Golfer Bubba Watson buys dream car of 'Dukes of Hazzard' fame
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The Charlotte Observer
Posted: Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012
Modified: Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 Bubba Watson and the General Lee
Golfer Bubba Watson made a deal with his wife that if he ever won a PGA Tour event, he would be allowed to buy the 1969 Dodge Charger made popular in the "Dukes of Hazzard."
Watson said the hard part was winning a tournament.
Then again, it took some time before he could find the right one, but it was worth the wait. During an auction last week in Arizona, the three-time tour winner bought the original "General Lee 01," the first one used in the TV series and the car that is shown jumping over a police car during the opening credits.
In a short video he posted on Twitter, Watson is seen filling the car with gas and honking the "Dixie" horn. He paid $110,000, which industry experts said was lower than expected for the winning bid.
"It worked out in my favor," Watson said Tuesday. "I wasn't going to go much more money than that because they were predicting a lot higher number. But, for some reason, it just fell in my lap."
That it did. Watson usually can't make it to the Barrett-Jackson auction, but he chose not to play the Humana Challenge last week. He was sitting at the auction, and "General Lee 01" was the first car brought out for bid.
"I almost passed out when I saw it," he said.
Watson doesn't plan to just admire the car in a garage.
"I'm going to drive it, honk the horn at people and all that good stuff," he said. "It will be at Phoenix next week. It's good enough to drive to Phoenix. But don't tell anybody it doesn't have any seat belts yet."
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