0:00: Joe Highsmith goes nuts to win his first Tour event 06:00: What happened to the PGA National of yesteryear? 12:00: Luke Clanton looks like a star. What can he become this year? 17:00: Brad Faxon joins the show! 41:00: Love It Or Lav It: Spieth no sponsor invite, Xander's return, "Full Swing" dud 49:00: Listener questions Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Mar 03, 2025•52 min•Ep. 517
0:00: Rex empties the notebook from a few days in South Florida: White House meeting, Tour Championship changes? 06:30: Jordan Spieth is teeing it up at the Cognizant for the first time – with his eye on next week 10:00: Signature event sponsor exemptions again under the microscope 12:00: Rex was back at the SoFi Center earlier this week for TGL 15:00: TGL producer Jeff Neubarth joins the show: What's worked, what hasn't, and what's next? 46:00: Hit us up with questions if you want to appear on ...
Feb 26, 2025•47 min•Ep. 516
0:00: Brian Campbell and one of the luckiest breaks ever? 06:00: Even with some flaws, Aldrich Potgieter looks like the real deal 14:30: Damon Hack joins the show from Mexico! 29:00: Why there remains no Tour/PIF deal after marathon White House meeting 41:00: Punch Shots: Spieth playing Cognizant, TGL subs, AimPoint debacle 49:30: Listener questions: Too much golf? Are we anti-LIV haterz? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use o...
Feb 24, 2025•52 min•Ep. 515
0:00: Defending ourselves against the Internet trolls and haters 05:00: Takeaways from TGL at this point in the inaugural season 13:00: Adam Scott won't blame Tour players if they have negative feelings about a reunified game 22:00: New LIV CEO follows Greg Norman's lead and makes a brash claim 27:00: A real "What's on the Grill?" segment, coming soon to your TVs Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advert...
Feb 19, 2025•29 min•Ep. 514
0:00: Ludvig Aberg looks like a superstar in the making 09:00: Mav McNealy keeps getting better 12:30: Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy go different directions Sunday 17:00: Johnson Wagner joins the show! 37:00: Love It or Lav It: Joaquin Niemann's breakout year, McNealy's fix for slow play, 4 Nations Face-Off for golf 45:50: Punch Shots: Tiger Woods on the Tour's future, Xander Schauffele's target return, Jordan Spieth's wrist Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for ...
Feb 17, 2025•52 min•Ep. 513
0:00: Hello, and welcome ... 1:00: Monahan's "update" on the Tour-PIF negotiations 5:30: In what direction are we headed? 10:10: Does everyone need to just "get over it"? 16:05: McIlroy tackles many topics, including slow play 18:20: President Trump "not a fan" of LIV's format 19:00: How is Torrey Pines compared to Farmers week? 21:00: Who's the favorite at the Genesis Invitational? 24:00: AimPoint caught in the crosshairs 27:30: See you on Sunday! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See p...
Feb 13, 2025•28 min•Ep. 512
0:00: Thomas Detry authors -- what will be -- one of the most impressive performances of the year 11:30: Jordan Spieth looks like the Spieth of old 17:30: What happened to Scottie Scheffler on Sunday? 21:00: Love It or Lav It: Trump's involvement, LIV under the lights, LIV exemption, Tiger made cut 38:00: Luke Clanton narrow miss, Xander Schauffele still out, RIP Tida Woods 45:00: Rex heads to Torrey Pines for another signature event 48:30: Rex's run-in with a ... bear this weekend? Hosted by Si...
Feb 10, 2025•51 min•Ep. 511
0:00: What was the point of Charley Hoffman's letter to the Tour membership? 11:00: All eyes on the Phoenix Open this week – and on the fan behavior 17:30: Players to watch at TPC Scottsdale 19:00: Biggest headlines/headliners heading into another LIV season 26:00: What will Bryson do for an encore? 33:00: What's on the grill for the Super Bowl Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Feb 05, 2025•34 min•Ep. 510
0:00: Biggest takeaways from Rory McIlroy's win at Pebble Beach 11:00: Why the week at Pebble Beach was so desperately needed for the PGA Tour 17:00: T-Lew joins the show to discuss Rory, pace of play and more 30:30: Love It or Lav It: Phil's take on LIV, Bryson/TGL, J-Day's outfit, Phoenix 46:00: Scottie and Spieth's return. Encouraged or not? 51:00: Listener question 52:30: Back Wednesday for a Phoenix Open preview! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ...
Feb 03, 2025•53 min•Ep. 509
0:00: Lav gets a little too risky by the Pacific 02:30: The PGA Tour is about to release its fan-survey findings. Here's what we know. 17:00: The fine line of adding entertainment elements and not undermining competition 22:00: Scottie Scheffler is back from injury. What can we expect? 26:00: With career goals outlined, can Rory McIlroy still get up for regular events? 32:00: If you can't get up for this event, at this course, you don't love golf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...
