{ "id": "epwjmeekpf", "slug": "full-swing", "title": "Full Swing", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual", "label": "Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual.factual_entertainment_formats", "label": "Factual entertainment and specialist-interest formats", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual.factual_entertainment_formats" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual.factual_entertainment_formats.yr-2020-2026", "label": "Premiered 2020 to 2026", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual.factual_entertainment_formats.yr-2020-2026" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual", "label": "United States · 2021 and later: Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual", "path": [ { "id": "geo.us", "label": "United States", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021", "label": "United States · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual", "label": "Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Full Swing is a Netflix documentary series (premiered February 15, 2023) following PGA Tour golfers on and off the course, produced by Vox Media Studios and Box to Box Films, the Drive to Survive team, across four seasons.", "snippet": "Full Swing is a Netflix documentary series (premiered February 15, 2023) following PGA Tour golfers on and off the course, produced by Vox Media Studios and Box to Box Films, the Drive to Survive team, across four seasons.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual.factual_entertainment_formats.yr-2020-2026", "markdown": "# Full Swing\n\n**Full Swing** is a Netflix documentary series that follows professional golfers on and off the course across a season of high-stakes competition on the [PGA Tour](https://www.edgepedia.org/pga-tour)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/full_swing). It premiered on February 15, 2023, and has run for four seasons[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/full-swing-tees-up-for-a-second-season-while-break-point-hits-a-big-return) • [3](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/19/full-swing-creator-eyes-fifth-season/). Chad Mumm and Mark W. Olsen, of Vox Media Studios, serve as executive producers alongside [Paul Martin](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-martin), James Gay-Rees, and Warren Smith, who represent Box to Box Films, the company that produced Netflix's *Formula 1: Drive to Survive*[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/full-swing-tees-up-for-a-second-season-while-break-point-hits-a-big-return) • [4](https://staging.realscreen.com/2023/03/07/westdoc-online-talks-netflix-pga-series-full-swing-with-producer-paul-martin/).\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Premise | Behind-the-scenes documentary following a diverse group of professional golfers through a relentless PGA Tour season, on and off the course[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/full-swing-tees-up-for-a-second-season-while-break-point-hits-a-big-return) |\n| Premiere | February 15, 2023, on Netflix; eight episodes covering the 2022 season[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/full-swing-tees-up-for-a-second-season-while-break-point-hits-a-big-return) • [5](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/how-the-upcoming-netflix-docuseries-captures-pga-tour-life) |\n| Production companies | Vox Media Studios and Box to Box Films; executive producers Chad Mumm, Mark W. Olsen, Paul Martin, James Gay-Rees, Warren Smith[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/full-swing-tees-up-for-a-second-season-while-break-point-hits-a-big-return) |\n| Season 1 viewership | 53.1 million hours watched from release through the end of June 2023, ahead of *Break Point* season 1 (30.5 million) but behind *Drive to Survive* season 5 (90.5 million)[6](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/12/13/newly-released-netflix-data-highlights-success-of-full-swing-joel-dahmen-tony-finau-jordan-spieth-justin-thomas) |\n| Audience profile | Nielsen analysis of U.S. markets showed 60% of viewers were between 25 and 54, and 63% watched PGA Tour coverage in the two months after the debut[7](https://apnews.com/article/c36187a33b24731fbc3d06d0819d3ddb) |\n| Season counts | Seasons 1 and 2: eight episodes each; Season 3: seven; Season 4: four[3](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/19/full-swing-creator-eyes-fifth-season/) |\n| Rating | TV-MA, documentary and sports genres, English language[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/full_swing) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Format and premise\n\nEach season documents roughly one year of men's professional golf, combining behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and camera angles not available in broadcast coverage, with the featured players followed through wins, losses and the