Why Does Bubba Watson Use A Pink Driver?

The driver is part of a year-long campaign sponsored by Ping. Every time Bubba drives the ball over 300 yards, Ping will donate $300 dollars to his charity.

He first came to notice for wearing flashes of pink to raise money and awareness to various charities. When he first won the Masters in 2012, Watson used a sweet-looking pink PING driver he used en route to victory.

The Ping G425 LST driver Watson is using at the Farmers Insurance Open not only features a fair amount of pink on the crown, sole and shaft, but it reads “BUBBA” in pink in bold, all capital letters on the crown.

As other tour professionals play things a bit more conservatively, using a fairway metal or iron off the tee at times for position, Watson reaches into his bag and grabs the driver almost without fail.

His length came in handy at The Masters, where he swung out of his shoes more often than not, taking a “grip it and rip it” philosophy.

It’s not uncommon to see him poke a drive out 300 yards with a 40-yard fade or hook to go along with it.