Bubba Watson

Bubba Watson, out of USA — Southeast, rates 74 overall on LIV Golf — the numbers add up to a Grinder, with power the clear peak of the profile at A. One of the pool's rare left-handers.

• Power sits at A for B. Watson, among the very best in the pool across the 2025–26 pool: only 8 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy D — the clearest weak point in the profile in the 2025–26 pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• At B, B. Watson's iron play rating is a genuine liability (27th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 69 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game B — a mild soft spot in the 2025–26 pool; 64 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting sits at C for B. Watson, well below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 77 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• Course IQ B — a mild soft spot in the 2025–26 pool; 66 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve B+ — a shade above the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; 46 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency sits at D for B. Watson, well below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: nearly the whole pool rates higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine D — well below the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Grinder. A grinder — nothing spectacular anywhere on the card, but a tightly clustered spread that keeps the bad weeks from turning into missed cuts.

The closest attribute profiles in the 2025–26 pool belong to Dustin Johnson (90% similar), Anthony Kim (86% similar) and Louis Oosthuizen (83% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Dustin Johnson,
• Anthony Kim,
• Louis Oosthuizen

Of the 24 events on the schedule, The Sentry, Masters Tournament and Truist Championship suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• The Sentry — Marquee
• Masters Tournament — Major
• Truist Championship — Marquee

At $1.2M (E tier), Bubba Watson leaves $43.8M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 4 more S-tier chips, or 36 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (accuracy, consistency and engine) include Scottie Scheffler ($10M), Jon Rahm ($10M) and Rory McIlroy ($10M).

• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Jon Rahm ($10M),
• Rory McIlroy ($10M)

2 Masters; age 47. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–10 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.