Rick Anderson, the chief media officer at the
PGA Tour, said the Netflix series will allow golf to
tap into a new and diverse audience and “give
fans an an authentic look into the real lives of
our athletes, and what it’s like to win — and lose
— during a season on the PGA Tour.”
Golf, however, will have competition in the
Netflix sports documentary space.
Tennis also will have a series with Netflix in
partnership with the ATP Tour, the WTA Tour
and the four Grand Slam tournaments, starting
with the Australian Open this week. That is sure
to include the drama of Novak Djokovic, who
is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and was
given an exemption to enter Australia, only to be
deported when Australian authorities revoked
his visa.
What makes the tennis series different from golf ’s
is that it will include men and women, who play
their Grand Slam events at the same venues.
Missing from the list of PGA Tour players is Jon
Rahm, the No. 1 player in the world, FedEx Cup
champion Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy. Also
missing is Bryson DeChambeau, who said last
week while promoting the Saudi International
that it “wasn’t a deal that was struck that was
very well for my side.”
DeChambeau said people already get a good
look at his life through a YouTube channel and
Instagram. He said the Netflix golf series would
be “cool to see” and have interesting stories to
be told about players not as well known, like
Harry Higgs.
“I don’t want to take the light away from them
for their potential to grow themselves in a