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10 questions on the golf world with Sean Zak, Dylan Dethier and Claire Rogers, from in-person TGL impressions to Keegan and Sergio making complex Ryder Cup bids to the Players Championship’s spot in the pro golf world and much more. It’s officially the start of the golf season — or is it? The Drop Zone tackles it all.

 

Hosts: Claire Rogers, Dylan Dethier, Sean Zak

Producers: Darren Riehl, John Sodaro

The Drop Zone Crew is BACK to talk about all things awards season. Who's winning best picture? What award is Netflix's Full Swing Season 3 receiving? And what's going on with the Arnold Palmer's Star-free exemptions? Sean and James answer all those questions ... and talk about Sean's stunning Netflix debut.

Michael Bamberger joins Dylan Dethier for a rundown that includes plenty of unplanned detours but begins with the Mexico Open’s unlikely conclusion and tackles the Tour-PIF White House visit, favorites pros to interview, what it’s like being on Netflix’s Full Swing, best Florida golf courses and much more. Thanks for listening — enjoy!

 

Hosts: Michael Bamberger, Dylan Dethier

Producers: Darren Riehl, John Sodaro 

 

 

What people missed from Ludvig Aberg's win at Torrey Pines, what golf fans really want, whether Tiger Woods is right, what kind of win LIV Adelaide was for LIV, what's next for professional golf, whether LIV's $5 billion spend was a bargain, where we'd cut "inefficiencies" from professional golf and much more on this week's episode of the Drop Zone.

Enjoy!

 

HOSTS: James Colgan, Dylan Dethier, Sean Zak

PRODUCERS: John Sodaro, Darren Riehl

Dylan Dethier and Michael Bamberger bridge the gap between the WM Phoenix Open and the Genesis with a wide-ranging chat on 30-somethings in golf, iPhones, Tiger, Trump, Spieth, the LPGA commissioner, cut lines and where the PGA Tour should be careful. Enjoy!

Hosts: Dylan Dethier, Michael Bamberger

Producer: Darren Riehl 

Our James Colgan and Dylan Dethier were on the ground at Pebble Beach, where they officially declare golf season OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY. They bring back some stories, tackle a couple tough Rory-related questions, take you inside a PGA Tour meeting, dive into CBS broadcast changes, explain a strange email calling out the Tour's most popular player and much more.

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Hosts: Dylan Dethier, James Colgan, Sean Zak Producers: Darren Riehl, John Sodaro

Michael Bamberger joins Dylan Dethier to tackle the state of golf, from the pro game all the way down. What to make of Justin Thomas' letter? Is TGL real? What would they ask Phil Mickelson? Has Michael dabbled in YouTube Golf? How can they fix slow play? What's the best spot at Pebble Beach? What to make of Tiger Woods? And what person — and event — has them excited about the golf season?

Hosts: Dylan Dethier, Michael Bamberger, Sean Zak Producers: Darren Riehl, John Sodaro

The Drop Zone crew deep-dives the beginning of the golf season, solves slow play (sorta), breaks down LIV's game-changing TV deal (or is it?), tackles the TGL's successes and challenges and much more. From FS1 to the American Express to the Minnesota Muskies, this has a little something for everyone. Dive in!

 

Hosts: Sean Zak, Claire Rogers, Dylan Dethier, James Colgan Producers: Darren Riehl, John Sodaro

The Drop Zone had boots on the ground at TGL's launch. They talk pleasant surprises, mandatory changes, room for improvement and more. They dissect TV ratings and lessons from the PGA Tour's Hawaiian Swing, break down an ex-LIV player's gripes and finish with some NFL-Tour pro comps. Dive in!

Hosts: Sean Zak, Claire Rogers, Dylan Dethier, James Colgan Producers: Darren Riehl, John Sodaro

Xander Schauffele sits down with Dylan Dethier to explore an epic two-major 2024 and talk process, lifestyle, happiness, goals and what's next. In the new Drop Zone's first interview. Take a trip inside the head of the World No. 2 — we think you'll like what you find. Enjoy!

