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Drop Zone - GOLF Podcast — 398 episodes

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1

TGL In Person, Pre-Ryder Cup Drama, Players Favorites, 10 Qs

2

The GOLF Oscars, Netflix S3 Review, Arnold Palmer Exemption Weirdness, NBC's Odd Snafu

3

Bamberger-Dethier on Netflix, Golf’s White House Visit, Favorite Pro Interviews, Florida

4

Ludvig's Big Win, What Golf TV Ratings Mean, Was LIV's $5 Billion A Bargain?

5

Golf Stuff That Matters w/ Michael Bamberger ft. Tiger, Trump, Spieth, Phoenix, Genesis, More

6

What Rory's Win Means, Pro Sends Odd Email, Inside a PGA Tour Meeting, Stories from Pebble

7

State of Golf w/ Michael Bamberger

8

Solving Slow Play, What LIV's Deal Means, TGL's 4 Challenges

9

TGL Takes, Lessons From Hawaii, NFL-Golf Comps, ex-LIVer gripes

10

Inside Xander Schauffele's Cave | World No. 2 Talks Majors, Stalactites, More

11

We Fixed the PGA Tour! Plus TGL Predictions, Tiger's PIP Legacy and More

12

Red-Hot 2025 Golf Predictions: LIV Wins, Grand Slams, Leadership Changes, More

13

Tiger Up Close, Claire's Florida Adventure, TGL, LIV, Showdown, more

14

Scottie’s Arrest Zapruder, Tiger’s Tree Handshake, Rory Encounters: Golf 2024 Year In Review

15

Is Scottie Worth $765 mil? Plus Tiger Lessons, Creator Talk, Random Major Contenders

16

LIV’s Latest Moves, Predicting Tiger, Phil Mickelson’s Beef

17

Major Drop Zone Announcement

18

Morikawa vs. Hovland, Grading LIV’s Season, Predicting the Future

19

PGA Tour-LIV Future, Ryder Cup Fallout, PGL? | 7 Golf Quotes, Unpacked

20

RYDER CUP GRADES: Players, captains, course

21

RYDER CUP PREVIEW: Who’s gonna win?!

22

Buy or Sell?! Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup Burning Questions

23

Wild Forgotten 2023 PGA Tour Moments, Ryder Cup Picks

24

Ryder Cup Reactions! Snubs, Surprises, Sadness

25

Hovland Insanity, Tour Champ Preview, U.S. Ryder Cup Drama

26

Brandel Chamblee’s Unfiltered LIV Takes, ’Merger’ Reaction

27

Brandel Chamblee’s Origin Story

28

Playoff Drama, Bryson’s 58, What’s Next?!

29

Ryder Cup Draft: Here’s Who We’d Pick Today

30

OPEN RECAP: Winners and Losers from Royal Liverpool

31

OPEN PREVIEW: 10 Best Storylines, Picks, Sleepers

32

US Women’s Open, LIV London Live, Ryder Cup Speculation

33

Rickie Fowler Triumphs, Sean Explores England

34

VIKTOR HOVLAND interview, Keegan’s Crowning, Women’s PGA

35

US Open, 1 Day Later: Good and Bad from LACC

36

US OPEN PREVIEW: Picks, Learnings, PIF/Tour update

37

Nick Taylor’s Epic Canadian Moment, PGA Tour/PIF Updates from Toronto

38

PGA Tour-LIV merger instant reactions, Winners, losers from wild day in golf

39

Rose Zhang’s epic victory, Hovland wins at Jack’s Place, Phil vs. Rory

40

Weekly Winners, Floating Golf Ball, LIV Claims, Ryder Cup Chatter

41

PGA RECAP: Brooks Koepka is BACK, Viktor’s fight, Bryson back too?

42

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: Most at stake, best bets

43

Wells Fargo Recap, FedEx Madness, PGA Favorites, LIV Needs, Our Golf Goals

44

Tony Finau a Top 5 player? 10 questions for Sean and Dylan

45

Golf’s New Major, Tiger Woods’ Future, Stories from Chevron

46

Spieth vs. Fitz, Cantlay’s Pace, Rory’s Absence

47

MASTERS RECAP: Rahm, Koepka, Phil, LIV, Tiger, Augusta — Good Week or Bad Week?

