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U.S. captain Pat Hurst, speaking to reporters on Wednesday ahead
of Saturday's start at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, said
Watson, a 12-times winner on the PGA Tour, reached out himself
to offer his services.
"Bubba called a couple weeks ago wanting to be, just wanting to
help women's golf out," said Hurst. "He's got a wife, he's got a
daughter, and he loves golf and he loves, like I said, he just
wants to support women's golf."
Watson, who will play in a celebrity match at Inverness Club on
Thursday, brings a particular appreciation of the biennial team
event between Europe and the United States given that he has
competed in four Ryder Cups and was also named vice captain in
2018.
"He's been a lot of fun having him in the locker room hearing
his take on a lot of the things, and a lot of times we have to
tell him that, 'Hey, men and women are a little bit different'
and I think he's definitely seeing that," said Hurst.
"But we're all enjoying him around, players, caddies. We're
asking him a ton of questions and it looks like, it seems like
he's having just as much fun as we are with him around."
Team USA's Angela Stanford said watching Watson, one of the
game's great shot-shapers, discuss different ways to hit a chip
shot with 2017 women's PGA Championship winner Danielle Kang
this week was a memorable moment.
"He's available, and I think that's what makes it so special is
you just have, you have a major champion, multiple major
champion... walking around and being helpful," said Stanford.
"That was the cool part. I just kind of stood back and watched
that and watched them interact and it was really cool."
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; editing by Clare Fallon)
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