2025 LIV Golf Season Preview: RangeGoats Golf Club

The 2025 LIV Golf League season starts Feb. 6 in Riyadh. Here’s a quick look at Bubba Watson’s RangeGoats GC.

OVERVIEW

Lineup

• Bubba Watson (Captain), USA
• Ben Campbell, New Zealand
• Peter Uihlein, USA
• Matthew Wolff, USA

Who’s New? Campbell was signed to fill the vacancy created by the trade of Thomas Pieters to 4Aces GC. Uihlein and Wolff return for their second season together as RangeGoats teammates.

The Offseason: Uihlein won the International Series Qatar by five strokes in December; it was his second victory in 2024 on The International Series. Uihlein finished second in the series’ season-long rankings … One spot behind Uihlein on those rankings was Campbell in third place. Campbell, who had not yet signed with the RangeGoats, was the highest non-LIV Golf player in the rankings … Watson made two International Series starts, including an encouraging tie for 13th at the BNI Indonesian Masters … Wolff married Kim Lloyd in a wedding ceremony in mid-December in Miami … Swannies Golf was named as the team’s official on-course apparel partner … Watson turned 46 on Nov. 5.

Going to be a good year if … Bubba gets anywhere close to his Masters-type form.

ALL-TIME RESULTS

Trophies Won

TEAM (1)
2023 Singapore

INDIVIDUAL (4)
Note: Talor Gooch (3) and Harold Varner III (1) won individual tournaments while playing for RangeGoats GC in 2023.

ANALYSIS

STRENGTHS

The Real Pete – Uihlein seems to have returned to the form that made him one of LIV Golf’s top players in the first two seasons.

Just 25 – Easy to forget that Matthew Wolff is in his mid-20s and still full of potential.

Better balance – The RangeGoats were all power and no accuracy in 2024, but Campbell’s arrival gives them a steady fairway finder.

OPPORTUNITIES

Short Bubba – Watson ranked among the bottom in scrambling and putting in 2024. He’s hoping for a turnaround.

Slow starts – The RangeGoats ranked 11th in first-round team scoring last year. Playing catch-up is tough in a three-round tournament.

WORTH NOTING

DIALING IT BACK. With four of the longest hitters in the league last season, the RangeGoats unsurprising ranked first in the league in driving distance. But they offset that by ranking last in accuracy, and that negatively impacted their greens in regulation numbers. The addition of Ben Campbell is a big step in helping the team become more competitive on shotmaker courses. The New Zealand native led the Asian Tour in driving accuracy in 2024 (97th in distance) and was 10th in GIR. “He’s just very solid,” said Peter Uihlein. “Doesn’t miss fairways. Hits it great. Putts it well.”

But there’s another factor that attracted Bubba Watson to Campbell over other players he considered – he fits the team’s culture. “I want a culture that is fun-loving, giving back,” he said. “I think Ben was the closest to that mindset. … When I interviewed him, when I interviewed people about him, it just kept coming up that he has great character.”

Another bonus with Campbell? He should give the team increased opportunity to thrive at places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea, at courses that he’s familiar with and has experienced success. “My goal is to finish top 24 (Lock Zone) and secure myself for another year,” Campbell said. “I think that’s achievable.”

BUBBA’S PUTTING. Watson ranked T49 in putting last year, negating his solid play from the tees and fairways. You can imagine where his offseason focus was during practice sessions. “If you give me two putts a day or just one putt a day, I look a lot better on paper, right?” he said. “That’s where I’m missing, the putter.” It’s still a work in progress. At the PIF Saudi International in December, Watson recalled a round with “36 putts. It’s not good when you hit 14 greens, and you have that many. Like, what are we doing?”

Watson sought offseason help from his teammate Uihlein, one of LIV Golf’s top putters (he ranked seventh last season). Uihlein told him to get a putting arc and just work on his stroke, not even bother hitting a ball. Watson also has switched to a mallet putter that he thinks will pay dividends with his speed. “It’s making me hit the ball a little harder,” he explained. “I’m known as a die putter. I leave a lot of putts short. But we played the other day and Peter was like, ‘Hey, man, you never left one short today.”

MATT’S MARRIED. Wolff tied the knot with his fiancée Kim Lloyd on Dec. 14. How involved was he with the wedding? “When I showed up, I was just as surprised as all the other guests,” he joked. “Kim did literally all the planning, and she killed it. Absolutely amazing.” Wolff did attend a food tasting to select the dishes, and he suggested Yucca as one of the sides. That decision played to rave reviews among the guests. “It was hilarious that people were talking about it, considering it was literally the only thing that I did,” he said.

CAPTAIN'S LAST WORD