Jan 30, 2025•34 min•Ep. 508
02:00: Harris English claims Tour win No. 5 at Torrey Pines 06:00: Is Torrey a stout test or a bore? 10:00: Pace of play continues to dominate Tour events/broadcasts 15:00: What to make of Farmers' Saturday finish, weak field, spot on the schedule 22:00: Ludvig Aberg, two amateurs turn heads at Torrey -- for different reasons 27:00: Scottie and Spieth return at Pebble 33:00: The debut of "Love It or Lav It?"! 41:00: Quick hits: St. Andrews return, Tiger/Rory TGL, PGA is anti-rollback 47:00: List...
Jan 26, 2025•50 min•Ep. 507
0:00: A mea culpa/explanation for no Sunday pod 03:30: What can be done -- finally -- about slow play on Tour 11:00: Justin Thomas calls on Tour players to help the TV product 23:00: Report: Genesis Invitational to be played at Torrey Pines 29:00: Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele injury concerns continue 34:00: Rex is taking on Johnson Wagner in a chipping contest Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data fo...
Jan 22, 2025•36 min•Ep. 506
0:00: Appreciate all the love on the pod hitting the airwaves 02:30: Tiger turns up at TGL – and it's another blowout. A full discussion of Week 2 16:30: Rory makes his season debut in Dubai. Here's what we're watching. 20:00: Jon Rahm says it's "wrong" that LIV players are still excluded from OWGR, majors 25:00: Rory advises protege Tom McKibbin against move to LIV 29:00: Why the pro debut for 17-year-old Blades Brown is so interesting Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...
Jan 15, 2025•37 min•Ep. 505
0:00: Hey, we're on TV now! 02:00: Did Nick Taylor win the Sony, or did JJ Spaun/Stephan Jaeger lose it? 07:00: Todd Lewis joins the show, live from Waialae 19:30: Jordan Spieth set to return at Pebble after wrist surgery 27:30: LIV Golf happenings, including the 2025 schedule release 30:30: Eugenio Chacarra doesn't get picked up by LIV – and tees off on the league 37:00: Tom McKibbin reportedly set to join LIV in a few weeks 40:30: Quick hits including big ratings for TGL and the latest on Rivi...
Jan 13, 2025•51 min•Ep. 504
0:30: A big announcement: We're coming to your TV screens! 02:30: Rex's first TGL TV hit did not go according to plan 04:00: The best parts of TGL's opening night 13:00: Criticisms, concerns and questions after the first match 28:00: Is this just the start for TGL? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jan 08, 2025•32 min•Ep. 503
01:00: Hideki Matsuyama shows when he's capable of – when healthy 09:30: Collin Morikawa drops an F-bomb after finishing 2nd, and he's got a point! 16:00: Low scoring abounds at Kapalua for the season opener 20:30: Lav's radical idea for how to revamp the first event of the year 26:00: Speaking of changes, the Tour is considering tweaking the format at East Lake 38:00: Other news from the week, including Scottie, Xander and Viktor 48:00: A single listener question 50:00: Coming to you live Tuesd...
Jan 06, 2025•51 min•Ep. 502
0:00: We're ready to get ratio'd again! 01:30: Will golf's civil war end in 2025? 05:00: 2025 Player of the Year 07:00: Newcomer of the Year 09:30: Surprise(s) of the Year 12:00: 2025 Masters champion 14:00: 2025 PGA champion 17:00: 2025 U.S. Open champion 20:00: 2025 Open champion 23:00: Ryder Cup winner Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jan 02, 2025•30 min•Ep. 501
0:00: Introducing Brads, the "Talk about your round" media guy 05:30: Brads' TV resume, and how he's now a critical part of what you see on the air 10:00: What happened the day Scottie Scheffler was arrested at the PGA 13:00: Some of the other craziest days of his TV career 16:00: How the Johnson Wagner segments come to be 24:00: What happens with the major winners after the 72nd hole 30:00: Most surprising interviews of the year 34:00: Rapid fire: Best/worst interviews, bucket list work stop, e...
Dec 30, 2024•38 min•Ep. 500
0:00: Top player is ... obvious 04:00: Breakout players 07:00: Biggest disappointments 12:00: On-the-rise players for 2025 15:30: Feel-good stories 18:00: Shot of the year contenders 22:00: Biggest surprises 25:00: Favorite personal moment covering the game in 2024 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Dec 27, 2024•31 min•Ep. 499
0:00: Rex's on-the-ground impressions of Tiger Woods 07:00: Stop us if you've heard this before: Tiger looked better physically than anticipated 13:00: Approaching Tiger's 49th birthday, a look at his Champions Tour prospects 17:00: What makes the PNC a better watch than the contrived Showdown-type matches 23:00: Rex & Lav's holiday plans, including a troubling Christmas-Day tradition Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use o...