48

MASTERS PREVIEW: Who to Bet, What to Watch

49

Match Play Revelations, Rory’s Drive, Buy or Sell?!

50

This Is The New PGA Tour, Phil’s Comments, Explaining Golf Balls

51

Players Recap! Scottie’s Dominance, Player Meeting Drama, PGA Tour’s State of the Union

52

Keegan Bradley Interview! Dreams, Anxieties, LIV Pals, Ryder Cups, Belly Putters, Shooting 88

53

Bay Hill Breakdown! Plus PGA Tour Changes—Good or Bad?

54

Geno Bonnalie Interview! Netflix’s Favorite Caddie Gets Real

55

Rahm at Riviera, Homa at Home, Tiger Woods’ Future

56

Tiger Woods Learnings, Netflix Winners and Losers

57

Phil’s Back, Pebble’s ”Problem,” Netflix Sneak Peek

58

We Ranked the 30 Best Golfers in the World

59

Inside Homa’s win, Rory vs. Reed, LIV’s new dilemma

60

Inside Golf’s Free Agency with Jonathan Wall

61

2023 Bold Predictions, Golf Media Landscape with James Colgan

62

Patrick Cantlay Interview! Golf’s Mysterious Star Opens Up

63

Kyle Porter Breaks Down 2022 (Golf Year In Review, Pt. 2)

64

Shane Bacon Breaks Down 2022 (Golf Year In Review, Pt. 1)

65

What We Learned at the Hero: Tiger’s Takes, Tour’s Future, Norman, More

66

Why Golfers are Mad—and Whether They Should Be

67

What’s Tiger Woods doing? Why it’s now Tiger Season—and what it means

68

LIV Season Breakdown: Successes! Failures! What’s Next!

69

4 Big Questions for Pro Golf: Keegan/Rickie, Shipnuck/Phil, LIV/PGA Tour, more

70

Report Card with Mackenzie Hughes: Weird rules issues, missing the Presidents Cup and finally winning again

71

Playing the Dream Golf Trip: 3 Open Courses, 3 Days

72

Michelle Wie Interview: Highs, Lows, Serena, Little League, Trash Bags, More

73

Presidents Cup Recap! Grades for both teams, What it looked like in person

74

Presidents Cup Preview! Trevor Immelman Interview, How Internationals Could Win

75

Report Card with Xander Schauffele: On Winning, LIV, Ryder Cup, Phil, More

76

Inside the LIV-PGA Tour Clash at Wentworth ft. Jamie Weir

77

LIV’s Next Chapter ft. Claire Rogers From Boston

78

Now What?! Big Golf Questions, PGA Tour Fights Back, LIV Signings, Rory Drops Mic

