By Mark Lamport-Stokes
KOHLER, Wisconsin, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Bubba Watson is among the pre-tournament favourites for this week's PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, where he has bittersweet memories of his performance at the links-style venue five years ago.
Though Watson was beaten in a playoff for the 2010 PGA Championship by Germany's Martin Kaymer, he looks back at that near miss as the moment when he finally realised he could compete toe-to-toe with the game's best players.
"It just showed that I have the ability to play golf in a tough competition like that," the American world number three told reporters at Whistling Straits on Tuesday.