Drop Zone - GOLF Podcast

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Golf writers Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier break down the biggest news and stories in the game. From in-depth interviews with golf’s biggest names to behind-the-scenes tales from tournaments to picks, takes, and more, the Drop Zone is the only golf podcast you’ll need!

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Match Play Revelations, Ror...

03.27.2023

The WGC-Match Play's final Austin edition made for a terrific finale. What's the future of Match Play on the PGA Tour? What do we make of Sam Burns' victory? How 'bout Rory McIlroy's viral tee shot? How are top pros ...

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03.27.2023 Match Play Revelations, Rory’s Drive, Buy or Sell?! The WGC-Match Play's final Austin edition made for a terrific finale. What's the future of Match Play on the PGA Tour? What do we make of Sam Burns' victory? How 'bout Rory McIlroy's viral tee shot? How are top pros ...
03.20.2023 This Is The New PGA Tour, Phil’s Comments, Explaining Golf Balls Sean reports in from the Valspar Championship, where the PGA Tour wraps its Florida Swing and eyes the future. Phil Mickelson spoke out from LIV's Tucson event, where he took a new tack in pro golf's culture wars. And we're ...
03.13.2023 Players Recap! Scottie’s Dominance, Player Meeting Drama, PGA Tour’s State of the Union Scottie Scheffler blew away the field at TPC Sawgrass, PGA Tour players made their opinions known, Jay Monahan spoke, Rory McIlroy struggled and Tyrrell Hatton showed up like we've never seen him before. Dylan and Sean recap all things Players ...
03.08.2023 Keegan Bradley Interview! Dreams, Anxieties, LIV Pals, Ryder Cups, Belly Putters, Shooting 88 At this week's Players, Dylan sits down with fellow New Englander Keegan Bradley for an in-depth sitdown. Bradley keeps it real, explaining why golf is so hard for him, how he channels his anxious energy, what it meant not to ...
03.06.2023 Bay Hill Breakdown! Plus PGA Tour Changes—Good or Bad? Let’s dive into the wildest PGA Tour Sunday of the year! How did Kurt Kitayama win? How did Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and others come up short? Dylan and Sean dive into the results from Bay Hill, run ...
02.26.2023 Geno Bonnalie Interview! Netflix’s Favorite Caddie Gets Real Geno Bonnalie is Joel Dahmen's longtime caddie. He's also among the stars of Netflix's new show, 'Full Swing.' He joins the podcast from a hilarious location to talk through becoming a TV star plus what life is actually like on ...
02.20.2023 Rahm at Riviera, Homa at Home, Tiger Woods’ Future Recorded from the balcony of the Riviera clubhouse, Sean and Dylan break down a week in Los Angeles. What makes Jon Rahm so good? What made Max Homa break down post-round? How promising was Tiger Woods' week, and what can ...
02.15.2023 Tiger Woods Learnings, Netflix Winners and Losers How did Tiger Woods look in person at the Genesis Invitational? What did he say? Plus Sean and Dylan break down life at Riviera Country Club — and then take a dive into the Netflix show (21:04), Full Swing, including ...
02.06.2023 Phil’s Back, Pebble’s ”Problem,” Netflix Sneak Peek Phil Mickelson is back on the golf course, back at the microphone and back on Twitter. Pebble Beach feels diminished — but is that actually a problem? Dylan Dethier and Sean Zak unpack the week's hot topics, run through a ...
02.01.2023 We Ranked the 30 Best Golfers in the World Who’s No. 1? In a time of uncertainty for the OWGR, the Drop Zone introduces a world ranking of its own — a collaborative, chaotic back and forth that explores how the best male golfers on Earth stack up against ...
01.30.2023 Inside Homa’s win, Rory vs. Reed, LIV’s new dilemma Torrey? TeeGate? TreeGate? What a week in professional golf. Torrey Pines produced another exciting winner in Max Homa. Meanwhile Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed were embroiled in either the dumbest or most fascinating golf story of the year. Dylan and ...
