Personal Life
Watson was nicknamed by his father for former professional football player Bubba Smith. Watson is married to Angela P. "Angie" Watson, née Ball, a 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Canadian whom he met at Georgia while he was on the golf team and she was on the women's basketball team. In 2009, she was diagnosed with an enlarged pituitary gland, which accounts for her height.
On their first date, Angie told Bubba that she would be unable to conceive a child. Various family issues, including the illness and death of Watson's father in 2010, kept them from attempting to adopt until the winter of 2011–12. On March 26, 2012, one week after an adoption of an infant girl fell through at the last moment, Watson and his wife adopted a one-month old baby boy named Caleb.
Watson's father, Gerry Lester Watson, Sr., died on October 15, 2010 of throat cancer. Watson's mother is Molly Marie Watson and he has a sister, Melinda Watson Conner.
Watson is also a member of the "Golf Boys", a boy band consisting of Watson, Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler, and Hunter Mahan. Their hit song "Oh Oh Oh" is currently on Youtube. The video was produced by Farmers Insurance Group. Farmers donates $1000 to charity for every 100,000 views the video gets. In 2011, Watson made a humerous appearance in the song "Michael Jackson" by Christian hip hop artist Andy Mineo on the album Formerly Known.
Watson is a committed Christian, speaks openly about the importance of faith in his life, and devotes much of his money and time to charity.
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