. >>> to baseball now. jordan zimmerman and the nationals looking to sweep the cubs at wrigley. bottom of the sixth tied at one. zimmerman gets some help from his defense. castro got ahold of that one. look at roger bernadina. driving catch. saves a run in the process. top of the ninth, one out away from a complete game but not so fast. adam laroche launches one deep to right. his second home run of the year. and the nationals are within one. so here comes carlos marmar to close it out. the guy that had trouble in games one and two, but he didn't today. gets xavier nady to pop out. the cubs win, 4-3. next up for the nats, a series

when you meet bubba blackwell you are immediately bowled over by his southern charm. >> hey, i'm bubba. harley davidson world record jumper. i'm making a living riding a motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. motorcycle because the men's club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world. i'm like fonz, you know? >> all joking aside, what bubba does takes talent, skill, planning and a lot of guts. >> when i do a big jump, anything can happen. >> on july 4th, 2001, the worst happens. >> the last thing i remember is putting the bike in gear and letting the clutch up. >> bubba attempts to jump 22 cars at the del mar fair where performed a crowd pleasing show in 1999. >> i jumped over 14 school buse

bubba watson cannot contain his emotion. his parents named him jerry but they were chanting bubba.talked about his win while wearing the most coveted outwear in golf. >> i mean, this is what everybody strives to do. no matter how much you want to live your life other ways, this is an honor, a special privilege to put the green jacket on. i watched it as a kid, watched it growing up. went to the university of georgia. we always talked about this tournament. played here once a year at university of georgia. again, i've never dreamed about actually winning and silting talking to you guys. yeah, it's a special time, special place. as a golfer, as a fan of the game of golf, as of everything, it's a special time for me and my family. >> watson's win is the latest in the instance of parody in the golf world as watson was the 14th different golfer to win in the past 14 majors. where are you, tiger? >>> to baseball now where the red sox were trying to avoid a sweep in detroit. top of the 11th, boston already up a run when dust tin singles in a run. they're looking like they might get their

when bubba watson won the masters.t my number one sport but at the moment i felt it was the greatest thing. in that moment. a guy named bubba could come and win the masters playing outrageous shots. it was all just crazy. and yet supposed to be visceral. >> and by the time you finish dinner, it's gone. with tebow you'll finish dinner and then turn on the tv and he'll be there again. because i live in new york and they won't get enough. >> so you won't be doing the tebow. >> as a jew, it is very difficult for me. and it drives -- the thing that people -- >> what is the jewish version of the tebow? >> the jewish version is either -- bringing something up or, you know, a belch. one or the other. or basically things aren't going to work out today. >> do you feel america is slowly getting out of the doldrums? despite the negative stuff that pops up, do you have a sense it's beginning? the engine's beginning to run again? >> i have a somewhat sense of that. what they miss, i think, at least i've seen in my travels going to t

bubba watson would make up the difference and force a playoff. after shanking his tee shot on the second playoff hole, he's left with an impossible shot out of the woods. keep in mind the green is to the right and behind the tree. bubba breaks out the hook shot and nails it. drops it about ten feet from the hole. he would bogey, leaving watson with a double putt for the green jacket. bubba watson, with an easter sunday to remember, wins the masters in dramatic fashion. not bad for a guy who's never taken a golf lesson in his life. >>> nba, knicks and bulls. pick it up in the final seconds of the fourth. carmelo anthony stops and pops from beyond the arc to tie the game. then in overtime it's anthony again from the same spot. he had 43. knicks spoiled derrick rose's return. they win it, 100-99 in o.t. >>> from overtime to extra innings, red sox and tigers. boston takes the lead in the 11th, but detroit takes it right back in the bottom of the frame. alex avila with the walk-off home run. tigers win it, 13-12. red sox are 0-3. >>> to cinci for more

