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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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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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English


Episodes
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PGA Tour must address its slow-play problem

1/25/2025
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

Duration:00:50:11

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Justin Thomas urges players to help the TV broadcast – but how?

1/21/2025
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

Duration:00:36:27

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Did another TGL blowout expose some of the league's flaws?

1/15/2025
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

Duration:00:37:02

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Jordan Spieth's imminent return – and the next act of his career

1/13/2025
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

Duration:00:50:59

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TGL finally debuts. Will it flourish or flop?

1/8/2025
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?

Duration:00:32:12

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With Tour's future in focus, is Kapalua the best way to kick off the year?

1/6/2025
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

Duration:00:50:58

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2025 predictions! Tour/LIV war, major winners, players to watch

1/2/2025
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

Duration:00:30:00

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Behind the scenes of Golf Channel's TV operation in 2024

12/30/2024
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.

Duration:00:38:29

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2024 awards! Breakouts, surprises, letdowns, favorite moments

12/27/2024
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

Duration:00:31:23

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The Tiger & Charlie Show was silly-season golf at its finest

12/23/2024
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

Duration:00:29:10

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How the Showdown matchup highlighted TGL's greatest challenge

12/18/2024
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?

Duration:00:50:11

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Did Scottie Scheffler ... just get even better?!

12/10/2024
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

Duration:00:35:13

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As usual, Tiger at the center of Tour's present – and future

12/4/2024
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

Duration:00:30:10

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Emotional season finale a preview of a tougher, tighter Tour

11/26/2024
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

Duration:00:35:48

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Live from Sea Island, it's the season finale!

11/19/2024
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

Duration:00:32:37

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What golf can learn from this week's Caitlin Clark experience

11/13/2024
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!

Duration:00:33:58

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What the Trump presidency could mean for golf's civil war

11/6/2024
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

Duration:00:33:03

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Big changes are coming to the PGA Tour – are they enough?

10/30/2024
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

Duration:00:44:41

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TGL plans its big debut ... without Tiger or Rory?

10/23/2024
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

Duration:00:35:20

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Are Ryder Cup ticket prices good business or bad optics?

10/16/2024
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?

Duration:00:30:28