Dec 23, 2024•29 min•Ep. 498
0:30: Our thoughts on the highly anticipated Tour-vs.-LIV match in Vegas 11:30: Rex's initial impressions during TGL media day 13:30: Billy Horschel joins the pod! Discussing TGL's upcoming launch 31:00: More of Rex's thoughts on TGL, with the teaser we'll be on-site in early January 35:30: Why the PGA of America opted to pay U.S. Ryder Cuppers 42:00: What the new PGA Tour CEO job really means 48:00: Rex's unfortunate encounter with a bear? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswi...
Dec 18, 2024•50 min•Ep. 497
0:00: Scottie Scheffler closes out the year with win No. 9 04:00: Scottie turns up with a new putting grip – and it works 12:00: Evaluating what's possible (and realistic) for Scheffler in 2025 20:00: How will Scheffler's accomplishments be remembered in this fractured landscape? 24:00: What to make of LIV's free-agent offseason 32:00: Tiger Woods signs up for the PNC, after all Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...
Dec 10, 2024•35 min•Ep. 496
0:00: Newsy week so far in the golf world 02:00: Takeaways from being in the room for Tiger Woods' presser 05:30: Tiger's back was more of an issue than he let on in 2024 09:00: Woods reprises his role as Tour spokesman 13:30: Possibility of a separate DP World Tour/PIF agreement? 16:00: Ryder Cup pay-for-play controversy continues 21:00: Scottie is back! 24:30: LIV rumor mill is heating up (again) ... 27:30: #PrayForRex Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informati...
Dec 04, 2024•30 min•Ep. 495
0:00: Rex recaps his week in Sea Island, including a TV stint on a ship? 08:00: Joel Dahmen, Daniel Berger highlight the fight for top-125 status 17:00: What, if anything, was missing from the season finale 20:30: Luke Clanton looks and sounds like a Tour player already 27:00: Tiger won't play at the Hero – but he will talk 31:00: Thanksgiving plans for the guys, including a play-by-play of Lav's turkey prep Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our ...
Nov 26, 2024•36 min•Ep. 494
0:00: Live from the Dawg House, where Lav is celebrating a Georgia W 01:30: Does Rory McIlroy's 4th win change the way we think about his year? 09:00: U.S. Ryder Cup team members appear set to get paid. Is that a problem? 15:30: Listener question: Who is an off-the-radar future Ryder Cupper? 18:30: PGA Tour policy board approves the changes – here's what it means 26:30: What to watch for at the RSM – and a possible way to improve the season finale Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pc...
Nov 19, 2024•33 min•Ep. 493
0:00: Rory looks to end another year as the European No. 1 06:30: What does McIlroy's Tour schedule reduction really mean? 15:00: The European tour is already looking ahead to 2026. Here's what we want to see then. 21:00: Caitlin Clark takes center stage at an LPGA pro-am – and hopefully makes a statement 31:00: We're taking the pod on the road next week in Sea Island! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for ...
Nov 13, 2024•34 min•Ep. 492
0:00: Lav bails on his TV appearance for a "family emergency" 03:00: Rory believes another Trump presidency could be helpful in the ongoing Tour-PIF talks 10:30: What to make of the tabloid report from the weekend that a peace deal is already done 15:00: McIlroy goes to unusual lengths to make a swing change 28:30: Rex and Lav bicker over college football rankings and their fantasy football matchup Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...
Nov 06, 2024•33 min•Ep. 491
0:00: Biggest takeaways to the news that the Tour will be reducing membership, field sizes 09:00: The unintended consequences of the proposed move 13:00: Is 100 the right number of fully exempt players? 18:00: Smaller-ticket items, like signature event point allocation and Monday qualifiers 28:00: Is the FedExCup fall working – and if not, what should be changed? 36:00: What we'd add to spruce up the fall schedule Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...
Oct 30, 2024•45 min•Ep. 490
0:00: Why the Zozo Championship goes against the ethos of the FedExCup Fall 07:00: Rex recalls the 2019 edition of the event, won by Tiger Woods 12:00: Other storylines this week from Japan 14:00: Exploring TGL's strategy for not having Tiger and Rory during the 2025 debut 24:00: Wyndham Clark's comments about LIV Golf caught Rex's attention 31:00: Rex and Lav's recent golf exploits Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pers...
Oct 23, 2024•35 min•Ep. 489
0:00: Rex almost got canceled at a Halloween party 04:00: What the SBJ report about Greg Norman's potential successor means 12:00: The Ryder Cup ticket price debate 23:30: Matt McCarty's reign of terror continues – but should he be in the Masters? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Oct 16, 2024•30 min•Ep. 488
