Golf Channel Podcast with Rex & Lav

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

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 Monday's show!

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?

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

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

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!

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?

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

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!

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

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: Listener questions

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

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

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 Riviera 49:00: 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 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?

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 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 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

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, etc.

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

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