Golf Channel Podcast with Rex & Lav

0:00: Rex and Lav give their honest thoughts on "Happy Gilmore 2" 11:30: After the Korn Ferry exec fiasco, should they just do away with sponsor exemptions – period? 19:00: Data Golf has Joaquin Niemann as a top-10 player, despite his major struggles. A debate ensues! 29:00: It's crunch time as players try to lock up their playoff spots. Here's who we have our eyes on. 35:00: Newly minted pro Lottie Woad is already the betting favorite at the year's final women's major 36:00: Send us your questions for Sunday's show!

0:00: The guys are back home after three weeks away – and Rex's lawn is long 02:00: Kurt Kitayama goes lights-out on the weekend to take the 3M Open 11:30: The penultimate regular-season event had a little bit of something for everyone 15:30: Names that stand out on the top 100, 70 and 50 bubble heading into the Wyndham 20:00: Major grades for 2025: Aberg, DeChambeau, Henley, Hovland, Koepka, Morikawa, Niemann, Rahm, Schauffele, Thomas 42:00: Lottie Woad announces herself with a win in her pro debut 44:00: Listener questions! TGL's viability, Brooks vs. Scottie, Player of the Year race, and where'd the grilling #content go?

0:00: Rex and Lav are on vacation but still buzzing from The Open 03:30: What stands out about Scottie Scheffler's post-victory coverage? 09:30: How much better Scottie was in the 2025 majors 15:30: What to make of the LIV players' major performance 19:00: Beefy Sunday pod upcoming, with the FedExCup race, another LIV event and major grades!

0:00: Takeaways from the final round of The Open 07:00: What is Scottie Scheffler's superpower? 14:00: How many majors do you think Scheffler will end up with? 20:30: Exploring the fascination of Scheffler's viral press conference moment from earlier in the week 28:00: Rory McIlroy failed to mount a Sunday charge – but still left smiling 34:00: Stock Watch! Harris English, Chris Gotterup, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Cantlay and more 43:30: Love It Or Lav It: Portrush as an Open venue, Shane Lowry's penalty, Phil's all-time bad take 49:30: Parting thoughts from Open week

0:00: Did Scottie Scheffler put away the claret jug with his Saturday performance? 07:30: How the partisan, pro-Rory crowd could potentially make a difference on Sunday at Royal Portrush 11:00: What's different about Rory this week, and what it might mean for the final round

0:00: We're feeling pretty dumb for not picking Scottie Scheffler this week 03:00: Sour ending to the second round, with Shane Lowry getting docked 2 shots for a rules infraction he didn't see 07:30: Rory McIlroy played better, but now he has even more work to do 11:00: Matt Fitzpatrick, Brian Harman and the other intriguing contenders, for myriad reasons 13:30: Big-picture takeaways through 36 holes at Portush

0:00: All four seasons in one day on Thursday 04:30: Which of the contenders impressed us most at Portrush – including Rory's much-hyped opener 13:00: Where did these rounds from Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson come from? 18:30: What we're most looking forward to Friday at The Open

0:00: Unpredictable weather and a dramatic course on the way 06:00: Rory McIlroy flamed out at home at Portrush in 2019. What will be different this time? 11:00: Scottie Scheffler gets deep – really deep – about life as the world No. 1. 17:00: Why Jon Rahm is a player to watch this week 19:00: How many players can actually win this week? 26:00: Other players who have our attention, for various reasons: Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka, Patrick Reed 32:00: Talk of Turnberry and Muirfield dominate R&A presser 34:00: Mini-pods coming your way all week from Portrush!

0:00: Why Chris Gotterup's Sunday at the Scottish Open was so impressive 06:00: Rory got flat-out beat on the final day. Is it cause for concern or optimism? 12:30: Other notable performances at the Renaissance Club, from Scottie Scheffler to Xander Schauffele to other Open hopefuls 18:00: Lav is already in Portrush, Rex is incoming. What we are looking forward to, at least early week

0:00: Rex is living his best life in Scotland, including with a round at their favorite course, North Berwick 04:00: How the Scottish Open has become the second-best regular-season event of the season 11:00: Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are back in action. What to expect? 19:00: Why, for the Tour, co-sanctioning more international tournaments gets tricky 26:00: With Lav about to pack his bags, Rex on the weather conditions so far

0:00: How is Brian Campbell now a multiple winner this season?! 08:00: Bubble Watch officially kicked into high gear at the Deere. Was it good TV? 14:00: Out of nowhere, Max Homa shows signs of life 20:00: Sky Sports' Jamie Weir joins the show! 45:30: Gary Woodland is a Ryder Cup vice captain 48:00: Tour tweaking the FedExCup bonus structure 49:30: Listener questions: Keegan Bradley the right captain pick, and what are the best pies?!

