On Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT), the hotly anticipated third season the PGA Tour docuseries ‘Full Swing’ premieres on Netflix. There will be plenty to laugh, cringe and cry at—from Xander Schauffele’s major breakthrough to Tom Kim’s Presidents Cup antics—but golf fans and casuals alike will all be tuning in for the same thing.
The Sports Business Journal reported in February that the show had been greenlit for 2025, and Netflix crews were present at many PGA Tour stops this season, yet the streaming service did not make the move official until overnight, Australian time.
“The Netflix Cup” will be the streamer’s first live sporting event, pitting the aforementioned golfers with four drivers in a matchplay tournament at the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas.
A host of golf’s top players have signed on to participate in Netflix’s upcoming golf documentary series, which will provide a behind-the-scenes look into the 2022 PGA Tour season and each of the four Major championships. There are, however, a few conspicuous absences.
The PGA Tour – along with the four bodies that stage the men’s Majors – has granted access to the streaming giant to “capture the intensity of training, travel, victory and defeat through the lens of a diverse group of players and their support teams”.