and this time, his name is bubba. >> rose: tom watson, then bubba watson, first triumph in a major tournament and poised to continue that success in the u.s. open in june, in san francisco, i am pleased to have him at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> rose: have you ever played it safe? >> i play it safe -- >> rose: i mean lay it up is not a word you use. >> i hate laying up. i love the challenge, i love trying to do something that just hasn't been done or it is hard to do. not for game or for the crowd but just for me as a person, me and my caddy talk and try to -- >> rose: has there ever been a moment, whether last year or five years ago that you wondered whether bubba would do what bubba was capable of doing? >> oh, four sure. i think three years ago two, years ago, three years ago my caddy came to me and sat down in a restaurant, after u.s. open qualifier which i didn't qualify for, and he said that i can't watch this. you know, you are my good friend, i am making a lot of money off you, but i don't care about that, i care about you as a friend, and he sai

watson did what bubba watson always did, he hit a shot only he saw. it had to head for daylight, then turned sharply right. it did. he won the masters. i want to show you one other picture here. this is for america, you couldn't see it from the cbs shot, you were here on your drive. the green is here. you're coming through and you're hitting a hook like i've never seen before. you knew you could do it. >> i knew i could do it but at that moment you never know. i was so focused on the shot, so focused on what i had to do. i saw he was short of the green so he would have a tough up and down. i knew i could pull it off. to actually hit it that close was surprising to me, but it worked out. >> there is something about you, bubba, that connects with america. i mean, a whole range of things. an attitude of never having lessons. it is the attitude of your parents being so supportive. it is the attitude of you and this new son you have. i mean, there's something about you that's catching on in america. do you feel it? >> no, it's a whirlwind right now, doing

but as the sun set, the south african began to fade, and bubba was coming on strong.orcing a sudden death playoff on the 17th hole of this tournament, bubba watson found himself in the woods. and after hitting the shot t be times, sort of up and around the corner, bubba tapped in, etching his name in history and earning himself the 2012 green jacket. >> bubba watson is wearing the green jacket! >>. >>> next, improving our broken health care system. the innovative 20th century approach that one local union is using to reduce its costs and give its members better health care. [ woman speaking indistinctly over radio ] home protector plus from liberty mutual insurance... [ alarm blaring ] where the cost to repair your home, replace what's inside, and stay somewhere else if you need to are covered. because you never know what lies around the corner. to learn more, visit libertymutual.com today. ♪ i can do anything ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions help millions of people by helpi

>> never had a lesson, just me out there beating plastic balls. >> bubba here. >> bubba is the polaror bubba smith. bubba may be famous for his long, powerful drives, but it is what he drives that is actually one-of-a-kind. ♪ >> it was his dream car known as general lee from the show he the dukes of has ard. there are dozens the dodge chargers used in the series and bubba bought one of the originals for $110,000. this is a guy that plays golf with justin bieber and appeared with other golfers in a mock boy band video, the golf boys. >> ♪ >> his game may be golf, but for bubba, any ball will do. >> play me. >> pumpkin me. >>

that's bubba watson, one shot back at the time. tee shot would come to rest about eight feet from the cup. watson is eyeing a birdie. to put himself in a tie with the south african, who stays - it. drains it. 10 under par. eventually, the two would go to a sudden death playoff. the tenth hole is the second hole of the sudden death. look at watson here, on the right in the trees. most of us hook it into the trees. bubba watson hooks it out of the trees and gets it on the green within 15 feet of the cup. oosthuizen would eventually bogey the hole. this for par, and the green jacket. bubba watson, his first major tournament and his first masters. >>> we could find out today if an appeal made by the new orleans saints were successful in reducing penalties stemming from the bounty program. "the new york times" says nfl commissioner roger goodell will announce his decision later today. among other penalties, head coach sean payton was suspended for the entire upcoming season. we'll see if the commissioner has any leniency for the black a

an emotional victory for bubba. was there because his wife former wnba basketball player was home with her new baby boy. i'm guessing bubba might get a few more of these green jackets. >> thank you. this is what everybody tries to do. no matter how much you want to live your life in other ways this is an honor, a special privilege to put the green jacket on. i watched it as a kid, watched it growing up. went to university of georgia. we always talked about this tournament. again, i never dreamed about actually winning and sitting and talking to you guys. it's a special time, special place as a golfer, as a fan of the game of golf. it's just a special time for me and my family. >> you know, i don't think many people have said this but i think he is so likeable because he is so normal. maybe a lot more normal than john daly but he has the same type of grip it and rip it game where you go out and hit it as far as you possibly can and never know what is going to happen. he's never taken one lesson in his entire career.