0:00: Looking at the top storylines from Open final qualifying 05:30: 'Monsoon of credit' for 52-year-old Lee Westwood getting through 10:00: Coming in 2026: A one-round, on-site qualifier for The Open?! 14:00: The transformation of the John Deere field, and why it's the new norm 21:00: Rex is off to Scotland early, and we need your listener questions!

0:00: Aldrich Potgieter -- at just 20 years old! -- now is a PGA Tour winner 07:00: The most exciting part about Potgieter: There's still room for improvement 12:00: The Tour's sleepy summer schedule 18:00: Colorblind Lav is having a hard time with this new predictive miss/hit fairway tracer 23:30: Arron Oberholser joins the show! 39:00: New Tour CEO Brian Rolapp is making the rounds on Tour 42:30: Patrick Reed wins LIV Golf Dallas; Sergio Garcia locks up an Open berth 46:00: Listener questions: Young hotshots, media angst, Collin Morikawa

0:00: The guys have been all over your TV screens for the last few days 01:30: Keegan Bradley says, as of now, he wants to "just be the captain" 12:30: Lots of drama for Collin Morikawa: another caddie change, in addition to a media dustup 22:00: LIV heads to Dallas for the first of two Open warmup events 26:00: Got questions for Sunday's show? Hit us up!

0:00: How Keegan Bradley authored one of the finishes of the year at the Travelers 04:00: Why Bradley's Ryder Cup captaincy just got even more complicated 12:00: How the American Ryder Cup team looks, right now 17:30: What went wrong for Tommy Fleetwood on Sunday 27:00: Amy Rogers joins from the Women's PGA, where there was player gumbling about course setup 38:00: Were the 2025 signature events a success? 46:00: Both Jordan Spieth and Viktor Hovland exit with injuries 48:00: Wyndham Clark's non-apology apology after Oakmont

0:00: Rex was on the ground for the Tour's unveiling of its new CEO, Brian Rolapp 05:00: How Rolapp's past at the NFL could inform the future of the Tour 11:00: What Tour players are saying about their new boss 17:30: The biggest challenges for Rolapp in the next few years 23:00: Jay Monahan will hand over day-to-day operations soon, and he's out entirely by late 2026 27:30: Two solutions to the Tour's signature-event model

0:00: What the heck did we just witness at Oakmont? 05:00: How J.J. Spaun rallied to win the U.S. Open 14:00: What we're writing for GolfChannel.com after the final round 18:30: Which players will be stinging the most after their Sunday performances? 28:00: Love It or Lav It: Oakmont as a Open venue, Rory's media explanation, Adam Scott's Hall of Fame candidacy 46:00: Final thoughts from the 2025 U.S. Open

0:00: Biggest takeaways from a better scoring day at Oakmont 03:30: How Sam Burns has kept himself in the lead at the U.S. Open 08:30: On the brink of the Hall of Fame, Adam Scott plays his way into the final group 14:00: The different paths to this point for J.J. Spaun and Viktor Hovland 19:00: Rory McIlroy (finally) meets the media

0:00: History tells us you better be in the top 5, so who do we trust? 04:00: Insight into Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland as we head into the weekend 07:30: For those just on the outside, a few big names have our attention 11:30: A bunch of big names (here's looking at you, Bryson) are headed home early

0:00: Rex issues a mea culpa -- sort of! 02:30: Where was all of the carnage at Oakmonster? 05:30: Brooks Koepka wakes up just in time for golf's toughest test 10:00: Scottie Scheffler makes 6 (!!!) bogeys in Round 1 13:00: Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy left disappointed by their starts 15:30: PGA Tour Enterprises has a new CEO. What does it mean?