McIlroy saves latest lightweight Netflix series that exposes golf’s stark divisions | Ewan Murray

Full Swing has its moments but key absences and a lack of detail mean it mirrors a muddled game

The second series of Full Swing has its moments. The trouble is, anybody seeking deep insight into the civil war/kiss and make up/civil-war status of elite golf will be left frustrated by the latest release of the Netflix documentary. While it is easy to blame producers for this, it must be remembered the golf world is horrendously muddled. It is not that people choose not to speak with certainty, they just find themselves unable to.

Onlookers are left without proper detail of precisely how and why the PGA Tour signed a framework agreement with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. Paulina Gretzky, the wife of Dustin Johnson, gushes about how much more time their family has together after the former Masters champion's leap to LIV but other key players who were castigated for the same switch - Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Phil Mickelson - do not appear on camera to give their sentiment as a dramatic 2023 unfolded. This felt a missed opportunity. Jon Rahm, who joined LIV late in the year, is a notable absentee. So, too, is Tiger Woods. The failure to feature the world's best female golfers in a Solheim Cup year will inevitably raise eyebrows.