Golf Channel Podcast with Rex & Lav

Golf Channel Podcast with Rex & Lav

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.

Episodes

September 3, 2025 34 mins

0:00: Did Luke Donald make the right call with his Ryder Cup captain's picks?

05:00: Why Donald steered away from some of the other options

12:00: This could be the best chance for a road team to score an upset

18:00: Breakdown of the new "Golf Channel Games," set for Dec. 17

30:00: Rex is off to Napa next week for some U.S. team scouting

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0:00: Our long national nightmare is over – Keegan Bradley has made his decision

03:00: Which players were the source of the biggest debate

12:00: The U.S. players who will be most under the microscope at Bethpage Black

15:30: How will fans react to this news?

25:00: Final thoughts from an important day for the captain and his players

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0:00: A "poetic" ending to the Tour season for Tommy Fleetwood after his close calls

08:30: What stood out about Fleetwood's final-round performance

15:30: Did the 72-hole stroke-play format work to crown the best season-long champ?

24:30: Lav's bold idea about what to do with East Lake

28:30: Best moments of the PGA Tour season

38:00: Breakout performers of the Tour season

42:00: How Keegan Bradley should fill out his U.S. Ryder Cup ros...

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0:00: Biggest takeaways from Brian Rolapp's press conference at East Lake

06:00: The most interesting word of the day: "scarcity"

12:00: In the current structure, how much power can Rolapp really wield?

16:00: What players are saying about the new winner-take-all format for the FedExCup

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0:00: Scottie Scheffler is relentless, as Bob MacIntyre found out at the BMW

07:30: One of Scottie's most admirable (and understated) qualities

12:00: The top six for the U.S. Ryder Cup are set. Now it gets interesting, with one week to go

23:00: What stood out from the final cutdown, to the top 30 for East Lake

30:00: Time for the winner-take-all finale at East Lake. What we like and don't like about the format change

44:30: Jon Rahm w...

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0:00: Rex begins with a mea culpa about our friends in the great state of Connecticut

04:00: Why the top 30 still matters, and who is on the bubble this week at the BMW

09:00: A few hypotheticals when looking at the future of the "playoffs"

20:00: Final week of automatic qualifying for the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Who needs a big week?

26:30: Which players have the inside track to nab what is likely just one open European team spot

30:00: L...

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0:00: Lav thinks the FedEx St. Jude Championship was the third(!)-best tournament of the year

03:00: Justin Rose, at age 45, is the new big-game hunter

07:00: Is Rose now a Hall of Fame lock?

11:00: J.J. Spaun's career turnaround has been remarkable

18:00: What went wrong for Tommy Fleetwood this time

27:00: Damon Hacks joins the show!

46:00: Winners and losers for the race to the top 50, including Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth

50:00: J...

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0:00: It's the most wonderful time of the year?

02:00: Diving into Rory McIlroy's decision to skip the playoff opener in Memphis

09:00: What can be done about this postseason loophole

16:00: Players around that top-50 bubble feeling the most heat this week

 

 

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0:00: At long last, Cameron Young is a PGA Tour winner

09:00: The best players without a PGA Tour win now are ...

11:30: Has Young done enough to warrant Ryder Cup consideration? A debate ensues!

20:30: Top-70 bubble watch yielded some decent drama – with more to come

25:30: Golf Channel insider Todd Lewis joins the show!

45:00: Love It or Lav It: Rory skips playoff opener and 'not much happening' between Tour/PIF

50:00: YOUR final thoug...

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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...

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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

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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!

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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: Lo...

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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

 

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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

 

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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

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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, Patric...

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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

 

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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

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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?!

 

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