79

Tiger Woods, Shadow Commissioner? The Meeting, The Playoffs, The Future

80

Courtroom Drama! Inside LIV/PGA Tour Legal Battle, Cam Smith, Muirfield

81

Finau’s Game-Changer, LIV Gets Political, Pints with a St. Andrews Champ

82

Eddie Pepperell Interview: On LIV, Money, Chasing His Game

83

Open Recap: Rory’s Heartbreak, Cam Smith’s Genius, What We Saw Up Close

84

Open Preview, Tiger Woods update, Sean’s caddie adventures

85

Summer Golf Chaos: LIV In Person, Tour Drama, Sean’s Caddie Assignment

86

What Does It All Mean?! PGA Tour’s Next Move, Scotland Update

87

US Open Recap: Fitz’s Magic, Brookline’s Show, Winners and No-Shows

88

US Open Preview: 10 Big Questions, Picks, Sleepers, Sights and Sounds

89

What LIV Was Really Like, Rory’s Win, Tour War with Greg Norman Begins

90

Kevin Clark on LIV, Formula 1-Golf Comparisons, Fixing the PGA Tour

91

Mike Whan Interview, Golf’s Future, U.S. Women’s Open, Memorial

92

LIV Golf Breakdown, Rachel Heck Interview, Sean Zak’s Scottish Adventure

93

PGA Championship Recap: JT’s Charge, Southern Hills, Willy Z, Mito, Tiger

94

PGA Championship Preview: Predictions, Analysis, Picks from Southern Hills

95

Scottie Scheffler Interview, PGA Championship Preview

96

Rick Reilly Interview, PGA Tour Stock Exchange Update

97

Wells Fargo Recap: Homa’s Moment, Rory’s Status, PGA Favorites

98

Jon Rahm’s statement, Tiger’s major future, Phil rumors, Marina Alex’s win

99

DJ + Paulina’s Wedding, Xander + Cantlay’s Win, Claire Rogers Joins

100

What Jordan Spieth’s Win Means, Tiger’s Announcement, PGA Tour Vibe Checks

101

Masters Recap: Scheffler’s win, Rory’s 64, Tiger, Strikes and Gutters

102

Masters Preview: Every Golfer’s Chances (LIVE From Augusta)

103

Peyton Manning Talks Augusta, Gives Golf Advice, Tiger Woods Masters Preview

104

Colt Knost Interview: Hosting Subpar, Predicting Tiger’s plans, Playing Michael Jordan

105

New World No. 1, Match Play Recap, Talking Tiger, Conspiracy Theories

106

10 PGA Tour Pros Chasing A Comeback, Breakaway Golf Tour Surprises

107

Players Recap, The Controversial Drop, Tiger Woods’ Speech

108

Commissioner Monahan vs. Mickelson, PGA Tour Stock Exchange update

109

Controversial Course Setups, Mayhem at Bay Hill, Breaking Par 30x in a Row

110

Is Phil Actually Canceled? Plus Dream Golf Feeds, Norman’s Letter, Honda Classic Recap

111

Saudi League Shockers, Riviera Highlights, Interviewing Steve Williams

112

PGA Tour’s Big Win, Charley Hoffman’s Misfire, WM Phoenix Open Recap

113

Spieth’s Metaphorical Cliff, Mickelson’s Real Motive, Pebble Beach

114

Rory’s Decision, Torrey Pines Recap, Xander Schauffele Gives Golf Advice

115

Why Tour players complain, and what ”being scratch” actually means

116

Inside The Netflix/PGA Tour Show, 10 Burning Questions for the LPGA Season

117

PGA Tour Overreactions, Mark Rolfing on the Magic of the Hawaii Swing

118

Bold Golf Predictions for 2022, Introducing the PGA Tour Stock Exchange

119

Tiger and Charlie Woods Up Close, Kira K. Dixon on Her Golf Channel Rookie Year

120

Golf‘s weirdest moments with Kyle Porter, Tiger‘s comeback, great news for muni golf

121

Tiger‘s Reveal, Hovland‘s Win and 10 Burning Questions from the Hero World Challenge

122

Breaking down Tiger Woods‘ appearance: What‘s fair game — and what‘s next for Tiger?

123

DJ Piehowski on No Laying Up’s magic, Succession-PGA Tour comps, Tiger Woods stories with Claire Rogers

124

GOLF‘s Top 100 Courses are out! Rater Lukas Michel explains what makes a golf course *great*

125

Martin Trainer on riding the PGA Tour rollercoaster, Houston Open breakdown, Nelly Korda‘s win

126

Pro Golf‘s Big Changes, Winners and Losers from Mayakoba

127

Solo Sean pod! A wacky golf course, Rory‘s mindset, a women‘s course and more

128

Our 10 favorite golf courses in the world

129

Brooks v. Bryson is REAL, Phil wins and a crazy LPGA record is set

130

What Bryson‘s Long Drive week looked like up close

131

Ryder Cup Recap! Inside Team USA‘s blowout win, how to fix Team Europe

132

Ryder Cup Preview! Sizing up each Team USA player against their counterpart

133

PGA Tour NFL Quarterback comps! Who is the Aaron Rodgers of the PGA Tour?

