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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!

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!

First Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier are joined by two special guests to unveil their bold (and borderline absurd) predictions for the 2022 PGA Tour season. Then it's time to dive into the all-new PGA Tour Stock Exchange, in which the fellas buy shares in their most undervalued golfers, hoping for some big-time returns as tournament season kicks back into gear. Come to hear who's winning the career Grand Slam this year, stay to dive into the details of the PIPDAQ! It's the Drop Zone with Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier, ft. Luke Kerr-Dineen and James Colgan.

What did Tiger Woods' return (and Charlie Woods' star moment) look like in person? Dylan Dethier was at the PNC and Sean Zak interrogates him on all things Tiger. Then Kira K. Dixon joins the show (23:40) to explain her path from Miss America to Golf Channel, the scariest parts of live television and her best, worst and proudest interview moments from her first year on the job. 

Tiger Woods is back at this week's PNC Championship and Dylan Dethier explains what that means for him and for golf. Muni golf is on the rise nationwide and Sean Zak tackles how golf should handle that good news. Plus Kyle Porter joins the podcast to discuss his new book, A Normal Sport, and break down the strangest moments of the 2021 golf season.

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Tiger Woods overshadowed his own tournament but the Hero World Challenge had a heck of a finish, too. Dropping some intel from on the ground in the Bahamas, Sean Zak peppers Dylan Dethier with 10 questions on Tiger, Rory, Hovland, Morikawa, the world's best golfer and what the point of this tournament is, anyway.

Tiger Woods made his first public appearance in nine months on Tuesday at the Bahamas and Dylan Dethier was in the room. He and Sean Zak break down Woods' recovery, his future prospects, questions about his accident, what he revealed and what he left unsaid.

This week's Drop Zone kicks off with a swinging Tiger Woods and how our own Claire Rogers once celebrated his "progress" by sending a gift to his surgeon. Then we "Pivot to Video" for an interview with DJ Piehowski from No Laying Up (11:22) on the evolution of Tourist Sauce and Strapped before ending with our favorite segment in a long time: PGA Tour comps for character's in HBO's Succession (44:13). Who is the PGA Tour's Logan Roy? It's actually quite obvious. 

What makes a golf course "good" anyway? We celebrate the release of GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the World with Lukas Michel, an elite amateur golfer who doubles as a course rater and aspiring course architect. We talk Augusta National, the best hole in the world and exciting new projects in golf course architecture's immediate future.

Martin Trainer joins the Drop Zone fresh off contending at the Houston Open to talk about riding pro golf's emotional rollercoaster, plus Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier break down Nelly Korda's win, Lexi Thompson's near-miss, Jason Kokrak's latest PGA Tour victory and the fine line between winning and losing.

On this week's Drop Zone — from on the ground in our Pinehurst AirBnB! — we break down Viktor Hovland's win at Mayakoba, the generational shift happening on the PGA Tour, the seismic shift looming in professional golf and this week's biggest winners and losers. 

Sean Zak holds tightly to the mic this week as Dylan Dethier enjoys his honeymoon (and his birthday). Sean offers up four stories, ideas and takes he's been thinking about lately. Those topics are:

- A Beatles-themed golf course

- A course devoted to female players

- Rory McIlroy's mindset

- Mr. Runner Up

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.

It's that time of year folks — when golf course ranking lists get compiled! So we decided to dive in on the ranking fun. Sean and Dylan rank their 10 favorite golf courses. NOT the 10 best courses they've played. Their 10 FAVORITE tracks in the world. Chambers Bay? Yes. Pine Valley? Perhaps. A quiet plot of land in the French countryside? Definitely.

This week we break down the news that our own host, Dylan Dethier broke: Brooks vs. Bryson is happening, and it's very real. Dylan and Sean Zak dive into the details of what we know about The Match V, how Phil Mickelson won again on the Champions tour, how Sungjae Im makes golf look impossibly easy and the absurd stretch of golf Jin Young Ko has piled up lately. 

This week on the Drop Zone we are visited by James Colgan, who spent most of the week with Bryson DeChambeau as he competed at the World Long Drive Championship in Nevada. We break down everything you missed from behind the scenes as Bryson advanced further than any of us could have imagined out in the desert. 

