Netflix in contention to stream celebrity golf event featuring Formula 1 and golf stars: Report

Netflix's sports documentaries 'Drive to Survive' and 'Full Swing' have been huge hits, attracting viewers around the globe. Now, the streaming platform is preparing to organize a celebrity golf event.

According to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal, Netflix is in discussion to bag the rights for the celebrity golf event in Los Angeles, featuring Formula 1 drivers and professional golfers.

This comes on the backdrop of the company losing out to ESPN for the rights to air live sports in the United States.

Netflix is continually expanding its following and aims to enter the sports sector. In one of his interviews in 2022, Netflix's CEO Ted Sarandos said:

"I’m not saying we never would do sports, but we would have to see a path to growing a big revenue stream and a big profit stream with it.”

Its rival Amazon Prime currently has the rights to stream 20 live Premier League football matches, and Netflix now wants to tighten its grip on golf and Formula 1 racing.

However, there is very little information about the golf event, with the players, match format, date, time, venue and other details yet to be announced.

Interestingly, Formula 1 stars, including Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz, and Charles Leclerc, have been seen playing golf in the past, and fans would be be excited to see them playing with professional golfers.

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Drive to Survive cast

Formula 1: Drive to Survive is a Netflix docuseries that first aired in 2019. It depicts the lives of legendary F1 drivers, team owners, and the management, both on and off the track. The series has been a huge success, attracting new fans to the sport, especially in the United States.

Here are the Drive to Survive cast members:

• Lewis Hamilton
• Max Verstappen
• Valterri Bottas
• Sergio Perez
• Carlos Sainz Jr.
• Charles Leclerc
• Daniel Ricciardo
• Pierre Gasly
• Sebastian Vettel
• Lance Stroll
• Kimi Raikkonen
• Lando Norris
• Kevin Magnussen
• Esteban Ocon
• George Russell
• Romain Grosjean
• Antonio Giovinazzi
• Nico Hiilkenberg
• Alexander Albon
• Fernando Alonso
• Danii Kvyat
• Nicholas Latifi
• Mick Schumacher
• Yuki Tsunoda
• Stoffel Vandoorne
• Nikita Mazepin
• Marcus Ericsson
• Brendon Hartley
• Robert Kubica
• Sergery Sirotkin
• Zhou Guanyu
• Will Buxton

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Full Swing cast

Full Swing, a Netflix golf docuseries with an IMDb rating of 8, was created by the same team that created Drive to Survive. It first aired on February 15, 2023, and featured the world's top golfers. Because it incorporates LIV Golf and PGA Tour professionals, the series has received a lot of interest.

For the docuseries, the streaming platform teamed with the PGA Tour and signed their best players. During the filming, however, some players joined LIV Golf and were also included in the series.

Full Swing features eight episodes that run between 40 and 49 minutes. Following the popularity of the first season, Netflix has renewed the series for a second season, set to release in March 2023.

Here are the cast members of Full Swing Season 1:

• Jordan Spieth
• Justin Thomas
• Brooks Koepka
• Scottie Scheffler
• Ian Poulter
• Joel Dahmen
• Matt Fitzpatrick
• Dustin Johnson
• Tony Finau
• Collin Morikawa
• Sahith Theegala
• Rory McIlroy
• Cameron Young
• Rickie Fowler
• Mito Pereira