Bubba Watson will be back for the 2025 LIV Golf season despite being relegated due to his poor performance in 2024. The league confirmed Watson’s return while also announcing the signing of Kiwi Ben Campbell to complete the roster of the RangeGoats GC team.
The information published on the official website of LIV Golf, inserts Watson’s name among the members of the team that will join Campbell for the coming season. The team will be completed by Matt Wolff and Peter Uihlein.
Bubba Watson played in all 14 individual events on the 2024 LIV Golf calendar. His best result was a 15th place finish in Las Vegas, and he finished the season ranked 53rd with just 3.66 points.
Campbell’s signing was also announced on the team’s official X (formerly Twitter) account. A report from Bunkered adds that the Kiwi will join LIV Golf on a short-term contract, without specifying the length of the deal.
During the off-season, RangeGoat GC traded Thomas Pieters to Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces GC, leaving open the spot now filled by Campbell.
The Bubba Watson-led team, RangeGoats GC, finished the 2024 season ninth in the team standings with 56.50 points. The team had just two podium finishes, third in Las Vegas and second in Miami.
In the first round of the team championship, the team played 4Aces GC and lost 2 & 1. Uihlein won his individual match against Johnson, but Pieters lost his against Patrick Reed. In the team competition, Watson and Wolff lost to Harold Varner III and Pat Perez.
Wolff was the highest-ranked RangeGoats GC player in the individual standings last season, finishing 18th. Uihlein finished 27th and Pieters 30th.
Who is Ben Campbell, Bubba Watson’s latest signing?
However, Ben Campbell has been associated with LIV Golf for some time despite inking his deal with the company recently. During 2024 Campbell acted as a reserve MLE player for this league playing in six rounds and finishing fifty equal 37th place in the Greenbrier was the only tournament Campbell completed.
Campbell turned professional in 2012; he hails from New Zealand and has played mostly on the PGA tour of Australasia and the Asian tour. He has four professional victories, Carrus Tauranga Open 2010 in the Charles Tour as an amateur, New Zealand PGA Championship 2018, Hong Kong Open 2023 and International Series Morocco 2024.
Campbell almost secured his LIV Golf contract through the International Series but was third placing behind, Joaquin Niemann and current team member Peter Uihlein.
Campbell competed in all the 10 tournaments of the 2024 International Series. Apart from Morocco, he had five other times that placed him within the top 10 tennis players, including a second place in Hong Kong. Now he is preparing to sign for Bubba Watson’s team in LIV Golf.