week-to-week pressure of the tour schedule[8](https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/13316443/full-swing-is-back-for-season-three-scottie-schefflers-arrest-rory-mcilroy-bryson-dechambeau-pga-tour-and-more) • [2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/full-swing-tees-up-for-a-second-season-while-break-point-hits-a-big-return). Season 1's episodes were built around individual players and rivalries: the premiere, \"Frenemies,\" followed childhood friends [Jordan Spieth](https://www.edgepedia.org/jordan-spieth) and [Justin Thomas](https://www.edgepedia.org/justin-thomas) as rivals, while later episodes covered [Brooks Koepka](https://www.edgepedia.org/brooks-koepka)'s Masters, Ian Poulter's deliberation over a LIV Golf contract, Joel Dahmen's push to establish himself, and Rory McIlroy's season-ending duel with Cameron Smith at the Open Championship[9](https://www.netflix.com/title/81483353).\n\nThe first season followed [Rory McIlroy](https://www.edgepedia.org/rory-mcilroy), a 23-time PGA Tour winner and three-time FedExCup champion, along with Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, then-rookie [Sahith Theegala](https://www.edgepedia.org/sahith-theegala), Matt Fitzpatrick, Tony Finau, Joel Dahmen, Collin Morikawa and others[6](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/12/13/newly-released-netflix-data-highlights-success-of-full-swing-joel-dahmen-tony-finau-jordan-spieth-justin-thomas). Viewers saw the players in courtesy cars, on private jets and inside their homes[6](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/12/13/newly-released-netflix-data-highlights-success-of-full-swing-joel-dahmen-tony-finau-jordan-spieth-justin-thomas).\n\n### Seasons\n\n**Season 1 (2023).** Eight episodes covering the 2022 season, released February 15, 2023[5](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/how-the-upcoming-netflix-docuseries-captures-pga-tour-life). It landed on Netflix's weekly global Top 10 English TV list, and Netflix renewed the show within a month of release[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/full-swing-tees-up-for-a-second-season-while-break-point-hits-a-big-return).\n\n**Season 2 (2024).** Released March 6, 2024, with eight episodes. The season covered the shock of the proposed merger that shook up the golf world and the [Ryder Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/ryder-cup) in Rome, and featured new cast members including [Wyndham Clark](https://www.edgepedia.org/wyndham-clark), whose episode on his work with sports psychologist Julie Elion preceded his first PGA Tour title and first major at the U.S. Open[11](https://time.com/6761816/new-on-netflix-march-2024/) • [12](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/66330/full-swing/seasons) • [13](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/03/05/full-swing-season-2-delves-into-new-territory-wyndham-clark-tom-kim).\n\n**Season 3 (2025).** Released February 25, 2025, with seven episodes, returning to individual golfer stories after season 2's more linear approach and adding the [Presidents Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/presidents-cup) to its tournament coverage for the first time[14](https://www.parrotanalytics.com/press/netflix-sparked-a-sports-doc-frenzy-has-fatigue-set-in/) • [15](https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/new-tv-movies-netflix-max-hulu-feburary-2025). Featured players included [Scottie Scheffler](https://www.edgepedia.org/scottie-scheffler), Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Åberg, and Wyndham Clark[8](https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/13316443/full-swing-is-back-for-season-three-scottie-schefflers-arrest-rory-mcilroy-bryson-dechambeau-pga-tour-and-more) • [16](https://www.axios.com/2025/02/28/golf-popularity-netflix-full-swing-chad-mumm). In Netflix's first-half 2025 report, season 3 recorded 4.1 million views and 22.2 million hours viewed[17](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/10/06/netflixs-full-swing-expected-to-return-for-fourth-season/).\n\n**Season 4 (2026).** Released April 17, 2026, the week after the Masters and the latest debut date yet for the show, with a reduced order of four episodes[3](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/19/full-swing-creator-eyes-fifth-season/) • [18](https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/netflix-drops-full-swing-season-4-trailer-and-it-looks-epic). The season covers the 2025 golf year: Rory McIlroy's Masters victory completing the career Grand Slam, Tommy Fleetwood's FedEx Cup win, and the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, which anchors the finale[18](https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/netflix-drops-full-swing-season-4-trailer-and-it-looks-epic) • [19](https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/full-swing/episodes-season-4/1001107136/). McIlroy is featured in the season but is not one of the fully featured players[18](https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/netflix-drops-full-swing-season-4-trailer-and-it-looks-epic). Chad Mumm said in May 2026 that he hoped the series would return for a fifth season in 2027, with filming not yet begun[3](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/19/full-swing-creator-eyes-fifth-season/).