Why was this Ryder Cup different? Sean Zak, Dylan Dethier and Luke Kerr-Dineen were inside the ropes at Whistling Straits to witness the wild scenes from Team USA's blowout victory. From Bryson DeChambeau's week in the spotlight to Rory McIlroy's emotional reaction to Dustin Johnson, press conference king, they share favorite moments from on site, break down the strategies from each team and try to answer the Ryder Cup's toughest question: Now what?

We break down the entire Ryder Cup field on our road trip to Whistling Straits, and we do it alongside resident Englishman Luke Kerr-Dineen. Is Collin Morikawa more valuable than Jon Rahm? How about Dustin Johnson vs. Tommy Fleetwood? We lay out the rosters and predict how the Ryder Cup will play out.

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Without a PGA Tour event to discuss, Sean and Dylan share their best PGA Tour comps for NFL starting quarterbacks. Or their best quarterback comps for PGA Tour stars. Who is the Brooks Koepka of the NFL? Tune in to find out.

Captain Steve Stricker added six players to his American Ryder Cup team this morning, which means we've got six happy players, at least a dozen unhappy players, all kinds of potential pairings and two very happy podcast hosts breaking it all down. 

Sunday's golf may have been the most exciting finish of a non-major in years. Patrick Cantlay is your champion, but does it change how we think of him? Bryson DeChambeau is your runner-up, but has he turned a corner? What does it all mean for Whistling Straits. We discuss it all. 

After countless second-place finishes, Tony Finau has won again. It was a Monday finish on the PGA Tour so we bring you a Tuesday morning podcast that dives into Finau's win, Rahm's peak, Cam Smith's horrible tee shot, and finally an appreciation for Anna Nordqvist's impressive career. 

We're here to tell you that Kevin Kisner, despite his win, is NOT a lock for the Ryder Cup. And that Adam Scott's missed playoff putt ... wasn't that surprising. And that the Women's British Open at Carnoustie will be the best golf you'll watch this week. Enjoy!

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!!

Xander Schauffele is your gold medalist at the men's Olympic golf competition, and the Drop Zone was all over it. We've spent plenty of time with Xander over the years, as well as his legendary father Stefan. This week, Sean was right there next to Stefan as his son won gold. We detail everything that went down last week at the Olympics.

Jon Rahm is out. Bryson DeChambeau is out. But co-host Sean Zak is IN Tokyo for the Olympics. We discuss everything you need to know about the course, about the event and what to expect from the men's competition this week. We also delve into what Dylan is watching from home, and how he'd like to fix Archery ... and the golf competition as well. 

From Morikawa to McIlroy, with Mickelson and a bunch of others in between, we discuss the Open Championship and the gauntlet of seven majors in 11 months. We hand out letter grades for the 20 most relevant pros from Tyrrell Hatton's F to Collin Morikawa's A+. Also, Sean makes public two of his spiciest takes that he's been keeping private for months. 

It's a BIG week in golf with the final men's major of the year. Sean and Dylan get you ready for the British Open, Open Championship, The Open, etc. Dylan also shares his stories from the ground at the American Century Celebrity Championship where he cozied up next to Charles Barkley, Patrick Mahomes and a bunch of others in Tahoe. 

This was a weird week in golf. There's no other way to put it, really. Sean and Dylan recap that weirdness by diving into Phil Mickelson's oddball week in Detroit. We also look forward to who needs to be on Bryson DeChambeau's bag and what the British Open might feel like this year. 

Sean and Dylan dive into two-horse race that was the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, the ridiculous playoff on the PGA Tour, Harris English's Ryder Cup chances and a special trip to Northern Michigan. 

Sean and Dylan break down every storyline from Jon Rahm’s epic win at Torrey Pines, including reactions from on-site and the odds that Torrey could host the Open again in the future. We also play Good Week/Bad Week with everyone on the leaderboard. 

Sean and Dylan get deep into what we should expect from Brooks Koepka, Mr. Major, and his foil, Bryson DeChambeau. We explain why Torrey Pines is good, but what we'd change about it to make it great. We also buy, sell and hold the stocks of the biggest names this week, and tell you which penny-stock players you should get your money involved with. 

It was a wild weekend, from Lexi Thompson's blown five-shot lead to Yuka Saso, star on the rise to the peculiar case of Jon Rahm's Covid-19 WD. What did it all mean? Dylan Dethier and Sean Zak break down the best and worst from the week in golf.

