Golf Channel Podcast with Rex & Lav

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 wins the LIV individual title without earning a victory this season 46:30: Henrik Stenson and Anthony Kim among those facing LIV relegation 48:30: Bryson DeChambeau wants to tee it up in Napa with his Ryder Cup teammates – but, obviously, cannot 50:30: What to watch early week at East Lake

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: LIV individual title (somehow) up for grabs, and the guys facing actual relegation this week

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: Jon Rahm falls in a LIV playoff and is still winless this year

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

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 thoughts on "Happy Gilmore 2"

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 at the year's final women's major 36:00: Send us your questions for Sunday's show!

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 42:00: Lottie Woad announces herself with a win in her pro debut 44:00: Listener questions! TGL's viability, Brooks vs. Scottie, Player of the Year race, and where'd the grilling #content go?

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!

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: Love It Or Lav It: Portrush as an Open venue, Shane Lowry's penalty, Phil's all-time bad take 49:30: Parting thoughts from Open week

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

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

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

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, Patrick Reed 32:00: Talk of Turnberry and Muirfield dominate R&A presser 34:00: Mini-pods coming your way all week from Portrush!

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

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

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?!

0:00: Looking at the top storylines from Open final qualifying 05:30: 'Monsoon of credit' for 52-year-old Lee Westwood getting through 10:00: Coming in 2026: A one-round, on-site qualifier for The Open?! 14:00: The transformation of the John Deere field, and why it's the new norm 21:00: Rex is off to Scotland early, and we need your listener questions!

0:00: Aldrich Potgieter -- at just 20 years old! -- now is a PGA Tour winner 07:00: The most exciting part about Potgieter: There's still room for improvement 12:00: The Tour's sleepy summer schedule 18:00: Colorblind Lav is having a hard time with this new predictive miss/hit fairway tracer 23:30: Arron Oberholser joins the show! 39:00: New Tour CEO Brian Rolapp is making the rounds on Tour 42:30: Patrick Reed wins LIV Golf Dallas; Sergio Garcia locks up an Open berth 46:00: Listener questions: Young hotshots, media angst, Collin Morikawa

0:00: The guys have been all over your TV screens for the last few days 01:30: Keegan Bradley says, as of now, he wants to "just be the captain" 12:30: Lots of drama for Collin Morikawa: another caddie change, in addition to a media dustup 22:00: LIV heads to Dallas for the first of two Open warmup events 26:00: Got questions for Sunday's show? Hit us up!

0:00: How Keegan Bradley authored one of the finishes of the year at the Travelers 04:00: Why Bradley's Ryder Cup captaincy just got even more complicated 12:00: How the American Ryder Cup team looks, right now 17:30: What went wrong for Tommy Fleetwood on Sunday 27:00: Amy Rogers joins from the Women's PGA, where there was player gumbling about course setup 38:00: Were the 2025 signature events a success? 46:00: Both Jordan Spieth and Viktor Hovland exit with injuries 48:00: Wyndham Clark's non-apology apology after Oakmont