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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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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

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Ryder Cup countdown: Biggest challenges for Captains Bradley, Donald

10/8/2024
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 America 20:30: Is the Ryder Cup's home-field advantage too significant? 24:00: Biggest challenges ahead for captains Bradley and Luke Donald 30:00: Rex cuts short his NYC boondoggle to return to his loving family in Florida

Duration:00:34:32

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Rex & Lav hit the pro-am circuit – and so do the Tour/PIF bosses

10/2/2024
0:00: Rex & Lav discuss their day at the Furyk & Friends pro-am with Eric Axley 07:30: Why this week's Dunhill Links on the DP World Tour feels like old times 12:00: Mapping out what a worldwide schedule could look like 17:30: What to read into the Jay Monahan/Yasir Al-Rumayyan pairing in Scotland

Duration:00:24:45

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Presidents Cup wrap: After another blowout, is this event broken?

9/29/2024
0:00: Something has to change at the Presidents Cup 07:30: What we're writing Sunday from Royal Montreal 13:00: What worked so well for the Americans this week 20:30: Standout performers on the U.S. and International side 26:30: Biggest disappointments from the week 33:00: Lasting memory from the Presidents Cup

Duration:00:35:43

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Presidents Cup Day 3: The Kims' antics can't save the Internationals

9/28/2024
0:00: What history tells us about this 11-7 margin by the Americans 03:00: The message that Jim Furyk should deliver to the team 06:00: What to make of International captain Mike Weir's lineup decisions 10:00: Standout performers and performances from Day 3 13:30: After lusty celebrations himself, Tom Kim cries foul 19:00: Breaking down the Sunday singles lineup, and a final score prediction

Duration:00:23:46

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Presidents Cup Day 2: Another sweep – and the most improbable day in cup history

9/27/2024
0:00: We were wrong – very, very wrong 06:00: The difference in the two days so far at Royal Montreal 11:00: Breakdown of Day 3 fourballs in the morning 13:30: Breakdown of the second match of Day 3 fourballs 14:30: Breakdown of the third match of Day 3 fourballs 16:00: Breakdown of the fourth match of Day 3 fourballs 17:30: What we're expecting Saturday at Royal Montreal

Duration:00:22:32

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Presidents Cup Day 1: Is this thing already over?

9/26/2024
0:00: After an American sweep, given their history, is this Presidents Cup already over? 05:30: Format-wise, is it easier to come back in a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup? 09:00: Standouts from the Day 1 fourballs at Royal Montreal 12:00: What the Tom Kim/Scottie Scheffler kerfuffle really told us 17:00: First pairing breakdown for Friday foursomes 18:30: Breakdown of second pairing 20:00: Breakdown of third pairing 22:30: Breakdown of fourth pairing 24:00: Breakdown of fifth pairing 25:00: A couple of head-scratchers so far for Mike Weir – and what we're expecting Friday

Duration:00:28:55

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Presidents Cup preview: Can the Internationals finally win one?

9/25/2024
0:00: Sorry for the delay, but happy to be back in your lives 1:30: What will be different this year for the Internationals 09:00: U.S. captain Jim Furyk seems to be inviting some second-guessing 13:00: Match 1 breakdown: Xander/Finau vs. J-Day/Ben An 17:00: Match 2 breakdown: Morikawa/Sahith vs. Adam Scott/Min Woo 20:00: Match 3 breakdown: Scottie/Henley vs. Sungjae/Tom Kim 23:30: Match 4 breakdown: Wyndham/Keegan vs. Pendrith/Bezuidenhout 25:30: Match 5 breakdown: Cantlay/Burns vs. Hideki/Conners 29:00: Overall thoughts on Day 1 fourballs 32:30: Who will be MVP for American/International teams 37:00: Which team wins the Presidents Cup, and why

Duration:00:39:47

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After LIV individual crown, is Jon Rahm's 2024 season a success?

9/16/2024
0:00: Takeaways from the U.S. team's victory at the Solheim Cup 05:30: What we can learn from Stacy Lewis' data-heavy approach to the captaincy 12:30: What does Jon Rahm's individual LIV title even mean? 17:30: LIV's relegation model feels like a missed opportunity 21:00: With his 2024 over, what should LIV do about Anthony Kim? 25:30: Rory McIlroy and another excruciating close call at the Irish Open 29:00: Quick hitters on the PGA Tour's fall opener 31:30: Rex will soon be a broken man

Duration:00:35:26

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2024 PGA Tour superlatives: Best stories, players, scenes of the year

9/11/2024
0:00: What does the latest Tour-PIF meeting mean? 09:00: Top player of the 2024 PGA Tour season 13:00: Breakout star 17:00: Most improved 21:00: Best tournament 24:00: Biggest moment 27:30: Most memorable scene 34:00: Biggest disappointments 39:00: What else to watch this week, including the Solheim Cup

Duration:00:47:42