 

You can watch Schauffele's Warming Up interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pXPcDb8u1k&t=435s.

 

 

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It's the start of the 2025 golf season, and the Drop Zone gang discusses the beginning of the PGA Tour season, latest news on a potentially massive shift to the PGA Tour playoffs (27:59), their (forced) optimism for the TGL (41:40), and the PIP Program's legacy of mega Tiger Woods paydays. (14:09)

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Hosts: Sean Zak, Claire Rogers, Dylan Dethier, James Colgan Producers: Darren Riehl, John Sodaro

Golf is facing a pivotal 2025, and as the New Year arrives the GOLF.com crew drops their biggest predictions for the year ahead on the PGA Tour, LIV and LPGA — even if they probably won't come true. From the major championships (a new grand-slam winner at the U.S. Open?) to the boardroom (a surprising PGA Tour CEO hire), to the latest from Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth, the gang gives their boldest takes for the year ahead.

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Hosts: James Colgan, Dylan Dethier, Claire Rogers and Sean Zak Producer: Darren Riehl Editor: John Sodaro

What are we gifting to pro golfers this Christmas season? What's next for Tiger? What does the TGL setup look like? What do we make of the Showdown? Claire checks in from her month in Florida, where she's seen it all firsthand. James chimes in with intel on LIV's Fox deal. Ring in the holidays with a little Drop Zone. Dive in!

The Drop Zone crew presents "The Zonies," a chaotic awards show celebrating the most memorable moments of 2024 — plus some you'd forgotten. From Tiger Woods shaking hands with a tree to Scottie Scheffler's Louisville arrest to Bryson's viral ensemble and even LIV's brush with food poisoning, zip through the best of the season.

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Is Scottie Scheffler worth Juan Soto-level money? The Drop Zone rundown starts there and zips through Scheffler's latest win (and latest change!), lessons from Tiger Woods, the Hero's existence, Kevin Kisner's hiring, the arrival of the Creator Council and more. Dylan runs you through the year's random major championship contenders, the crew gives you some half-baked bets and we leave it there.

 

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The Drop Zone Rundown is here! What's LIV scheming as Hot Stove season begins? What will Tiger Woods say as he reappears? What's Phil Mickelson's beef with NFTs — and how does it involve this podcast? Plus: what to make of Bryson's ace, what the LPGA needs to do next, whether Dylan needs to open his eyes, a TGL story to watch and more. 

Welcome back to The Drop Zone. We introduce our new crew and let you know how and when we are going to be dropping the all new Drop Zone. 

Dylan Dethier and Sean Zak recap the weekend by finally — properly! — rating Collin Morikawa (2:00). Then they work through the news with 5 Questions (21:00) to recap LIV's first full season and predict the future before drafting teams from the LIV Leftovers (58:10). Enjoy! (And respond to our prompt on Spotify) 

Dylan Dethier and Sean Zak take a dive into golf's current events by deciphering seven quotes about the PGA Tour, the PGL, LIV, the Ryder Cup and more. Take a tour of golf's tours, their murky futures and their uncertain partnerships with the Drop Zone crew. Enjoy!

Europe’s beatdown of the U.S. Ryder Cup team deserves a full breakdown. Dylan and Sean grade the players, the captains, the golf course and share stories and insight from a week in Rome. Enjoy!!

The Drop Zone brings you behind the scenes at the Ryder Cup from on the ground in Italy — and cruise through some hypotheticals. How would USA's B Team look? Which players would the other side trade for? What favors Team USA? What favors Team Europe? How do the teams stack up — and what will make the difference? And...who wins? Enjoy!

Justin Thomas is BACK. Buy or Sell? Team Europe should be favored. Buy or Sell? The Ryder Cup shouldn't be in Rome. Buy or Sell? Sean and Dylan break down the Solheim and Ryder Cups as they tackle questions about best players, best teams, best venues and more. Enjoy!

