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

The Drop Zone crew presents "The Zonies," a chaotic awards show celebrating the most memorable moments of 2024 — plus some you'd forgotten. From Tiger Woods shaking hands with a tree to Scottie Scheffler's Louisville arrest to Bryson's viral ensemble and even LIV's brush with food poisoning, zip through the best of the season.

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

Is Scottie Scheffler worth Juan Soto-level money? The Drop Zone rundown starts there and zips through Scheffler's latest win (and latest change!), lessons from Tiger Woods, the Hero's existence, Kevin Kisner's hiring, the arrival of the Creator Council and more. Dylan runs you through the year's random major championship contenders, the crew gives you some half-baked bets and we leave it there.

 

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

The Drop Zone Rundown is here! What's LIV scheming as Hot Stove season begins? What will Tiger Woods say as he reappears? What's Phil Mickelson's beef with NFTs — and how does it involve this podcast? Plus: what to make of Bryson's ace, what the LPGA needs to do next, whether Dylan needs to open his eyes, a TGL story to watch and more. 

Major Drop Zone Announcement

Welcome back to The Drop Zone. We introduce our new crew and let you know how and when we are going to be dropping the all new Drop Zone. 

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

Dylan Dethier and Sean Zak recap the weekend by finally — properly! — rating Collin Morikawa (2:00). Then they work through the news with 5 Questions (21:00) to recap LIV's first full season and predict the future before drafting teams from the LIV Leftovers (58:10). Enjoy! (And respond to our prompt on Spotify) 

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

Dylan Dethier and Sean Zak take a dive into golf's current events by deciphering seven quotes about the PGA Tour, the PGL, LIV, the Ryder Cup and more. Take a tour of golf's tours, their murky futures and their uncertain partnerships with the Drop Zone crew. Enjoy!

RYDER CUP GRADES: Players, captains, course

Europe’s beatdown of the U.S. Ryder Cup team deserves a full breakdown. Dylan and Sean grade the players, the captains, the golf course and share stories and insight from a week in Rome. Enjoy!!

RYDER CUP PREVIEW: Who’s gonna win?!

The Drop Zone brings you behind the scenes at the Ryder Cup from on the ground in Italy — and cruise through some hypotheticals. How would USA's B Team look? Which players would the other side trade for? What favors Team USA? What favors Team Europe? How do the teams stack up — and what will make the difference? And...who wins? Enjoy!

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

Justin Thomas is BACK. Buy or Sell? Team Europe should be favored. Buy or Sell? The Ryder Cup shouldn't be in Rome. Buy or Sell? Sean and Dylan break down the Solheim and Ryder Cups as they tackle questions about best players, best teams, best venues and more. Enjoy!

 

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Wild Forgotten 2023 PGA Tour Moments, Ryder Cup Picks

Tiger Woods did what this year? Ohhh, right. Dylan and Sean draft their 5 moments each that you might have forgotten from the 2023 PGA Tour season, from Tiger to Rory McIlroy to Patrick Reed to Augusta National and more. Plus they deep-dive Team Europe completing its Ryder Cup roster. Who were the last guys in — and the biggest snubs? Enjoy!

Ryder Cup Reactions! Snubs, Surprises, Sadness

The U.S. Ryder Cup team is complete! Zach Johnson’s six captain’s picks are in. Dylan and Sean break down who should feel grateful, who should feel snubbed and what the selections show about the philosophy behind this year’s team. Plus Justin Thomas takes and a Keegan Bradley homage. Enjoy!

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

Viktor Hovland shot...61?! Sean was at the BMW Championship, Dylan's at the Tour Championship and they're here to break down what's happening in the final weeks of the PGA Tour season, from Hovland's closing stretch to the Tour Championship's stakes to the implications for the U.S. Ryder Cup team going forward. Enjoy!

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

Brandel Chamblee joins Dylan Dethier for Part 2 of their interview — and it's a scorcher. Chamblee explains how he found out about the PGA Tour's agreement with the PIF, goes deep on his original objections to LIV and to Saudi influence in golf, shares unfiltered thoughts on Phil Mickelson and more. Enjoy the listen!

Brandel Chamblee’s Origin Story

Brandel Chamblee joins Dylan Dethier in Part 1 of our two-part interview, and they start at the VERY beginning. How did Chamblee’s childhood predict his future? How did he find golf? What would he have changed about his future? And how does he make such compelling golf television? Hear answers to all of the above — in Chamblee’s own words. Enjoy! And subscribe to get Part 2 when it drops…

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

As the Wyndham Championship brought a close to the PGA Tour season, Sean and Dylan got together for a wide-ranging session encompassing the race for the final playoff spot, Lucas Glover's win-in-progress, Bryson DeChambeau's 58, Justin Thomas' Ryder Cup hopes and much more. Enjoy!

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

Dylan steps into Zach Johnson's shoes while Sean slides into Luke Donald's and the two dive deep on the U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams — and who would make up their 12-man squads if today was selection day.

OPEN RECAP: Winners and Losers from Royal Liverpool

Brian Harman? Ryder Cup drama? Scottie Scheffler? Matthew Jordan? Rory McIlroy? It's late Sunday night in Hoylake which means it's time for the Drop Zone to break down this week's Open from Royal Liverpool. Brian Harman blew away the field but he was hardly the only winner. A rousing edition of Winners and Losers rounds out our men's major championship season.

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OPEN PREVIEW: 10 Best Storylines, Picks, Sleepers

It's Open Championship week and Dylan and Sean are on the ground in Hoylake, England. They buzz through the 10 best potential endings for this week's Open, from Brooks Koepka to Rory McIlroy to an Englishman to a first-time winner and much more. Then they dish on a few of their own selections. Enjoy!

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

The world’s best women at Pebble Beach? A return to LIV London? Dramatic PGA/DP World finishes and Ryder Cup drama in the process? Dylan and Sean cover the globe’s golf, each answering 5 burning questions and diving into golf’s biggest events in the process.

 

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Rickie Fowler Triumphs, Sean Explores England

Rickie Fowler is back in the winner's circle and there's plenty to break down from his Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Plus Sean checks in from England — his first overseas podcast of the summer — as the Drop Zone goes bicontinental. Most of the golf news you need plus a bit you didn't. Enjoy!

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

The one and only Viktor Hovland sits down with our Dylan Dethier to dish on life on the road, his Norwegian roots and tells us why poker is like golf - sometimes.  Dylan also runs through Keegan Bradley's win at the Travelers Championship, Ruoning Yin's triumph at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, and answers some quick questions on Rose Zhang, Rory McIlroy, Zac Blair, and more. 

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

24 hours after the dramatic conclusion to this year’s US Open, Dylan and Sean break down the contenders, the course, the future and more. They talk Wyndham, Rory, Rickie, Scottie. They bring some on-the-ground observations. And they tell you how this year’s US Open was won — and lost. Enjoy!

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

Sean and Dylan check in from Los Angeles Country Club, where they shed light on further details from the PGA Tour/PIF arrangement and then get down to a proper US Preview. What did we learn from players on Tuesday, who makes sense as a sleeper and who are our picks to win? 

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

Oh, Canada! What a finish at the Canadian Open. By far the craziest Sunday of 2023. Sean and Dylan break down the Adam Hadwin tackle, Nick Taylor's epic eagle, and bedlam north of the border before diving into the week that was in PGA Tour-Saudi business, with updates and tales from the ground in Toronto.

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

Sean Zak and James Colgan break down the biggest news in the history of pro golf as the PGA Tour has agreed in principle to merge with LIV Golf and the DP World Tour with sizable investment from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.