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Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme welcome Michael Brennan, fresh off his Baycurrent Classic win in Japan — his third PGA Tour win, and the sixth win of a run that started on PGA Tour Americas just more than a year ago.

Michael goes in-depth on the work he's done on his putting, and the mechanics behind his 126-mph clubhead speed that ranks him amongst the fastest, and longest, players on Tour.

Plus: Don't miss our first-ever "Talking Tennis" segment on an obsession that has Michael practicing in the heat of the Florida summer, and a hilarious story that had him mistaken for tennis pro while traveling with his racquets.

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Chapters

0:00 Michael Brennan's fall hot streak
5:12 Learning to close on Sunday
7:13 Driver as a weapon
9:17 Majors and Rory at Augusta
15:47 Putting rebuild with Marcus Potter
25:16 Speed and swing DNA
33:36 Talking Tennis with Charlie

#MichaelBrennan #golf #pgatour #SmylieKaufman #SmylieShow

Smylie Kaufman is joined by Auburn men's golf coach Nick Clinard to discuss winning two national championships in three years ... and somehow, neither of those was the best team he's coached!

Clinard tells the story of a phone call from Jackson Koivun about the Presidents Cup, and answers a question from senior Tiger - and recent guest on the show - Josiah Gilbert.

Plus: the handwritten letters that nearly got Smylie to UCF, building Auburn's culture, and why roster limits are squeezing out late bloomers.

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Chapters

0:00 Welcome Coach Clinard
2:03 Recruiting Smylie at UCF
5:44 Building Auburn golf
7:19 Culture & Blayne Barber
9:01 Roster limits & House settlement
14:06 Koivun's work ethic
17:21 Koivun's Presidents Cup leap
21:56 Josiah's question: best team
24:03 Chris Williams & Buddy Alexander

#Auburn #Golf #pgatour #JacksonKoivun #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

Stay tuned for part 2 with Auburn Men's Golf HC Nick Clinard, dropping Wednesday morning!

Our college golf tour continues as Smylie Kaufman is joined by Auburn senior Josiah Gilbert!

Josiah grew up in an Outback mining town where the only golf course used red dirt for fairways, and didn't take golf seriously until he was 12. Three months after his family moved to Alabama, he was committed to Auburn. Josiah tells Smylie how one casual round with the team changed everything.

Plus: junior golf alongside Aldrich Potgieter, living with Brendan Valdes through his cancer fight, and why he switched his flag from Australia to the USA. Josiah also leaves a question for Coach Nick Clinard, who joins the show Wednesday.

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Chapters
0:00 Welcome Josiah Gilbert
1:19 Mount Isa upbringing
7:53 How Auburn found him
12:18 Learning from Auburn's leaders
14:47 Brendan Valdes' cancer battle
17:19 Cracking the lineup
25:30 Auburn's best team
27:48 Choosing Team USA
31:25 Question for Coach Clinard

#Auburn #Golf #PGATour #AuburnGolf #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

We are checking in on the world of collegiate golf with a bonus episode this week!

Charlie Hulme sits down with UNC sophomore Carson Bertagnole ahead of the Williams Cup at Eagle Point (Oct. 18–20) - a course that both Carson and Charlie love.

Carson takes us inside the four-man playoff that punched his ticket to the Puerto Rico Open, what two PGA TOUR starts showed him about the gap between college and tour golf, and the importance of "process" and using certain triggers to reset during a round.

Plus: his first college win at the Fighting Irish Classic, the best hole at Eagle Point, NIL in college golf, a course-record 61 at Atlanta Athletic Club, and the perfect Chapel Hill day.

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Chapters

0:00 Williams Cup preview
1:01 Fighting Irish Classic win
4:11 Eagle Point favorite holes
6:40 Playoff for Puerto Rico Open
9:00 Lessons from PGA TOUR starts
15:00 NIL and college golf
17:29 Record 61, Walker Cup snub
19:29 Perfect Chapel Hill day

#golf #UNC #WilliamsCup #thesmylieshow #collegegolf

With Jon Rahm's announcement that he will not participate in LIV 2.0 - and a number of other LIV players looking to follow suit in breaking their contracts - Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme discuss the current state of LIV Golf, what to make of the years that Rahm spent on that tour, and which pathways should be available to Rahm should he want to come back to the PGA Tour.

