LeBron James is one of the latest to join the long list of stars from other sports who are passionate about golf. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar has recently been showing off his swing, receiving no shortage of favorable reviews.
Everything seems to indicate that James is not only hitting the links from time to time, but is also following professional golf. Apparently, last weekend he was watching LIV Golf UK, taking into account his reaction to his friend Bubba Watson‘s performance.
The two-time Masters champion finished second at JCB Golf and Country Club, the best result of his LIV Golf career. Enough for “King James” to dedicate a post to the event on his Instagram stories.
“You’re ridiculous my friend!!” James posted.
Bubba Watson’s two eagles after two driver off the deck both times left LeBron James impressed.
“You’re ridiculous my friend,” James wrote. pic.twitter.com/Lq8bs6hX7t
— Kit Espina (@KeithEspino22) July 28, 2025
However, it seems that what really motivated James’ congratulations were the two spectacular eagles made by Watson on the par-5 10th and 13th holes of the final round. In both cases, the Range Goats GC captain hit driver off the deck on his second shot and ended up holing the putt for a three.
“It’s not something I practice,” Watson said about driving off the deck, according to the transcript of his post-third round press conference. “You don’t practice it, right? I just do it. We had 300 plus to the hole on 10, 280 something to the front I think. So wasn’t even — I was just trying to get it over there where I could chip down to the bowl, right?”
“I was like, man, that might have hit the downslope, and about that time, 30, 40 seconds later everybody starts cheering and I was like, must have hit the downslope.”
“Then to get it in the bowl is just I guess luck I’ll say it. Then driver off the deck on 13 was a different shot. Like I was trying to fit that in there, but I don’t go to the range and practice them. I never practice those until we’re playing practice rounds and I need that shot or if I’m playing in a tournament.”
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These two eagles were crucial in helping Watson break away from Caleb Surratt and finish solo second, three strokes behind the winner, Joaquin Niemann.
Watson added six birdies and four bogeys to his final-round card for a 65. He had carded 66 and 68 in the previous two rounds.
The 46-year-old has seen a resurgence in his LIV Golf career this season, with three top-10 finishes. In his previous three seasons, he had only achieved one top-10 finish, at the 2023 Tulsa event (10th).
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