Golf-Playoff loss at 2010 PGA a defining moment for Bubba

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By Mark Lamport-Stokes KOHLER, Wisconsin, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Bubba Watson is among the pre-tournament favourites for this week's PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, where he has bittersweet memories of his performance at the links-style venue five years ago. "It just showed that I have the ability to play golf in a tough competition like that," the American world number three told reporters at Whistling Straits on Tuesday. It gave me confidence in all parts of my game, in every tournament, not just majors." Watson closed with a 68 in 2010 and matched Kaymer with a birdie on the first extra hole before his title bid evaporated on the next hole after he struck his second shot into a creek in front of the green on the way to a double-bogey six.

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