Nancy Storey is waiting. She wants to hear how much Tiger Woods’ tantrums at last weekend’s Masters will cost him. Throwing and kicking golf clubs accompanied by a blue streak of words is still bad form on a golf course.

Even in today’s world.

Storey is the executive director of the Maine State Golf Association and won’t hold her breath waiting. The PGA never announces the amount when it fines one of its members.

“I think the PGA has a moral obligation to let the public know how it looks at Tiger’s behavior. You’ve got younger golfers watching and this is the example they see. Golf is a distinct set of values you don’t see in other sports.”

I had called Storey to ask what she thought of the example set by Bubba Watson in winning Sunday’s two-hole playoff and got an earful of Tiger, whose act has become sad and predictable. No one saw Bubba coming. In one day he became equal parts Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin.

Bubba’s approach shot from the pine straw in the woods was Tebow’s 80-yard touchdown pass in overtime that enabled Denver to knock the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the NFL playoffs. It was Lin’s dunk over John Wall when the Knicks blew by the Washington Wizards in February.

You think sports can play out like a script and then you get these moments. That curving shot from the woods to the green will be Bubba’s signature moment.

Storey melted. Bubba was the sunburst to Tiger’s dark cloud. She compared Bubba to Francis Ouimet, the self-taught amateur from Massachusetts who won the 1913 U.S. Open in a playoff with two others. Ouimet’s win opened golf’s doors to the middle class. Bubba’s win nearly 100 years later kicked it open again. Bubba never took a formal golf lesson.

“He’s a breath of fresh air,” said Mark Plummer, who watched from his winter home in central Florida. At 60, Plummer is the state’s best-known golfer, winner of 13 Maine Amateurs. He plays with presidents in Kennebunkport. He has an unorthodox swing. Watching Bubba, he was tickled.

“Everybody is a clone out there now. Bubba isn’t. That’s his swing. That’s his game. He doesn’t have a coach, he doesn’t have the entourage. He’s great for golf.

“He was crying so hard, he was shaking. You could see that. Then when those other golfers came rushing over to hug him, you don’t see that at these tournaments.”

If you haven’t already, check out Golf Boys at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2NocuEihw. Bubba is with fellow golf pros Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan in a funny music video “Oh, Oh, Oh” gone viral. Bubba is barefoot and in overalls. Tell me he doesn’t look like an extra from the 1972 movie “Deliverance.”

Since Sunday, some say Bubba has to win another major to prove this Masters win wasn’t a fluke. Bubba doesn’t have to legitimize this victory. He marched onto golf’s great stage and took control.

“He lost the PGA in a playoff (in 2010),” said Plummer. “He might have two majors. He may never do it again. He did it once and that’s all that matters. What do we always hear? Take advantage of your opportunity. He did.”

The MSGA promotes amateur golf and Mark Doran is its 27-year-old director for junior/senior golf. He thought Sunday’s playoff with South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen was captivating. Great pitch to a younger generation, too. If Bubba can, anyone can. Golf needs new blood.

But Doran can’t forget Tiger Woods tossing his club in anger on Friday. “I turned to my girlfriend and said I hope none of our young golfers saw that. Kids are always going to emulate the best players.”

The Masters fielded plenty of stars last weekend. None was named Tiger.

One was named Bubba.

Staff Writer Steve Solloway can be contacted at 791-6412 or at ssolloway@pressherald.com