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Golf Channel Podcast with Rex & Lav

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GolfChannel.com writers discuss and debate the latest news from the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, Korn Ferry Tour, Champions Tour, College Golf, and the amateur game.
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0:00: Appreciate all the love on the pod hitting the airwaves02:30: Tiger turns up at TGL – and it's another blowout. A full discussion of Week 216:30: 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, majors25:00: Rory advises protege Tom McKibbin against move to LIV29:00: Why the pro debut for 17-year-old Blades Brown is so interesting
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 Waialae19:30: Jordan Spieth set to return at Pebble after wrist surgery27:30: LIV Golf happenings, including the 2025 schedule release30:30: Eugenio Chacarra doesn't get picked up by LIV – and tees off on the league37:00: Tom McKibbin reportedly set to join LIV in a few weeks40:30: Quick hits including big ratings for TGL and the latest on Riviera49:00: Rex is headed to the American Express
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 plan04:00: The best parts of TGL's opening night13:00: Criticisms, concerns and questions after the first match28:00: Is this just the start for TGL?
01:00: Hideki Matsuyama shows when he's capable of – when healthy09:30: 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 opener20:30: Lav's radical idea for how to revamp the first event of the year26:00: Speaking of changes, the Tour is considering tweaking the format at East Lake38:00: Other news from the week, including Scottie, Xander and Viktor48:00: A single listener question50:00: Coming to you live Tuesday from the TGL debut
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 Year07:00: Newcomer of the Year09:30: Surprise(s) of the Year12:00: 2025 Masters champion14:00: 2025 PGA champion17:00: 2025 U.S. Open champion20:00: 2025 Open champion23:00: Ryder Cup winner
0:00: Introducing Brads, the "Talk about your round" media guy05:30: Brads' TV resume, and how he's now a critical part of what you see on the air10:00: What happened the day Scottie Scheffler was arrested at the PGA13:00: Some of the other craziest days of his TV career16:00: How the Johnson Wagner segments come to be24:00: What happens with the major winners after the 72nd hole30:00: Most surprising interviews of the year34:00: Rapid fire: Best/worst interviews, bucket list work stop, etc.
0:00: Top player is ... obvious04:00: Breakout players07:00: Biggest disappointments12:00: On-the-rise players for 202515:30: Feel-good stories18:00: Shot of the year contenders22:00: Biggest surprises25:00: Favorite personal moment covering the game in 2024
0:00: Rex's on-the-ground impressions of Tiger Woods07:00: Stop us if you've heard this before: Tiger looked better physically than anticipated13:00: Approaching Tiger's 49th birthday, a look at his Champions Tour prospects17:00: What makes the PNC a better watch than the contrived Showdown-type matches23:00: Rex & Lav's holiday plans, including a troubling Christmas-Day tradition 
0:30: Our thoughts on the highly anticipated Tour-vs.-LIV match in Vegas11:30: Rex's initial impressions during TGL media day13:30: Billy Horschel joins the pod! Discussing TGL's upcoming launch31:00: More of Rex's thoughts on TGL, with the teaser we'll be on-site in early January35:30: Why the PGA of America opted to pay U.S. Ryder Cuppers42:00: What the new PGA Tour CEO job really means48:00: Rex's unfortunate encounter with a bear?
0:00: Scottie Scheffler closes out the year with win No. 904:00: Scottie turns up with a new putting grip – and it works12:00: Evaluating what's possible (and realistic) for Scheffler in 202520:00: How will Scheffler's accomplishments be remembered in this fractured landscape?24:00: What to make of LIV's free-agent offseason32:00: Tiger Woods signs up for the PNC, after all
0:00: Newsy week so far in the golf world02:00: Takeaways from being in the room for Tiger Woods' presser05:30: Tiger's back was more of an issue than he let on in 202409:00: Woods reprises his role as Tour spokesman13:30: Possibility of a separate DP World Tour/PIF agreement?16:00: Ryder Cup pay-for-play controversy continues21:00: Scottie is back!24:30: LIV rumor mill is heating up (again) ... 27:30: #PrayForRex 
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 status17:00: What, if anything, was missing from the season finale20:30: Luke Clanton looks and sounds like a Tour player already27:00: Tiger won't play at the Hero – but he will talk31:00: Thanksgiving plans for the guys, including a play-by-play of Lav's turkey prep
0:00: Live from the Dawg House, where Lav is celebrating a Georgia W01:30: 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 means26:30: What to watch for at the RSM – and a possible way to improve the season finale
0:00: Rory looks to end another year as the European No. 106:30: 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 statement31:00: We're taking the pod on the road next week in Sea Island!
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 talks10:30: What to make of the tabloid report from the weekend that a peace deal is already done15:00: McIlroy goes to unusual lengths to make a swing change28:30: Rex and Lav bicker over college football rankings and their fantasy football matchup
0:00: Biggest takeaways to the news that the Tour will be reducing membership, field sizes09:00: The unintended consequences of the proposed move13:00: Is 100 the right number of fully exempt players?18:00: Smaller-ticket items, like signature event point allocation and Monday qualifiers28:00: Is the FedExCup fall working – and if not, what should be changed?36:00: What we'd add to spruce up the fall schedule  
0:00: Why the Zozo Championship goes against the ethos of the FedExCup Fall07:00: Rex recalls the 2019 edition of the event, won by Tiger Woods12:00: Other storylines this week from Japan14:00: Exploring TGL's strategy for not having Tiger and Rory during the 2025 debut24:00: Wyndham Clark's comments about LIV Golf caught Rex's attention31:00: Rex and Lav's recent golf exploits
0:00: Rex almost got canceled at a Halloween party04:00: What the SBJ report about Greg Norman's potential successor means12:00: The Ryder Cup ticket price debate23:30: Matt McCarty's reign of terror continues – but should he be in the Masters?
0:00: Should Keegan Bradley put an end to the playing-captain talk?09:00: Will an emotional, anxious personality like Bradley make a good captain?13:30: Potentially unruly Bethpage Black fans have the attention of the PGA of America20:30: Is the Ryder Cup's home-field advantage too significant?24:00: Biggest challenges ahead for captains Bradley and Luke Donald30:00: Rex cuts short his NYC boondoggle to return to his loving family in Florida
0:00: Rex & Lav discuss their day at the Furyk & Friends pro-am with Eric Axley07:30: Why this week's Dunhill Links on the DP World Tour feels like old times12:00: Mapping out what a worldwide schedule could look like17:30: What to read into the Jay Monahan/Yasir Al-Rumayyan pairing in Scotland 
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