A new voice emerges! Namely, our first guest, Pro Shop’s Chad Mumm stops by to discuss his history with the game, how Full Swing got off the ground, and most importantly, what’s ahead for season three, which debuts on Netflix 2/25. Also discussed: The Eagles Super Bowl parade, Gianni’s holiday in the sun, Rory McIlroy’s outburst, Tiger’s TGL mishap (and the TGL more generally).

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Ben is coming back to earth following the Birds’ Super Bowl victory while Gianni mourns his losing under bet. A discussion of Tiger Woods’ Genesis Invitational withdrawal leads into a larger talk about TW’s 2025 (and beyond) prospects, expectations, and more. Analyzing week one after the LPGA’s slow play announcement and the Collin Morikawa-Lucas Glover back-and-forth as well.

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The plague came to Dublin and Gianni fell victim. Having narrowly beaten the Black Death, the guys are back to give their impressions of the TGL with two matches down. The deluge of equipment releases and impending PGA Show are also discussed as well as absolutely a surefire, guaranteed betting pick for The American Express.

Check out an excerpt of the conversation from around the 8-minute mark regarding the TGL, below.

Ben: The TGL got kicked off and we’re now a couple of weeks into this experiment enterprise, all of the above. I watched the first couple of matches. But interested to hear what you think about it, Gianni.

Gianni: Yeah, I think there’s some cool elements to it. I think the lights and people are cool. People, some people don’t like this sort of stuff. I like it. I like the lights, the arena. I think the walk-on music is kind of cool. Tiger having Serena Williams in this corner was pretty badass. I feel like it would be a great, a great tournament or whatever, a league in the off-season, but there is no off-season. So it just feels a bit strange that, like, we’re kicking into real golf now and this is ongoing. It’s only just begun to, and I also feel like I don’t see this concept working if there’s no jeopardy. So the players need to at least act more like they care who wins. I think people are going to lose interest quickly if the players are just, they are having a hit and giggle — I think they need to take it a bit more seriously.

Ben: Yeah, I mean, you get two blowout wins slash losses in the first two events. Probably not the way you want to see it starting from a not necessarily integrity, but significance of the competition standpoint, right? I mean, it doesn’t it’s never going to look great when it’s a blowout.

And that just adds to kind of an exhibition feel. And you’re right, you worry that, you know, there’s interest because of the novelty element. Something new, people are tuning in. And then if the golf, if the competition isn’t fairly robust, do you worry that maybe that interest fades a little?

Gianni: Yeah, but it is early days and I think I do like some of the modern elements to it. I think the crowd bit is cool. think it’s like nice and condensed by all, too. But it’s like they’re getting involved. I like the music. I like how they, the crowd are sort of heckling a little bit on some of the, well, like Justin Rose, who did shut up the crowd after he made the putt, but like they wanted to see Tiger’s team win, obviously, but it was a drubbing.

Ben: Yeah, I don’t know how much it matters how poorly or well in this case poorly Tiger plays. I mean, he’s certainly there, you know, largely in an entertainment capacity, I think. I don’t think it’s important that he plays at a high level specifically, but I do agree generally, you want there to be more competition. I think a series of blowouts is probably, you know, if this continues. the worst possible start from a competitive standpoint for the league. I mean, do you agree?

Gianni: Yeah, it’s never a good thing, that, but these teams are pretty close in talent, I’d say. But yeah, it’s always gonna be tricky to get some momentum when it’s just two massive blowout wins. And then of course it’s gonna descend into, let’s have fun because it’s over early. So maybe that had to do with, maybe I’m wrong in the fact that I think some of the players don’t really care who wins, but we’ll see as it goes forward in the next few weeks.