01.18.2023 Inside Golf’s Free Agency with Jonathan Wall Money is changing everything in professional golf. Pros are making it differently. Sponsors are spending it differently. Big names are on the move, from Nelly Korda and Kevin Kisner to No Laying Up, Barstool and Good Good. For gear guru ...
01.11.2023 2023 Bold Predictions, Golf Media Landscape with James Colgan Sean and Dylan are joined by James Colgan to share their boldest predictions for 2023 with thoughts on the Masters, LIV, major winners, Tiger and more. Then James gives us a run-down of all the changes coming to golf broadcasts ...
01.05.2023 Patrick Cantlay Interview! Golf’s Mysterious Star Opens Up When Patrick Cantlay speaks, it's worth paying attention. This week's Drop Zone — live from Kapalua! — features a wide-ranging discussion with Cantlay that covers the state of the professional game, LIV rumors, his perception among the general public, what ...
12.22.2022 Kyle Porter Breaks Down 2022 (Golf Year In Review, Pt. 2) Kyle Porter joins the show to analyze the past six months in pro golf, from Rory McIlroy's run at St. Andrews to what professional golf actually looks like to the Delaware Compromise to LIV's successes to what the heck happens ...
12.19.2022 Shane Bacon Breaks Down 2022 (Golf Year In Review, Pt. 1) Shane Bacon joins the show for a plunge into the 2022 golf season, from LIV's intrusion to the PGA Tour's product to the moments you may have missed from the first half of the year. From World Ranking upheaval to ...
12.05.2022 What We Learned at the Hero: Tiger’s Takes, Tour’s Future, Norman, More Fresh off a week at the Hero World Challenge, the Drop Zone breaks down sights and sounds from on the ground in the Bahamas. From Tiger Woods sightings — and Sam Bankman-Fried sightings! — to Elevated Events, blackjack tables, Jon ...
11.21.2022 Why Golfers are Mad—and Whether They Should Be Big-time figures in the golf world are mad. Mad about the OWGR, mad about the new schedule, mad about the players, mad about the leadership, mad about their sponsorships. From Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy to Greg Norman to tour ...
11.13.2022 What’s Tiger Woods doing? Why it’s now Tiger Season—and what it means This episode is all about Tiger Woods. Where is Tiger in his golf career right now — and what can we expect for the future? Sean Zak and Dylan Dethier break down why Woods is playing a bunch in December ...
10.31.2022 LIV Season Breakdown: Successes! Failures! What’s Next! After a wild week at LIV Miami, LIV's first season is in the books — and our Sean Zak was there all week to bear witness. What did we learn? What should we make of LIV's successes and failures? What's ...
10.17.2022 4 Big Questions for Pro Golf: Keegan/Rickie, Shipnuck/Phil, LIV/PGA Tour, more We thought golf's offseason would feel a whole lot more offseason-y than this! Dylan and Sean break down golf's biggest burning questions, from Phil Mickelson's tiff with Alan Shipnuck to LIV's tiff with the OWGR to Keegan Bradley's bid for ...
10.13.2022 Report Card with Mackenzie Hughes: Weird rules issues, missing the Presidents Cup and finally winning again Recent winner Mackenzie Hughes joins the Drop Zone for a deep-dive breakdown of his entire year. From getting caught in a wacky rules issue (twice!) to barely missing the Presidents Cup to nabbing that second career victory just two weeks ...
10.10.2022 Playing the Dream Golf Trip: 3 Open Courses, 3 Days Three Open Championship sites in three countries — in three days? Even for golf writers, these sorts of trips don't come along every day. But Dylan and Sean trekked to Royal Portrush, Royal Liverpool and Royal Troon to walk in ...
10.02.2022 Michelle Wie Interview: Highs, Lows, Serena, Little League, Trash Bags, More Michelle Wie joins the Drop Zone! She's here to introduce her brand-new LPGA event as well as to reflect on her career up to this point. Wie opens up on her heroes, her entry into golf, her career highs and ...
