I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your

favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take a look back at some of my favorite episodes from

2023 covering sports and pop culture.

It is so hard to win on the PGA tour.

We're putting our whole life into this and we're sacrificing a lot to go on the PGA tour. We're putting our whole life into this

and we're sacrificing a lot to go out there.

You've got to be a little mad to live in this world.

I could potentially grow up and get paid to be a mermaid?

Oh my God, I'm a massive star and I'm gay.

Though surrounded by cameras, caddies and other competitors, a professional golfer is all alone from the

T to the green.

For members of the PGA, millions of dollars are on the line each weekend.

But navigating the personal and professional hazards off the course

are just as challenging. The Netflix series Full Swing follows a handful of golfers looking

to claw their way up the leaderboard. With challenges both

physical and mental we see some fight for a win at a major, some looking for a chance to

break out of the middle of the pack, and veterans in danger of falling off the tour and out of professional

golf.

In March, I talked to full swing executive producer Paul Martin about the dramatic twists and turns

of last year's PGA tour.

But the biggest headlines had little to do with a clutch put or a bad lie.

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