By Sportsmail Reporter
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From idiot abroad to Masters champion - Bubba Watson has come a long way in the last 10 months.
The 33-year-old will be in demand the world over after becoming golf's last major winner, but whether the French public want to see him again is another matter.
Watson is the player who certainly left his mark on the French Open last season, even though he comfortably missed the halfway cut.
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He described the Eiffel Tower as 'that big tower', the Louvre as the 'building starting with an L', the Arc de Triomphe as 'this arch I drove round in a circle' and the Versailles Palace as 'the castle we're staying next to' during his brief trip.
'I'm a golfer not a history major', said the homesick American, but he had also shown he was not a diplomat either by complaining about the crowd at the event.
'Every tee says 'no phones, no video cameras' and on every tee there are hundreds.
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'It's not a normal tournament. There's no security. I don't know which holes to walk through. There's no ropes.'
There was also a report of him refusing to share a courtesy car from his hotel with a European Tour player and instead demanding his own.
He later tried to explain his behaviour.
'I didn't understand that I was the big star of the week because I don't go over to Europe that much,' he said.
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LEFT HAND SUCCESS
2003: Mike Weir sinks a seven-foot putt on the final green to tie with American Len Mattiace, then wins with a bogey five at the first play-off hole.
2004: After no fewer than 17 top-10 finishes in majors, Phil Mickelson finally breaks through.
2006: Mickelson makes it back-to-back major victories at the Masters - after his triumph at the USPGA - this time defeating South African Tim Clark by two after a closing 69.?
2010: Mickelson's third Masters win and fourth major title is an emotional one, with both his wife and mother having treatment for breast cancer
2012: Bubba Watson sees playing partner Louis Oosthuizen make an albatross two on the second hole in the final round, but with four late birdies he draws level with the South African and wins at the second play-off hole after a remarkable escape from the trees.
'I'm not used to being the star, so I couldn't understand why anybody would want to interview me playing bad golf.'
He will be getting plenty of that from now on, though, after beating South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen to become the 14th different winner of the last 14 majors.
The last eight of those were all first-time winners, while in another remarkable sequence five of the last 10 Masters champions have been left-handers. Mike Weir was the first in 2003, Phil Mickelson then won three times and now Watson.
P.S.
Bubba Watson's win at the Masters offers the perfect excuse to show golf's newest star taking time out from the sport.
Last summer, Watson teamed up with fellow US stars Rickie Fowler, Ben Crane and Hunter Mahan to form a foursome called the Golf Boys.
The video was the latest in a series by PGA Tour pro and prankster Crane and raised cash for charity, with Farmers Insurance donating $1,000 for every 100,000 views the video gets on YouTube.
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