\n\n## Access and production\n\n**Unprecedented entry.** For the first time, the PGA Tour and the bodies that conduct men's major championships, [Augusta National Golf Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/augusta-national-golf-club), the PGA of America, the USGA and The R&A, allowed cameras into the sport's biggest events, including THE PLAYERS Championship, the FedExCup and the four majors[10](https://www.voxmedia.com/about-vox-media/2023/2/15/23600350/vox-media-studios-highly-anticipated-pga-documentary-series-full-swing-premieres-today/). Chad Mumm's guiding pitch, according to the tour's vice president of media-business development Chris Wandell, was that the series \"has got to be truthful\"[5](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/how-the-upcoming-netflix-docuseries-captures-pga-tour-life).\n\nAccess has had limits. Before the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, U.S. captain [Zach Johnson](https://www.edgepedia.org/zach-johnson) polled his 12 players after concerns were raised about a film crew in the team rooms, and they unanimously decided to keep those areas off limits; team rooms at the course and host hotel have historically been closed to media[7](https://apnews.com/article/c36187a33b24731fbc3d06d0819d3ddb). Netflix has nonetheless had extensive access to profiled players at their homes and during tournament travel[7](https://apnews.com/article/c36187a33b24731fbc3d06d0819d3ddb).\n\nThe first season was shot during 2022, as men's professional golf was divided by defections to [LIV Golf](https://www.edgepedia.org/liv-golf), the Saudi-backed circuit, and that conflict became a main theme of the early seasons[7](https://apnews.com/article/c36187a33b24731fbc3d06d0819d3ddb) • [3](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/19/full-swing-creator-eyes-fifth-season/). Season 3 was filmed while talks continued between the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, with the subject discussed less frequently than in the previous two seasons[8](https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/13316443/full-swing-is-back-for-season-three-scottie-schefflers-arrest-rory-mcilroy-bryson-dechambeau-pga-tour-and-more).\n\n## Reception and impact\n\nSeason 1 was watched for 53.1 million hours through the end of June 2023, ranking as the 267th most-watched Netflix title in the first six months of 2023 among more than 18,000 titles measured[6](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/12/13/newly-released-netflix-data-highlights-success-of-full-swing-joel-dahmen-tony-finau-jordan-spieth-justin-thomas). A marketing analysis found Full Swing captured 56% of U.S. readership among three sports docuseries in early 2023, twice that of *Break Point* or *Drive to Survive* season 5, with its readership spike around the premiere attributed partly to a [Super Bowl](https://www.edgepedia.org/super-bowl) advertisement[20](https://info.memo.co/hubfs/Marketing%20Files%20-%20Reports/Sports%20Docuseries%20Report.pdf).\n\n**Measured effects on golf viewing.** Nielsen Media Research analysis of U.S. markets found that 11% of Full Swing viewers had not watched PGA Tour coverage in the six months before the debut but tuned in afterward, and 63% of viewers watched PGA Tour coverage in the two months following the debut[21](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/netflix-full-swing-huge-impact-pga-tour-tv-numbers). A PGA Tour general-population survey reported that 42% of people who watched at least some of the series spent more time watching golf on television, and 36% spent more time engaging with professional golf on social media[7](https://apnews.com/article/c36187a33b24731fbc3d06d0819d3ddb). Featured players also gained commercially: Joel Dahmen's social media engagement grew over 300% from 2022 to 2023, and Cameron Young's grew over 1,100%, with Dahmen's sponsor media value per post up 665%[22](https://blog.relometrics.com/the-power-of-sports-storytelling-not-only-driving-more-fans-but-also-more-media-value).\n\nCritics were divided on the storytelling. Some reviews found the non-linear structure, in which single tournaments are revisited from several players' perspectives across episodes, difficult to follow, while others praised the characters and access; comparisons with *Drive to Survive* were a recurring frame, with several reviewers judging that Full Swing had not matched that show's cultural impact[23](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/what-the-critics-are-saying-about-netflix-full-swing-internet-round-up) • [24](https://www.ausgolf.com.au/news/IsNetflixsFullSwingaDrivetoSurviveforGolforaMissedPutt). On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 holds a 100% Tomatometer score, and the audience Popcornmeter averages 77%[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/full_swing).