What an epic week at the PGA Championship. Dylan Dethier was on the grounds for the Drop Zone and fills you in on what it was like during the mob scene on the 18th hole. We break down everything the was significant about Mickelson’s win, what it means for golf history and what it means moving forward for everyone involved.

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!

What should you expect at the PGA Championship this week? How will Kiawah play? The Drop Zone breaks it all down, from the ideal winning score to Rory McIlroy's chances to the PGA's place on the calendar to our own (questionable!) picks to win.

How big a deal was Rory McIlroy’s win? What do we make of golf's proposed ‘super leagues’? What was the best part of the Walker Cup at Seminole? And who should be the favorite heading the the PGA Championship? Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier break it all down on this week's episode of the Drop Zone.

What exactly is going on with Phil Mickelson? Should we congratulate Pine Valley for finally entering the modern world? What should we expect from Sam Burns moving forward? This week's Drop Zone dives into all of that, and reminds Tour players to stop reading their mentions. Never read the mentions. 

Did the Zurich Classic teach us anything about the Ryder Cup? Did Brook Henderson's win teach us anything about the LPGA Tour's future? What did Tiger Woods reveal in his latest Instagram post? This week's Drop Zone breaks down the PGA Tour's controversial Player Impact Program plus the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic, the LPGA Tour's L.A. Open and everything in between.

This week's Drop Zone features an extended discussion on the runaway victories we saw on Tour last week. Lydia Ko by seven and Stewart Cink by 4. Big deal? HUGE deal. For both, really. But also, there's Billy Horschel and his anti-arm-lock take. Should it be banned? Should Si Woo Kim's putt have counted? We disagree a lot this week. Join us. 

Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier recap Hideki Matsuyama’s breakthrough victory at the Masters, Will Zalatoris’ ascent and how Spieth's game has come full circle. The Drop Zone wraps up the Masters from Augusta.

We've made it to Augusta! Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier recap Jordan Spieth's win at the Texas Open and discuss what it means for this coming week at the Masters. Spoiler: it means a lot. We discuss the favorites, tease some bits of an exclusive interview with Bryson DeChambeau and break down everything we can expect to happen this week at Augusta National. 

Youthful guest James Colgan joins to discuss his first impressions of the club before the group puts a bow on the ANWA and ANA Inspiration. 

We got more golf than we deserved this weekend, but we'll take it! Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier explain why DJ and Kevin Na were both sort of in the wrong, why the match play format shouldn't be changed, why Joel Dahmen's win felt so good and what to watch for in the women's game this week. 

Who's golf's MVP? Rookie of the Year? Most Improved? Biggest Question Mark? Believe it or not, we're halfway through the PGA Tour season, and we're here to hand out some half-season awards. You'll be surprised what you've already forgotten from this season...

What did we learn about Justin Thomas on Sunday at the Players Championship? What does his win mean as we look towards the Masters? Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier break down everything from the week at TPC Sawgrass and dive into the current states of Lee Westwood, Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy and more.

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!

All it took was a win from Bryson DeChambeau to bring the Drop Zone back onto your podcast airwaves. We discuss the event at Bay Hill, what hanging out with Bryson is really like, what he means for golf moving forward, etc. Also, it's Players Week! The biggest event thus far in 2021 kicks off Thursday, so we look back at the last 12 months of golf in the world of Covid-19. Dylan shares a reminder of what it was like on the ground at the 2020 Players and what to expect this week at TPC Sawgrass. 

We research plenty of stories — but we don't get a chance to tell all of them. What did it feel like at the final tournament before the pandemic? Who changed golf's conversation the most in 2020? And what was this year like for the PGA Tour's most accurate player? On this week's episode of the Drop Zone, we dig into our notebooks to revisit several key moments from the 2020 golf season and share the details behind the stories we never got to.

Cameron Champ has plenty of power on the course. So much that when asked about the race for distance, he said "I'm just gonna keep my mouth shut."

He also has plenty of power OFF the course. After discussing his wacky and impressive 2020 season we talked with Cameron about his recent decision to fund two scholarships at an HBCU, Prairie View A&M, in the name of his Grandpa Mack. That alone impressed us at the Drop Zone, and so did the rest of his season, so we got into a lot of it in this week's episode.