Thanksgiving-week golf talk, LIV roster questions, Tiger anticipation, and a betting finish.
Drop Zone opens on Thanksgiving weekend with college football, some golf in Australia and Asia, and a nod to Kingston Heath in the Melbourne area.

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
Drop Zone makes professional golf legible as competition, media story, roster puzzle, and power struggle in one steady conversation.
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Thanksgiving-week golf talk, LIV roster questions, Tiger anticipation, and a betting finish.
Drop Zone opens on Thanksgiving weekend with college football, some golf in Australia and Asia, and a nod to Kingston Heath in the Melbourne area.
A loose but revealing look at how Brandel became an analytical golf voice.
Brandel comes across as more than a quick golf-name check. Dylan DeCher shapes the segment around a long, meandering conversation that still lands on a clear point: Brandel's analytical TV voice grew out of curiosity, a real obsession with the swing, and years of pro-level…
A measured holiday look at PNC, TGL, and whether simulator golf can pull in a wider audience.
The piece opens on Christmas Eve at the PNC Championship in Orlando, where Claire Rogers looks back on 14 days in Florida and gives proper weight to the parent-child field around the Woods family.
A grounded, slightly rambly take on golf ratings, media value, and LIV.
The episode starts light, then settles into a straightforward argument about what golf audiences are actually telling you. Ludwig Oberg's Genesis Invitational win gets framed as the biggest of his pro career, but the hosts keep that praise tied to the wider talk around LIV's TV…
A candid first read on TGL that values atmosphere as much as the golf.
Drop Zone opens with TGL framed as a fresh simulator-era turn in pro golf, and the panel's first reaction is measured in the best way: it feels built for TV without landing as the wreck some may have braced for.
Loose, insider golf talk that turns one player check-in into a wider argument about where the sport is headed.
Michael Bamberger and Dylan DeCher keep things loose here, starting with Brian Campbell versus Ben Campbell and then drifting into LIV, Saudi money, Trump, MBS, and what all of that has done to professional golf.
A brisk Pebble Beach debrief that widens Rory's win into a broader PGA Tour read.
Pebble Beach sits at the center of this episode, with Rory McIlroy's win framed as the week's defining result and a timely boost for the PGA Tour.
A candid golf reset that moves from Torrey Pines frustration to a sharp Phil Mickelson what-if.
This Drop Zone episode works as a clean reset for the golf calendar, with Michael Bamberger helping Dylan DeCher sort through where the pro game stands.






Sean Zock and Dylan DeCher open with the Wyndham Championship weather delay, then pivot to Justin Thomas sitting 71st in the FedEx Cup and needing help to stay inside the top 70.
Drop Zone's Ryder Cup preview comes from Marco Simone, Italy, where the hosts talk through police escorts, walkable lodging, and Rome being about 28 minutes away without traffic.
Dylan DeCher opens the show and hands things to Michael Bamberger.
Drop Zone spends much of this episode on the Ryder Cup stipend debate, including the reported $500,000 payment with $300,000 going to charity and the hosts’ argument that $200,000 is overblown.
Dylan DeCher and Sean Zock split the episode between Atlanta and Chicago, where Sean had just covered the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields and Dylan was preparing for the Tour Championship.
Brian Harmon won the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool by six strokes, and the hosts keep coming back to his first-place 11.6 strokes gained putting as the separator.
James Colgan and Dylan DeChere come back from Pebble Beach with a Tuesday reset.
Dylan DeCher opens with a busy Sunday across golf before shifting into a long conversation with Brandel.
Drop Zone - GOLF Podcast opens with a January 21 discussion of Sepp Straka’s five-hour, 40-minute final round at the American Express and the hosts’ argument that slow play needs real penalties.
Brandel Chamblee spends most of this Drop Zone episode arguing that LIV Golf and the PGA Tour’s proposed merger are part of a broader moral problem tied to Saudi money, Jamal Khashoggi, and what he calls the game’s turn toward greed.
Drop Zone - GOLF Podcast reacts to Zach Johnson’s six Ryder Cup captain’s picks for Rome: Sam Burns, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, and Justin Thomas.
Drop Zone’s 2025 predictions episode centers on Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, and Brooks Koepka as Sean Zock argues LIV golfers could win more majors than PGA Tour players.
Sean Sock and Dylan DeCher return after 10 days off and spend the episode unpacking four golf quotes, starting with Tom Kim’s claim that his Las Vegas celebration meant finishing chocolate, ordering room service, and catching a 6:30 a.m.
The episode opens on a sideways sports-banter story.
Dylan DeCher opens with a shattered-phone errand at the mall.
The Drop Zone starts on Christmas Eve at the PNC Championship in Orlando.
Luke Donald’s Ryder Cup picks set the table.
Europe wins the week, and the hosts start by sorting out who deserves the credit.
Drop Zone opens with Ludwig Oberg’s Genesis Invitational win and the easy read that he looks the part.
Dylan DeCher opens with Michael Bamberger and quickly gets into the weeds on golfers with similar names.
Drop Zone opens by sizing up TGL as golf's simulator-era arrival.
Sean and Dylan open with their usual drop-zone energy and a quick check-in after Sean missed Sunday coverage with a sore throat and Dylan spent his Sunday off from talking to him.
The hosts open on the PGA Tour’s off week and take a quick look back at what actually mattered over the season.
James Colgan starts with a money question.
The hosts open on Thanksgiving weekend, college football, and the golf they followed over the break, including a trip through the Melbourne area and Kingston Heath.
Golf journalists James Colgan and Sean Zock analyze the Cognizant Classic, Jake Knapp's historic 59, and Joe Highsmith's unlikely victory while delivering sharp critiques of NBC's odd-even broadcasting format and Netflix's Full Swing Season 3.
The Drop Zone golf podcast returns after a year-long hiatus with an expanded crew and new Tuesday morning schedule.
Dylan DeCher sits down with Xander Schauffele at Dutchman’s Pipe in West Palm Beach, where Xander reflects on a 2024 season he calls the best of his career after winning two major championships.
Drop Zone - GOLF Podcast frames the week around the Solheim Cup, the Ryder Cup, and a buy-or-sell debate about which team-storylines actually matter.