134

Ryder Cup picks reaction! We break down the six U.S. captain‘s picks

135

Best playoff ... ever? Cantlay wins, Bryson bombs and Ryder Cup teams assemble

136

Tony Finau-lly gets it done and Carnoustie strikes again

137

Kevin Kisner for Ryder Cup? U.S. Amateur format and Women's Open preview

138

Xander wins gold! What it looked like on-site in Japan

139

Olympics Preview! What the golf is like in Japan and our favorite sports to watch

140

Major Grades! The Best and Worst of 7 Majors in 11 Months

141

British Open Preview! And the celebrity golf scene in Tahoe

142

Phil Mickelson vs. Local Media, Bryson DeChambeau and his caddie, Cam Davis wins!

143

Nelly Korda has won a major(!), an 8-hole playoff(?) and reversible courses

144

Jon Rahm wins a U.S. Open thriller, everyone collapsed, and will Torrey host ever again?

145

U.S. Open Preview: Brooks v. Bryson, Torrey Pines setup, Buy or Sell everyone's chances

146

Highs and lows of the U.S. Women's Open, Memorial madness and Ryder Cup projections

147

Phil Mickelson wins, Brooks Koepka falters and more from Kiawah Island

148

PGA Championship Predictions: Spieth's Form, Rory's Return and 9 Burning Questions

149

Rory's statement win, one big caddie moment and the truth about 'super leagues'

150

Phil Mickelson's "focus," Pine Valley's big decision, Sam Burns gets it done

151

Perfecting Team Golf, LPGA Scheduling and a Tiger Woods Update

152

Lydia Ko wins, Stewart Cink continues to amaze, and Billy Horschel is 1st-team all-spicy

153

Takeaways from the Masters

154

MASTERS Preview: Spieth the favorite? DJ defending? Bryson's first impressions

155

Match Play madness, DJ vs. Kevin Na, Dahmen's long-awaited win

156

PGA Tour Midseason Awards

157

Players Breakdown: JT's complex Sunday and learnings from Westwood, Bryson and Rory

158

Drop Zone is BACK

159

Untold stories from 2020

160

Cameron Champ knows he has power

161

Golf's Biggest Winners of 2020

162

Masters Recap: Everything we learned at the November Masters

163

The Ultimate Masters Preview

164

Jack Nicklaus on the Masters, Augusta National and the evolution of golf

165

Daniel Berger on Growing Up in Golf's Mecca and Re-finding his Game

166

How Bandon Dunes revolutionized golf

167

Collin Morikawa on becoming a prodigy

168

Xander Schauffele at Home

169

Bryson DeChambeau on bringing Winged Foot to its knees, changing golf and tackling Augusta National

170

Bryson DeChambeau on growing up different, changing golf and winning the U.S. Open (part 1)

171

Watching Bryson win the U.S. Open (and celebrate afterward)

172

Winged Foot insiders dish on winning secrets

173

The best short courses in the world

174

Caddying with Tiger Woods

175

Golf in the NBA Bubble

176

Inside the PGA's Wild Finish with Alan Shipnuck

177

Golf Bettors' Biggest Myths, with DataGolf

178

My first week as a PGA Tour caddie

179

Tiger Woods is Back

180

Who's the Best Player in the World ... Right Now?

181

Bryson DeChambeau is changing golf

182

Raising Rory McIlroy

183

Phil Mickelson, Legendary Golfer

184

Everything you forgot about the PGA Tour

185

On the ground at The Match II

186

How the coronavirus is changing golf’s future

187

Selling golf's treasures

188

What Malcolm Gladwell got wrong about golf

189

Tiger Woods' club wizard

190

Tiger Woods gave her a Buick

191

Michael Jordan, Legendary Golfer

192

He has more aces than you

193

The man who died at Amen Corner

194

Tiger Woods' Second Life

195

A new Drop Zone, coming soon...

196

Robert Trent Jones Jr. on the art of golf course design

197

Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom

198

WGC-Mexico Recap: Reed vs. Bryson and lessons from the West Coast Swing

199

Joel Dahmen and Life on Tour

200

Genesis Invitational Recap: Scott’s win, Rory’s struggles, Tiger’s no-show and Riv’s greatness

201

The Long Road Back to the PGA Tour, with Joseph Bramlett

202

Genesis Preview, Riviera History with Geoff Shackelford

203

DISTANCE REPORT! What the USGA's conclusions mean for golf

204

Lucas Wald on Swinging Like the Greats

205

Fasting with Phil Mickelson

206

A wild Hawaii finish, Charlie Woods' swing backlash, and is Patrick Reed underrated?!

