All-white for Bubba as charity bid is in full swingBubba Watson wore the same-coloured ensemble for all four rounds of the Masters – and it had nothing to do with only bringing one outfit to Augusta.

The big-hitting left-hander chose to wear the white outfit – similar to cricket whites – with a hint of pink to raise money for a Californian-based charity called Fresh Star that offers cosmetic reconstruction surgery for children with physical defects. Watson, who became a father last week when he and his wife Angie adopted a baby son, Caleb, is hoping his initiative will raise $50,000 for the charity. The outfits are made by clothing company Travis Mathew, which has 100 Watson’s shirt and belt on sale on their website. The golfer has set himself a goal of raising $1 million for different charitable causes this year.

Swinging Swede Hanson’s loss to tennis is golf’s gain

There’s something about the accidental golfer in Peter Hanson. The Swede with a swing on autopilot only turned to golf after discovering he wasn’t good enough to make it at tennis. In his teens, Hanson had his heart set on becoming the next Bjorn Borg, Stefan Edberg or Mats Wilander who made tennis a cult sport in Sweden. “I wanted to be a tennis player and I very quickly found out I wasn’t good enough. So, when I was 14, 15, I decided, ‘well, I’ll skip the tennis and try to go full time with the golf’.” Hanson, who made his Ryder Cup debut at Celtic Manor, clearly made the right choice. He has earned over €9 million in career earnings on the European Tour alone, but has followed in the footsteps of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Graeme McDowell, et al in taking up dual membership of both the European and US tours.

Woods says sorry for hitting out as it all goes wrong

You lead by example, and Tiger Woods has apologised for some of the behaviour in venting his frustration at errant shots in his failed bid to add to his four green jackets. In Friday’s second round, Woods kicked his club in disgust after a poor tee shot on the 16th hole and, in Saturday’s third round, he slammed his club into the ground after a wayward drive. “I’m sorry if I offended anybody by that. “I’ve hit some bad shots and it’s certainly frustrating at times not to hit the ball where I’ve need to hit it,” explained Woods afterwards.

Jenkins’s service to be recognised

Legendary golf writer Dan Jenkins – who covered his 62nd consecutive Masters this year – will be become just the third sportswriter to be inducted into golf’s “Hall of Fame” at a ceremony in St Augustine, Florida, next month. “I thought you had to die first,” said the 88-year-old writer of his induction, adding: “I’m working on that, too.” Jenkins has gone through the 140 people other than him on the Hall of Fame and reckons he has known 92 of them personally. “I played golf with a bunch of them. Ate and drank with a bunch of them. That doesn’t qualify me to get me in, but I think covering 200 Majors does.” He added: “I’m the third guy from Fort Worth [to get into the Hall of Fame]. “The other two are Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson.” Not bad company at all, at all!