Why this former PGA Tour pro will compete in the LIV Golf League without a team
Former PGA Tour pro Hudson Swafford will compete on the 2024 LIV Golf League as a wildcard, according to a release from the breakaway tour.
Hudson Swafford was one of the first players to depart the PGA Tour for the riches of LIV Golf.
The American played all eight tournaments during LIV Golf's inaugural 2022 campaign as part of Bubba Watson's Niblicks.
Watson's team have since rebranded to the RangeGoats and Swafford had hoped he was going to be part of the 2023 season.
But a hip injury ruled him out of action for six months and Watson snapped up Thomas Pieters instead.
Swafford will be playing this season on the breakaway tour but he won't be representing a side.
Instead, he will be competing individually as one of two wildcards in all 14 of LIV Golf's stops in 2024.
LIV have expanded its field to accommodate Jon Rahm's Legion XIII and added two more wildcard spaces.
The wildcard will be still be eligible to compete in the season-long individual championship and be able to pick up prize money.
England's Laurie Canter is the other wildcard for the first stop in Mayakoba, Mexico.
Canter will also be the wildcard when LIV heads to Las Vegas over 8-10 February.
LIV say further announcements about the wildcard will be made in due course.
The wildcards news coincided with the official confirmation European Ryder Cup 'snub' Adrian Meronk has joined Martin Kaymer's Cleeks.
Australian Lucas Herbert has also signed for Cameron Smith's Ripper team, although a leaked image of the golfer preceded the announcement.
LIV Golf League 2024 team names and captains:
Legion XIII
Captain: Jon Rahm
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Caleb Surratt
- Kieran Vincent
4 Aces GC
Captain: Dustin Johnson
- Harold Varner III
- Pat Perez
- Patrick Reed
Crushers GC
Captain: Bryson DeChambeau
- Paul Casey
- Charles Howell III
- Anirban Lahiri
Fireballs GC
Captain: Sergio Garcia
- Abraham Ancer
- David Puig
- Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Cleeks GC
Captain: Martin Kaymer
- Graeme McDowell
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Richard Bland
Hy Flyers GC
Captain: Phil Mickelson
- Cameron Tringale
- Andy Ogletree
- Brendan Steele
Iron Heads GC
Captain: Kevin Na
- Scott Vincent
- Jinichiro Kozuma
- Danny Lee
Majesticks GC
Captains: Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson
- Sam Horsfield
RangeGoats GC
Captain: Bubba Watson
- Thomas Pieters
- Peter Uihlein
- Matthew Wolff
Ripper GC
Captain: Cameron Smith
- Marc Leishman
- Matt Jones
- Lucas Herbert
Smash GC
Captain: Brooks Koepka
- Graeme McDowell
- Jason Kokrak
- Talor Gooch
Stinger GC
Captain: Louis Oosthuizen
- Charl Schwartzel
- Branden Grace
- Dean Burmester
Torque GC
Captain: Joaquin Niemann
- Sebastian Munoz
- Mito Pereira
- Carlos Ortiz
Wildcard:
- Hudson Swafford
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