207

BOLD Predictions for 2020

208

Presidents Cup mayhem, Tiger Woods' leadership and Patrick Reed's future

209

Presidents Cup Preview w/ Shipnuck & Bamberger

210

Chris Como

211

Brandel Chamblee 2.0

212

George Gankas

213

Suzy Whaley, The Future of Golf Coaching

214

Players of the Decade, Ranked!

215

Tiger Woods' past, present and future with Michael Bamberger

216

Japan Skins recap! Rory talks Brooks, Tiger struggles and rallies, best/worst moments

217

Steph Curry

218

Would you rather have the putting yips or driver yips?

219

PGA Tour Overreactions and Slugger White!

220

Bronte Law breaks down her wild Solheim Cup

221

Solheim MADNESS! Alan Shipnuck's mailbag, Joaquin Niemann is damn good

222

Torrey Pines, Danielle Kang and why you'd BETTER watch the Solheim Cup

223

PGA Tour Awards, a second Sweetens Cove, QB comps, Abe Ancer

224

Rory's rollercoaster season; Steve Sands

225

Are Tour courses difficult enough; Shane Bacon

226

Pace of Play Confrontations; Dylan Frittelli

227

The Tour's Emotional Rollercoaster; Martin Trainer

228

The Brooks Koepka Era; Notah Begay

229

Shane Lowry's Epic Open Win

230

British Open Preview with Shipnuck and Bamberger

231

Cristie Kerr on Equal Pay, "Total Domination," and the Solheim Cup

232

U.S. Open 2019 Recap

233

U.S. Open Moving Day Recap

234

U.S. Open Round 2 Recap

235

U.S. Open Round 1 Recap

236

Brooks Koepka, Press Conference King

237

Picking The Brain of Phil's Personal Club Builder

238

U.S. Open Preview

239

The Long Drive Experience

240

Colin Montgomerie

241

Will The 2024 Ryder Cup Be A Disaster?

242

Watching The PGA With Koepka's Girlfriend Jena Sims

243

Brooks Koepka's Major Statement

244

The Legend of Bethpage Black

245

PGA Championship Preview

246

Bethpage Black's Mysterious Warning Sign

247

Evolution of Course Design

248

Rory McIlroy at 30

249

Playing and Staying at Pinehurst

250

Anthony Kim Sighting

251

Ben Crenshaw has some tasty Masters Champions Dinner tales

252

Masters Preview: Shipnuck & Bamberger

253

The Ultimate Bandon Dunes Experience

254

Bob Vokey, March Equipment Roundup

255

How to develop a strong mental game

256

Jordan Spieth talks shoes with Jon Wall

257

Sergio Garcia, January equipment rundown

258

Relaunching GOLF Magazine

259

Shipnuck & Bamberger Preview 2019

260

Bold Predictions for 2019

261

How Mizzen+Main got Phil Mickelson to dance on TV

262

Cameron Champ, Sam Burns and Joaquin Niemann

263

Matt Parziale // Bermuda Golf

264

Tiger v. Phil — Pick a side!

265

'Equipment Woj' Jonathan Wall

266

Jup Life!

267

Team USA: Where the hell are we right now?

268

Ryder Cup Preview from the French Countryside

269

Brendan Steele 2.0

270

Stewart Cink

271

Sergio Garcia

272

Dustin Johnson + Drop Zone, Ep. 3 (ft. Tyrrell Hatton)

