celebrity. He doesn't want to be
a superstar. He just wants to be the
middleman for you to see
God through him."
looking up to him as a Christian
role model. He also ministers to his
fellow golfers by conducting an
hour-long Bible study each week
while on the Tour.
made on the 10th hole of sudden
death at the 2012 Masters; it was
his instrumental role in his father's
conversion just two months before
cancer claimed Gerry, Sr., in 2010.
Bubba had rallied from six strokes
back to earn his first PGA Tour vic-
tory. During the television inter-
view he broke down as he thought
about his father battling throat
cancer. "Gotta say thanks to my
Mom and Dad; without them, I'm
nothing," Bubba choked after beat-
ing fellow Christian golfer Scott
Verplank on the par-three 16th
hole. "My dad's battling cancer
right now. Dad, I'm praying for
you. I love you." After the victory,
Bubba and Scott decided they
needed to talk to his father before
it was too late. A phone call
wouldn't do--he would just hang
up--but a letter might.
cares that he just won a golf tour-
nament? He wants you to know
that he loves the Lord and he'd love
for you to be in Heaven with him,'"
Bubba recalls. When Gerry, Sr.,
read the letter, he called his son
and surprised him by talking about
God, Heaven and salvation for the
first time. He had called to tell his
son that he was ready to make a
profession of faith!
too big for God. We can't compre-
hend that because He is the Al-
mighty. But anything He wants to
do, He can do it!"