Woods makes stance clear on PGA Tour’s Netflix series as merger drama captured

07 March 2024 , 14:02

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Tiger Woods did not feature in Full Swing (Image: Getty Images)

Tiger Woods is once again not featured in Netflix's Full Swing, after the fly-on-the-wall series covering the PGA Tour returned for a second season earlier this week.

The Netflix cameras once again capture the chaos surrounding the divide between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, which begun part way through filming of season one. Whilst the first release in 2023 was well received, the key omission from the production was golf's biggest name in Woods.

And upon its return to TV screens on Wednesday, fans were once again unable to catch an inside look on the 15-time major champion as he was not involved in filming.

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Episode one of the second season covers the opening major event of the year at last April's Masters, where Woods was making just his second PGA Tour event in nine months amid his ongoing struggles with injury. And apart from a couple of walk-by shots, none of Woods' return and eventual withdrawal from the event was included in the show.

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Speaking to Golfweek last month, the show's executive producer Chad Mumm admitted Woods is a fan of the show, but is yet to commit to being included: "I’ve heard anecdotally that Tiger has watched the show and really likes it," Mumm said. "So we would love for him to come anytime he wants."

One man who features heavily in Woods' absence is his good friend, and business partner Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irishman - who also played a role in season one - returns amid his central role in the saga between the PGA Tour and their Saudi rivals, having prevailed as one of the latter's biggest critics.

Rory McIlroy did feature in the second season of Full Swing (David Cannon/Getty Images)

McIlroy and the rest of the golfing world were left in shock last June, after the Tour announced plans to align with LIV via a deal with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. The four-time major champion had been a constant in the off-course politics up to this point, but even he was taken aback by the June 6 announcement.

Giving his response in the immediate aftermath last summer, he tells the Netflix cameras: "There is a palpable vibe of confusion and anger because we have very little information apart from we have entered an agreement. I don't know what that agreement is going to evolve.

He went on: "You get dragged into these things from time to time and I’ve been dragged in a big way. But I am almost at the point of like ‘f*** it, do whatever you want to do’.” McIlroy has since taken a step back from the drama ongoing off the course, resigning from his role as PGA Tour player director last November..

Joshua Lees