273

Shipnuck & Bamberger from St. Louis

274

Roadtrippin' To Bellerive

275

Shipnuck & Bamberger from St. Andrews

276

British Open Preview

277

Shipnuck & Bamberger: U.S. Open Recap

278

Greg Norman

279

In the Mag: June

280

Emma Talley

281

In the Mag: May

282

The Making of Caddyshack

283

Recapping the Masters from Waffle House

284

Masters Preview

285

Roadtrippin' to the Masters

286

Jim Nantz

287

Rewatching the Masters: 1968

288

Roger Maltbie

289

Christina Kim

290

Jessica and Nelly Korda

291

Tony Finau

292

Things We Must Discuss

293

The State of Tiger Woods

294

The Story of Vokey Wedges

295

Fred Couples

296

Kevin Na

297

John Ashworth

298

BOLD Predictions for 2018

299

Wayne Westner, Troubled Off the Tee

300

What's the value of a muni? On the life and death of Lakeshore Golf Course

301

The Tiger Takes

302

Maverick McNealy

303

John Feinstein

304

Olin Browne

305

Steve Flesch

306

Stanford Golf Coach Conrad Ray

307

Scott McCarron

308

Peter Malnati

309

Paul Goydos 2.0

310

Dean Wilson

311

Remembering 9/11

312

The Top 100 Courses in the World

313

Jhonattan Vegas

314

Recapping the PGA Championship

315

Inside Donald Trump's Ties to Golf

316

In Love with Links Golf

317

The Story of Seamus Golf

318

The U.S. Open and a career of covering it

319

Andy Dillard and the 1992 U.S. Open

320

Dave Pelz

321

Keegan Bradley

322

Tour caddie Kip Henley

323

Sean Foley

324

Paul Casey

325

Danielle Kang

326

The Story of Arccos

327

Sandra Gal

328

The Masters & the Art of Covering it

329

The 2017 Masters

330

Masters Preview

331

Jane Park

332

The Hot Take Podcast 2.0

333

Peter Jacobsen

334

Ian Poulter

335

NOW is the Time for Golf Course Development

336

Lydia Ko

337

The Rules of Golf Are Changing!

338

Jordan Spieth's coach Cameron McCormick

339

Danny Willett

340

Visiting Streamsong

341

Zac Blair 2.0

342

Phil Mickelson

343

Greg Norman ep 1

344

Tony Ruggiero

345

ESPN's Chris Fallica

346

You've Been Playing Match Play All Wrong

347

Before Hideki Matsuyama, There Was Jumbo Ozaki

348

Tiger Woods, Then and Now

349

Gil Hanse

350

Pat Perez

351

Cody Gribble

352

Padraig Harrington v2

353

The Ghost of Tiger Woods

354

The Ryder Cup You Didn't See on TV

355

Curtis Strange

356

Remembering Arnold Palmer

357

Mike Tirico

358

Make Golf Great Again

359

Do Ryder Cup Captains Even Matter?

360

Tiger Woods Returns

361

Ryder Cup: Who Should Davis Love Choose?

362

Inbee Park on Winning a Gold Medal

363

Zac Blair

364

Alan Shipnuck at the Olympics

365

ESPN's Tom Rinaldi

366

Jimmy Walker, Major Champion

367

Henrik Stenson, Open Champion

368

Jordan Spieth's Method to Joining the PGA

369

Dustin Johnson, Major Champion

370

Oakmont Head Pro Bob Ford

371

Natalie Gulbis

372

Martin Kaymer

373

Mark Calcavecchia

374

Debunking the 5 Biggest Myths in Golf

375

The Mental Game

376

Playing Augusta National One Day After The Masters

377

Masters: Spieth's Collapse and Willett's Win

378

Masters: Saturday Breakdown

379

Masters: Friday Breakdown

380

Masters: Thursday Breakdown

381

The 'Hot Take' Podcast

382

Caddie Steve Williams

383

How an Amateur Preps for Augusta National and The Masters

384

Peter Jacobsen

385

Hank Haney

386

Harold Varner III

387

Mark Rolfing

388

2015: The Year in Golf

389

Earning a Tee Time on The Most Exclusive Courses in the World

390

Paul Goydos

391

Lorne Rubenstein on His Tiger Woods Interview

392

Alan Shipnuck

393

Golf Stats Guru Mark Broadie

394

The Dan Plan: 10,000 hours of Practice

395

Dottie Pepper

396

Brandel Chamblee

397

Bandon Dunes Developer Mike Keiser

398

Phil Mickelson's Caddie Jim "Bones" Mackay