 

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Tiger Woods did what this year? Ohhh, right. Dylan and Sean draft their 5 moments each that you might have forgotten from the 2023 PGA Tour season, from Tiger to Rory McIlroy to Patrick Reed to Augusta National and more. Plus they deep-dive Team Europe completing its Ryder Cup roster. Who were the last guys in — and the biggest snubs? Enjoy!

The U.S. Ryder Cup team is complete! Zach Johnson’s six captain’s picks are in. Dylan and Sean break down who should feel grateful, who should feel snubbed and what the selections show about the philosophy behind this year’s team. Plus Justin Thomas takes and a Keegan Bradley homage. Enjoy!

Viktor Hovland shot...61?! Sean was at the BMW Championship, Dylan's at the Tour Championship and they're here to break down what's happening in the final weeks of the PGA Tour season, from Hovland's closing stretch to the Tour Championship's stakes to the implications for the U.S. Ryder Cup team going forward. Enjoy!

Brandel Chamblee joins Dylan Dethier for Part 2 of their interview — and it's a scorcher. Chamblee explains how he found out about the PGA Tour's agreement with the PIF, goes deep on his original objections to LIV and to Saudi influence in golf, shares unfiltered thoughts on Phil Mickelson and more. Enjoy the listen!

Brandel Chamblee joins Dylan Dethier in Part 1 of our two-part interview, and they start at the VERY beginning. How did Chamblee’s childhood predict his future? How did he find golf? What would he have changed about his future? And how does he make such compelling golf television? Hear answers to all of the above — in Chamblee’s own words. Enjoy! And subscribe to get Part 2 when it drops…

As the Wyndham Championship brought a close to the PGA Tour season, Sean and Dylan got together for a wide-ranging session encompassing the race for the final playoff spot, Lucas Glover's win-in-progress, Bryson DeChambeau's 58, Justin Thomas' Ryder Cup hopes and much more. Enjoy!

Dylan steps into Zach Johnson's shoes while Sean slides into Luke Donald's and the two dive deep on the U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams — and who would make up their 12-man squads if today was selection day.

Brian Harman? Ryder Cup drama? Scottie Scheffler? Matthew Jordan? Rory McIlroy? It's late Sunday night in Hoylake which means it's time for the Drop Zone to break down this week's Open from Royal Liverpool. Brian Harman blew away the field but he was hardly the only winner. A rousing edition of Winners and Losers rounds out our men's major championship season.

Enjoy!!

It's Open Championship week and Dylan and Sean are on the ground in Hoylake, England. They buzz through the 10 best potential endings for this week's Open, from Brooks Koepka to Rory McIlroy to an Englishman to a first-time winner and much more. Then they dish on a few of their own selections. Enjoy!

The world’s best women at Pebble Beach? A return to LIV London? Dramatic PGA/DP World finishes and Ryder Cup drama in the process? Dylan and Sean cover the globe’s golf, each answering 5 burning questions and diving into golf’s biggest events in the process.

 

Link to Dylan’s book, 18 in America: Here!

Rickie Fowler is back in the winner's circle and there's plenty to break down from his Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Plus Sean checks in from England — his first overseas podcast of the summer — as the Drop Zone goes bicontinental. Most of the golf news you need plus a bit you didn't. Enjoy!

The one and only Viktor Hovland sits down with our Dylan Dethier to dish on life on the road, his Norwegian roots and tells us why poker is like golf - sometimes.  Dylan also runs through Keegan Bradley's win at the Travelers Championship, Ruoning Yin's triumph at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, and answers some quick questions on Rose Zhang, Rory McIlroy, Zac Blair, and more. 

Enjoy!

24 hours after the dramatic conclusion to this year’s US Open, Dylan and Sean break down the contenders, the course, the future and more. They talk Wyndham, Rory, Rickie, Scottie. They bring some on-the-ground observations. And they tell you how this year’s US Open was won — and lost. Enjoy!

Sean and Dylan check in from Los Angeles Country Club, where they shed light on further details from the PGA Tour/PIF arrangement and then get down to a proper US Preview. What did we learn from players on Tuesday, who makes sense as a sleeper and who are our picks to win? 

