Rory McIlroy signed autographs, but the young boy wanted an answer. "The LIV Tour," he said innocently, "what do you think of it?" McIlroy looked up.
But we like the thought. No, we're not picking a PGA Tour-LIV Golf side in this piece, but we enjoy hearing from the sides, and Netflix's "Full Swing" series does well in facilitating that, with the exchange in the paragraphs above serving as an example. The show is mostly a year-in-review, but as it looks back, we hear from the parties involved. Most are also given the gift of time, so ideas are more complete than they'd be, say, minutes after the fact.
All of that made me curious, then, how the third episode of the recently released third season would go. McIlroy would be featured, as would Bryson DeChambeau, their U.S. Open matchup and Scottie Scheffler's arrest, which, arguably, were 2024's biggest headlines. What would we hear?
A lot. So for this review, we'll list the 18 most eye-opening quotes. They'll be in order of appearance, except for the last one, which is the best one, for one very obvious reason.
DeChambeau on Instagram
2. This one came in Coral Gables, Florida, with DeChambeau. It was part of GOLF's "Warming Up" series hosted by our Dylan Dethier, and DeChambeau and Dethier had this exchange:
Said DeChambeau: "I, uh, saw you on Instagram. I see you don't follow me. Appreciate that."
Said Dethier: "Hey, consider yourself one Instagram follower up."
McIlroy on DeChambeau
3. This one came as McIlroy talked about DeChambeau, who's experimented with his game in numerous ways, including once adding bulk in the hopes of adding distance.
"I think, you know, scientist to jock," McIlroy said, "I think there's more scientist than jock in there."
DeChambeau and Vince Lombardi
4. This one also came during the "Warming Up" filming with DeChambeau.
Asked Dethier: "What's your dream season this year?"
Said DeChambeau: "A dream season would be to win every major. Give me a better scenario. What would be a ..."
Said Dethier: "Yeah. What would be a satisfactory season for you?"
Said DeChambeau: "Winning a major and winning multiple times on LIV. That's why I love golf. It's the pursuit of perfection. While knowing we can't achieve perfection, we'll achieve excellence along the way. Vince Lombardi quote, by the way."
(Editor's note: According to vincelombardi.com, the quote is: ""Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.")