But now there’s a new Netflix documentary about golf that subverts and turns that narrative on its head. Backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Phil Mickelson and former President Donald Trump, LIV Golf is the first existential threat to the PGA in years. As we dive into the first season of Full swingwe’ll see rising underdog LIV Golf portrayed as a nasty opponent of the established PGA, giving us a new twist in the timeless underdog narrative. Underdog role reversalIn Episode 5, “American Dreams,” we learn that PGA players who signed up to LIV were banned from the PGA. LIV players knew this was a risk before signing on any dotted line.
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