09.26.2022 Presidents Cup Recap! Grades for both teams, What it looked like in person What a week in Charlotte! We break down everything you saw and didn’t see from the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow. Dylan provides grades for various players (Jordan Spieth gets an A+) and also for inanimate objects (USA uniforms get ...
09.18.2022 Presidents Cup Preview! Trevor Immelman Interview, How Internationals Could Win It's Presidents Cup Week, and International Team captain Trevor Immelman joins the Drop Zone! He breaks down his team's chances, their role as the underdog, dealing with LIV defections and why the Presidents Cup matters. Then Sean and Dylan run ...
09.12.2022 Report Card with Xander Schauffele: On Winning, LIV, Ryder Cup, Phil, More Xander Schauffele joins the Drop Zone for a deep-dive breakdown of a wild PGA Tour season that changed the Tour and changed his career, too. From playing the Ryder Cup to a career-changing stretch of wins to LIV negotiations to ...
09.07.2022 Inside the LIV-PGA Tour Clash at Wentworth ft. Jamie Weir This week, the drama of the pro golf world is at Wentworth in London, where the everyone is speaking their mind. Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Ian Poulter, Shane Lowry — you name it — everyone is chiming in from the ...
09.05.2022 LIV’s Next Chapter ft. Claire Rogers From Boston A week after Rory McIlroy struck gold on the PGA Tour, LIV Boston seemed to mark a win for the breakaway tour. Claire Rogers joins Sean and Dylan from on the ground in Boston, where she shares her impressions of ...
08.29.2022 Now What?! Big Golf Questions, PGA Tour Fights Back, LIV Signings, Rory Drops Mic The PGA Tour hit back at LIV with some big-time changes — and did so while Sean was out on vacation. What did he miss? A Patrick Reed lawsuit, a Rory McIlroy comeback, more LIV signings, more PGA Tour meetings ...
08.22.2022 Tiger Woods, Shadow Commissioner? The Meeting, The Playoffs, The Future Tiger Woods headlined a secret meeting of PGA Tour players as they prepare for battle with LIV. What did they discuss and what does it mean for pro golf’s future? Dylan Dethier and Luke Kerr-Dineen dive into Patrick Cantlay’s win, ...
08.10.2022 Courtroom Drama! Inside LIV/PGA Tour Legal Battle, Cam Smith, Muirfield The Drop Zone was inside the courtroom with lawyers from LIV and the PGA Tour! Well, our first guest was, at least. Writer Josh Sens joins the pod to reveal what he learned from on site and then Sean and ...
08.01.2022 Finau’s Game-Changer, LIV Gets Political, Pints with a St. Andrews Champ This week’s Drop Zone: Why Tony Finau’s Detroit win is such a game-changer, what happens when LIV gets political and what it’s like when a DP World Tour winner celebrates down the street from Sean! The fellas break down this ...
07.24.2022 Eddie Pepperell Interview: On LIV, Money, Chasing His Game Eddie Pepperell can be tough to put in a box, which makes him one of golf’s most intriguing voices. The British pro joins the Drop Zone to break down the future of golf, why he wouldn’t join LIV, his search ...
07.18.2022 Open Recap: Rory’s Heartbreak, Cam Smith’s Genius, What We Saw Up Close What an Open that was! Sean and Dylan were there for every second of it in St. Andrews as Rory McIlroy and Cam Smith battled down the stretch. We discuss everything we saw this week, including an emotional final scene ...
07.12.2022 Open Preview, Tiger Woods update, Sean’s caddie adventures The boys are in St. Andrews this week, reunited at last! They breakdown everything you need to know about The Open, the Old Course, Sean's week caddying in the Scottish Open and more. RADMOR DISCOUNT CODE: Use code DROPZONE at ...
07.05.2022 Summer Golf Chaos: LIV In Person, Tour Drama, Sean’s Caddie Assignment Coming off a few days at LIV's U.S. debut in Portland, Dylan and Sean break down what they witnessed and what it all means for the future of LIV's tour. What happens next and what does it mean for the ...