Oh, Canada! What a finish at the Canadian Open. By far the craziest Sunday of 2023. Sean and Dylan break down the Adam Hadwin tackle, Nick Taylor's epic eagle, and bedlam north of the border before diving into the week that was in PGA Tour-Saudi business, with updates and tales from the ground in Toronto.

Sean Zak and James Colgan break down the biggest news in the history of pro golf as the PGA Tour has agreed in principle to merge with LIV Golf and the DP World Tour with sizable investment from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. 

It was a jam-packed week in the golf world, with Rose Zhang trumping everything with her debut victory on the LPGA Tour. Viktor Hovland finally broke through again at the Memorial and Phil Mickelson keeps tweeting through it. That and more in this week's Drop Zone. 

We touch 'em all this week, from Emiliano Grillo's bizarre PGA Tour win to the LPGA to LIV to the DP World Tour to the Challenge Tour and on as we recap the week that was, take stock of pro golf's status, project forward for LIV and for the Ryder Cup, talk about coverage, make a horrible Celtics prediction and more. Enjoy!

Brooks Koepka has done it. Major number 5! Sean and Dylan discuss what it means that Koepka has ascended to the mountaintop once again. We also break down Viktor Hovland’s pursuit, Rory’s intriguing week, Bryson DeChambeau’s return, and much more.

From high stakes to best bets, here’s the PGA Championship preview you need! On the eve of another major week, Sean and Dylan run through who has the most to gain — and to lose — at Oak Hill, from Phil Mickelson to Rory McIlroy to the PGA Tour and LIV. Then they give you some leans on players they expect to contend. Enjoy!

Dylan and Sean break down the Wells Fargo Championship, discuss who's in and who's out of the all-important FedEx Cup Top 50, discuss the latest pecking order ahead of the PGA Championship, dive into what LIV needs from its Tulsa event and then get honest about their respective golf games, with Sean laying out his goal for the season and Dylan reliving his U.S. Open qualifier. Enjoy!

 

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This week we break down Tony Finau’s win in Mexico in the weirdest way possible — by NOT talking to each other. Sean and Dylan recorded their answers to five individualized questions and answered them on their own. No help from their co-host.

There was playoff drama at the all-new Chevron Championship and Zephyr Melton — who was on the ground in Houston all week — joins the show to discuss Lilia Vu's win, Angel Yin's near-miss, Nelly Korda's finish and Lydia Ko's changes. Sean and Dylan also talk through Tiger Woods' surgery and what we know about his future, muse on a path to the U.S. Open and chat through LIV's Adelaide event. Enjoy!

Dylan and Sean break down the post-Masters action from Hilton Head, headlined by Matthew Fitzpatrick’s RBC Heritage playoff triumph over Jordan Spieth. What does Fitz’s win mean? Where do we rank Spieth? The week also featured a notable performance from Patrick Cantlay and a notable absence from Rory McIlroy. Enjoy!

Still buzzing from a final-round showdown, Sean and Dylan break down all the Masters Week action. Who had a Good Week — and who had a Bad Week? From Jon Rahm to Brooks Koepka to Phil Mickelson to LIV Golf to the U.S. Ryder Cup team, Augusta National and more.

It's OFFICIALLY Masters Week, folks! Get excited. Dylan and Sean preview the first major championship of the year by tossing a bunch of bets your way and breaking down the top five storylines we'll see at Augusta National this week. 

The WGC-Match Play's final Austin edition made for a terrific finale. What's the future of Match Play on the PGA Tour? What do we make of Sam Burns' victory? How 'bout Rory McIlroy's viral tee shot? How are top pros shaping up for Augusta National? Sean and Dylan tackle a round of Buy or Sell, reflect on the action in Austin and much more. Enjoy!

Sean reports in from the Valspar Championship, where the PGA Tour wraps its Florida Swing and eyes the future. Phil Mickelson spoke out from LIV's Tucson event, where he took a new tack in pro golf's culture wars. And we're here to try to boil down the golf ball rules debate to the essentials — and offer a few suggestions in the process. Enjoy!