\n\n## References\n\n1. [Full Swing, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/full_swing)\n2. ['Full Swing' Tees Up for a Second Season While 'Break Point' Hits a Big Return, About Netflix](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/full-swing-tees-up-for-a-second-season-while-break-point-hits-a-big-return)\n3. ['Full Swing' creator eyes fifth season on Netflix, Sports Business Journal](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/19/full-swing-creator-eyes-fifth-season/)\n4. [Westdoc Online talks Netflix PGA series \"Full Swing\" with producer Paul Martin, Realscreen](https://staging.realscreen.com/2023/03/07/westdoc-online-talks-netflix-pga-series-full-swing-with-producer-paul-martin/)\n5. [Behind the scenes of Netflix's highly anticipated golf docuseries, Golf Digest](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/how-the-upcoming-netflix-docuseries-captures-pga-tour-life)\n6. [Newly released Netflix data highlights success of 'Full Swing', PGA Tour](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/12/13/newly-released-netflix-data-highlights-success-of-full-swing-joel-dahmen-tony-finau-jordan-spieth-justin-thomas)\n7. [Netflix's 'Full Swing' won't be getting full access to the Ryder Cup team rooms, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/c36187a33b24731fbc3d06d0819d3ddb)\n8. [Full Swing is back for Season Three, Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/13316443/full-swing-is-back-for-season-three-scottie-schefflers-arrest-rory-mcilroy-bryson-dechambeau-pga-tour-and-more)\n9. [Full Swing, Netflix official site](https://www.netflix.com/title/81483353)\n10. [Vox Media Studios' PGA Documentary Series \"Full Swing\" Premieres Today, Vox Media](https://www.voxmedia.com/about-vox-media/2023/2/15/23600350/vox-media-studios-highly-anticipated-pga-documentary-series-full-swing-premieres-today/)\n11. [Here's Everything New on Netflix in March 2024, Time](https://time.com/6761816/new-on-netflix-march-2024/)\n12. [Full Swing, Seasons, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/66330/full-swing/seasons)\n13. ['Full Swing' Season 2 delves into new territory, PGA Tour](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/03/05/full-swing-season-2-delves-into-new-territory-wyndham-clark-tom-kim)\n14. [Netflix Sparked a Sports Doc Frenzy. Has Fatigue Set In?, Parrot Analytics](https://www.parrotanalytics.com/press/netflix-sparked-a-sports-doc-frenzy-has-fatigue-set-in/)\n15. [New movies and shows this week on Netflix, Max and Hulu, Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/new-tv-movies-netflix-max-hulu-feburary-2025)\n16. [Meet the man behind golf's biggest reality show, Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/02/28/golf-popularity-netflix-full-swing-chad-mumm)\n17. [Netflix expected to bring back 'Full Swing' for fourth season, Sports Business Journal](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/10/06/netflixs-full-swing-expected-to-return-for-fourth-season/)\n18. [Netflix Drops Full Swing Season 4 Trailer, Golf Monthly](https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/netflix-drops-full-swing-season-4-trailer-and-it-looks-epic)\n19. [Watch Full Swing Online, Season 4, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/full-swing/episodes-season-4/1001107136/)\n20. [Sports Docuseries Marketing Report, Memo](https://info.memo.co/hubfs/Marketing%20Files%20-%20Reports/Sports%20Docuseries%20Report.pdf)\n21. [Netflix's 'Full Swing' is already having a huge impact on PGA Tour TV numbers, Golf Digest](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/netflix-full-swing-huge-impact-pga-tour-tv-numbers)\n22. [The Power of Sports Storytelling, Relo Metrics](https://blog.relometrics.com/the-power-of-sports-storytelling-not-only-driving-more-fans-but-also-more-media-value)\n23. [What the critics are saying about Netflix's Full Swing, Golf Digest](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/what-the-critics-are-saying-about-netflix-full-swing-internet-round-up)\n24. [Is Netflix's Full Swing a Drive to Survive for Golf or a Missed Putt?, ausgolf](https://www.ausgolf.com.au/news/IsNetflixsFullSwingaDrivetoSurviveforGolforaMissedPutt)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series › Factual entertainment and specialist-interest formats › Premiered 2020 to 2026*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/full-swing", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/full-swing.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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