06.24.2022 What Does It All Mean?! PGA Tour’s Next Move, Scotland Update LIV rolls on and Brooks Koepka has left the PGA Tour — but now the PGA Tour has punched back. What does it all mean?!? Sean Zak chimes back in with proper perspective from St. Andrews, the fellas break down ...
06.20.2022 US Open Recap: Fitz’s Magic, Brookline’s Show, Winners and No-Shows From a parking lot outside The Country Club, Dylan Dethier and Luke Kerr-Dineen break down all things U.S. Open, from the winner (Matthew Fitzpatrick!) to the contenders to what this week meant for the entire sport of golf. From Keegan ...
06.15.2022 US Open Preview: 10 Big Questions, Picks, Sleepers, Sights and Sounds Reporting live from The Country Club, the Drop Zone brings you the inside scoop on this week’s U.S. Open. From LIV drama to Brookline storylines to 10 burning questions about this week’s events, Dylan Dethier, Claire Rogers and Luke Kerr-Dineen ...
06.13.2022 What LIV Was Really Like, Rory’s Win, Tour War with Greg Norman Begins Sean Zak was at the first-ever LIV Invitational. What was it like? He breaks down the action from inside the ropes and inside the draft party, explains why LIV’s launch was a complex success and dives into what happens next. ...
06.09.2022 Kevin Clark on LIV, Formula 1-Golf Comparisons, Fixing the PGA Tour Senior Writer Kevin Clark of The Ringer joins the Drop Zone to break down the latest LIV revelations, discuss the PGA Tour's future, dish on his unsuccessful gambling formula, explain what golf can learn from Formula 1 and then make ...
06.06.2022 Mike Whan Interview, Golf’s Future, U.S. Women’s Open, Memorial USGA CEO Mike Whan joins this week's Drop Zone to break down the state of golf, from the U.S. Women's Open to LIV's effect on the PGA Tour to the actual purpose of the USGA. He also explains how selling ...
06.01.2022 LIV Golf Breakdown, Rachel Heck Interview, Sean Zak’s Scottish Adventure With the LIV Golf list finally released, Sean and Dylan break down what's next for the PGA Tour, what the perfect response would look like, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and more. Rachel Heck joins the show to talk national championships ...
05.23.2022 PGA Championship Recap: JT’s Charge, Southern Hills, Willy Z, Mito, Tiger How the hell did Justin Thomas end up winning the PGA Championship? Dylan and Sean break down what JT's charge felt like from on the ground at Southern Hills. Then they tackle Mito Pereira's gutting finish, Will Zalatoris' major championship ...
05.18.2022 PGA Championship Preview: Predictions, Analysis, Picks from Southern Hills The Drop Zone is in Tulsa and reporting on all things PGA Championship, bringing you the scoop from on the ground at Southern Hills. How will the course play? What type of player does it favor? Who are the smartest ...
05.16.2022 Scottie Scheffler Interview, PGA Championship Preview World No. 1 and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler joins the Drop Zone (!!) to review his red-hot start to 2022, break down each of his wins and reveal how he celebrated his Masters victory. Plus Dylan and Sean break down ...
05.11.2022 Rick Reilly Interview, PGA Tour Stock Exchange Update Legendary sportswriter Rick Reilly joins the Drop Zone (2:05) to tell a series of terrific golf stories, dish on Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, break down what the internet has done to sportswriting and tell us about his new book, ...
05.09.2022 Wells Fargo Recap: Homa’s Moment, Rory’s Status, PGA Favorites Max Homa edged out Keegan Bradley at the Wells Fargo Championship. What did we learn about Homa? What did we learn about Bradley? How about Rory McIlroy? Sean and Dylan break down the action from TPC Potomac, look ahead to ...
05.02.2022 Jon Rahm’s statement, Tiger’s major future, Phil rumors, Marina Alex’s win Jon Rahm’s victory at the Mexico Open begs the question: With apologies to Scottie Scheffler, is he the best golfer in the world? Marina Alex caps off a dramatic week at Palos Verdes with a win of her own. Tiger ...

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