Bubba Watson announcement is made
LIV Golf's Bubba Watson has been named as an on-course reporter for the next edition of The Match.
LIV Golf star Bubba Watson has been named as an on-course reporter for the next edition of The Match.
The two-time Masters champion was today unveiled as part of the latest broadcast team for The Match: Superstars, set to take to place at Breakers West Country Club in West Palm Beach.
The event will be a two-day competition taking place on Thursday 21 November and Friday 22 November.
Eight celebrities will be involved in The Match, comprising Charles Barkley, Bill Murray, Mark Wahlberg, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Phelps, Nate Bargatze, Ken Griffey Jr and Blake Griffin.
The Match: Superstars will be broadcast on TNT Sports and also available to stream on HBO Max.
Watson, 45, will be working alongside host Ernie Johnson and another on-course reporter in Kathryn Tappen.
Fellow former Masters champion Trevor Immelman will also be calling the action in the booth.
It's understood Barkley will also be calling some of the action in between playing the event.
Tappen and Watson will be doing regular walk-and-talks with the players.
Watson endured a tough season on LIV Golf in 2024.
So much so the RangeGoats GC captain was relegated from the circuit.
The left-hander is now in deep discussions with those above at LIV Golf as to whether he will return for a fourth straight season in 2025.
It is understood Watson wants to continue playing on the LIV Golf League.
Watson is this week competing in an International Series event on the Asian Tour.
The Match: Superstars will begin at a quarter-final stage with two versus two scramble match play.
The winning teams will then progress to the semi final and final stages.
The final will be individual match play.
Scramble teams for The Match: Superstars:
- Bill Murray and Wayne Gretzky vs Charles Barkley and Ken Griffey Jr.
- Mark Wahlberg and Micheal Phelps vs Nate Bargatze and Blake Griffin.
The latest edition of The Match will take place just under a month before LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka clash against PGA Tour duo Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy at The Showdown at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas.
TNT Sports will also be covering that one.
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