TV-MA | 5h 57min | Documentary, Sports | 15 February 2023 (USA)
The fourth Netflix-produced sports docuseries, “Full Swing” is a prime example of being in the right place at exactly the right time.
As docuseries such as this typically begin preproduction a year or longer prior to shooting, no one could have predicted the tumult and finger-wagging that arouse in the late spring regarding what the majority of those in-the-know consider to be the most controversial, game-changing event in the history of professional golf: a competing tour.
As a general rule, documentaries are relatively inexpensive and easy to produce, as the bulk of the final product is culled from existing media. For example, if you wanted to make a biographical documentary of Tiger Woods, a man whose life has been captured in great detail since he was a toddler, you’d have no trouble locating source material. The two-episode “Tiger” came out on HBO in 2021, and it was good but it’s not a definitive biography as he’s still alive and is still playing golf, albeit inconsistently….