"Made fun of Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods"- Bubba Watson gets honest about golfers' struggles

Bubba Watson is currently competing at the LIV Golf Greenbrier event. During the pre-round press conference, the 45-year-old revealed that people have made fun of Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods' drivers, asking if they could hit it straight.

"So we've made fun of Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods -- when people have made fun about them about their drivers if they could hit it straight. But if they could hit it straight they probably wouldn't be so good at the other stuff, right? They have won I think 44 and 82 times. So they are pretty good at their driver, you know," Watson said.

The RangeGoats GC skipper said this in defense of his teammate Peter Uihlein. Uihlein has struggled this season, especially with his tee shots. He has just 36.24% accuracy off the tee and is ranked 56th for the 2024 LIV Golf season.

However, Bubba Watson defended his teammate, saying his chipping and putting have always been phenomenal.

"We've seen it before throughout professional golf where guys are really good at certain areas but struggle with their driver or tee shots," Watson said and gave examples of Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.

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How has Bubba Watson performed in the 2024 LIV Golf season?

Bubba Watson is one of the prominent names competing in LIV Golf. He is at the twilight of his career and joined LIV Golf in 2023. Watson is yet to register a victory since joining LIV Golf and has just one top-10 finish in two seasons.

He is currently ranked 51st in the LIV Golf individual season-long rankings and has failed to make any impact in the newly-launched golf league.

Bubba Watson has won 12 PGA Tours and two major championships. His last victory came in 2018 at the Travelers Championship. Since then, the left-handed golfer has struggled to get in contention or register a victory.

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Individual standings of 2024 LIV Golf season

Here is a look at the season-long rankings of the 2024 LIV Golf League ahead of the Greenbrier event.

1. Joaquin Niemann - 189.40 points
2. Jon Rahm - 165.17 points
3. Tyrrell Hatton - 143.49 points
4. Sergio Garcia - 124.49 points
5. Louis Oosthuizen - 118.10 points
6. Cameron Smith - 116.66 points
7. Dean Burmester - 95.90 points
8. Bryson DeChambeau - 91.16 points
9. Paul Casey - 88.66 points
10. Brooks Koepka - 86.73 points
11. Talor Gooch - 84.13 points
12. Carlos Ortiz - 78.83 points
13. Dustin Johnson - 76.31 points
14. Abraham Ancer - 75.89 points
15. Adrian Meronk - 67.24 points
16. Matthew Wolff - 63.83 points
17. Anirban Lahiri - 59.75 points
18. Marc Leishman - 57.34 points
19. Charl Schwartzel - 54.33 points
20. Patrick Reed - 52.80 points
21. Brendan Steele - 48.10 points
22. Richard Bland - 41.55 points
23. Graeme McDowell - 35.75 points
24. Sam Horsfield - 35.03 points
25. Sebastian Muñoz - 34.81 points
26. Peter Uihlein - 34.10 points
27. Charles Howell III - 34.08 points
28. David Puig - 33.08 points
29. Kevin Na - 30.62 points
30. Cameron Tringale - 29.25 points
31. Andy Ogletree - 29.00 points
32. Jason Kokrak - 28.58 points
33. Thomas Pieters - 26.52 points
34. Lee Westwood - 26.00 points
35. Lucas Herbert - 21.85 points
36. Danny Lee - 21.40 points
37. Eugenio Chacarra - 18.67 points
38. Martin Kaymer - 18.23 points
39. Henrik Stenson - 14.41 points
40. Matt Jones - 14.30 points
41. Caleb Surratt - 14.25 points
42. John Catlin - 13.28 points
43. Mito Pereira - 12.00 points
44. Phil Mickelson - 11.93 points
45. Ian Poulter - 9.22 points
46. Jinichiro Kozuma - 8.40 points
47. Harold Varner III - 8.25 points
48. Pat Perez - 7.76 points
49. Scott Vincent - 5.90 points
50. Laurie Canter - 4.30 points
51. Bubba Watson - 3.66 points
52. Kalle Samooja - 3.40 points
53. Branden Grace - 3.22 points
54. Kieran Vincent - 2.47 points
55. Hudson Swafford - 0 points
56. Anthony Kim - 0 points