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Simpson learns some Open Championship tricks from Bubba

With its characteristic whipping winds, tall fescue and huge greens, the Open Championship is a perennially intense test of wills that requires unwavering persistence and focus. Practice rounds, however, bear witness to the players with their guards down -- a typically lighthearted 18 with your peers before the gravity of the actual tournament sets in.
Webb Simpson and Bubba Watson prepared for the 142nd Open Championship together, and Simpson took the opportunity to jump behind the mic for a chat with his fellow major-winner. Though Simpson, who has already penciled himself in as the eventual champion, calls into question the masculinity of Bubba's pink driver, there are a couple of really interesting insights about the course in this amusing interview.