The highly anticipated Full Swing Netflix series that follows the PGA Tour and all four men’s Majors is here, and here’s a rundown of the very first episode – which may contain spoilers!
The series comes to us from Vox Media and Box to Box studios, the people behind the hugely successful Drive to Survive series, now in its fifth season, that has taken the F1 world by storm and seen the sport’s fanbase, particularly in the US, grow to new levels.
Drive to Survive tells the storylines from behind the scenes, with each episode focussing on specific races and specific drivers, teams and rivalries. Full Swing is exactly the same – each episode is mainly dedicated to a specific tournament and a player.
The honor of starring in the first ever Full Swing episode goes to Justin Thomas along with his long-time close friend, and best man at his wedding, Jordan Spieth.
The series starts out documenting the pair’s intense-yet-friendly rivalry where Dan Rapaport accurately describes how JT was thought of in his early days on tour – simply as ‘Jordan’s friend’.
Well, Jordan’s friend turned into a mighty fine golfer, with multiple stints atop the Official World Golf Ranking and 15 PGA Tour titles including two Majors.
“I know for a fact I can win the PGA Championship”
You get a really good look at the confidence and competitiveness of JT throughout episode one of Full Swing, with some epic quotes about just how ruthless you have to be at the top of the game.
“I know for a fact I can win the PGA Championship,” he says without a single doubt when asked.
“He’s one of my best friends, we’re always gonna pull for each other but at the same time, I hope that I beat him in every single tournament that we play in for the rest of our life,” Thomas says of his relationship Spieth.
Thomas and Spieth’s close friend Rickie Fowler also appears throughout the episode from an interview Netflix did with him, where he describes their friendship but also confirms the competitiveness between them all.
Rickie Fowler has his say on the friendship, and competitiveness, between the trio throughout the episode
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“You do get a sense of satisfaction when you see a friend succeed and play well,” Fowler says. “But there’s also kind of an underlying kick in the butt like I don’t want to see him beat me. I want to go beat him.”
The Netflix crews got very lucky in choosing which week to follow JT, as the episode is mainly based around the week of the PGA Championship at Southern…
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