Also: Will Bryson DeChambeau participate in LIV 2.0, or do something else entirely? How many LIV 1.0 players will we see on the DP World Tour next year, and how many cards will be available as the PGA Tour changes its competitive structure in 2028? And why is Charlie broadcasting from a golf cart in his garage?

Plus: A shoutout to Austin Hitt as he wins the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, and Smylie laments the state of LSU football.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Golf cart garage studio
4:22 Jon Rahm leaves LIV 2.0
12:44 LIV exodus to DP World Tour
15:48 DP World Tour cards
17:18 Rahm's road back
26:09 Championship Series exemptions
31:14 LIV 2.0 deadline & Bryson
35:54 LIV postmortem
41:29 Merit & Challenger Series
48:25 Going global like the NFL
1:00:40 Austin Hitt & UNC on tour
1:02:55 Lane Kiffin's punt
1:06:09 Sign-off

This week on the show - we are taking a deep dive into all of the incredible work happening at the Cobbs Creek campus in West Philadelphia!

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme are joined by Jim Wagner of Hanse Golf Course Design, who alongside Gil Hanse and a team of "cavemen," are bringing a historic canvas for golf back to life: the Olde Course, originally established in 1916. Jim walks Smylie and Charlie through the history of the property, its connection to other historic Philadelphia golf clubs, holes and green complexes that are coming to life, and the future of the Cobbs Creek campus - including the potential to host a PGA Tour event.

If you'd like to support the Cobbs Creek Foundation - a mission which includes a classroom impact for the youth of West Philly, in addition to making golf accessible to that neighborhood - you can do so here: https://cobbscreek.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate

Down 10.5-7.5 heading into Sunday, with the Internationals leading on American soil for the first time ever, Team USA took 9.5 of 12 singles points to win the Presidents Cup 17-13 — the largest final-day comeback in the event's history. Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme are back from a week on-site at Medinah to break down how it happened, who carried the back half of the lineup, and why the win shouldn't end the conversation about how Team USA picks and pairs its players.

Plus: Jackson Koivun's statement point against Si Woo Kim, Morikawa's iron play, Cantlay's bomb on 16, Medinah's tricky chipping turf, Sungjae Im and Tom Kim's weeks, and Geoff Ogilvy's captaincy.

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2:39 USA rallies to win 17-13
4:04 Snedeker's Sunday pairings
9:41 Koivun beats Si Woo Kim
14:11 Singles heroes
15:58 Power pairings and fatigue
20:05 Medinah chipping conditions
22:33 Gotterup, Morikawa, Cantlay
30:37 International standouts
35:17 Ogilvy's captaincy
37:30 Sign-off

#golf #presidentscup #pgatour #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme are LIVE at Medinah's 16th hole to recap all the Saturday action at the Presidents Cup - with the Internationals just five points away from winning their first Cup since 1998. Smylie and Charlie break down:

- The Internationals reversing multiple matches after the Americans led early
- Scottie Scheffler sitting out for Saturday PM foursomes
- Whether the USA can pull off an 8-4 comeback in Sunday Singles to win the Presidents Cup

This is our last live show of the week - but tune in Monday for a full breakdown of the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah!

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme are LIVE at Medinah's 16th hole after a stunning Friday Foursomes sweep for the Internationals, which leaves the scoreboard INT 7, USA 3 heading into the weekend! Smylie and Charlie recap:

- Incredible putting days for Sungjae Im, Ryan Fox, and Adam Scott
- Another foursomes loss for Scottie Scheffler
- Pairings for Saturday Fourball

Tune in for live shows every day as we break down all the Presidents Cup action as soon as matches are complete!

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme are LIVE at Medinah's 16th hole to break down all the Thursday action at the Presidents Cup, including:

- Jackson Koivun wins his Team USA debut alongside Justin Thomas
- A wild relief ruling on the 17th hole that led to a Scottie Scheffler & Sam Burns win
- Ryo Hisatsune shines in his Presidents Cup debut alongside fellow countryman Hideki Matsuyama
- Tom Kim nearly aces the 16th to close out the final match of the day

Tune in for live shows every day as we break down all the Presidents Cup action as soon as matches are complete!

**NOTE: Technical difficulties resulted in the removal of the last five minutes of pairing analysis, which you can still find - with audio issues - on our YouTube channel.**

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme are LIVE at the 16th hole for this week's competition at Medinah #3, breaking down:

- The just-released Presidents Cup pairings for Thursday four-ball matches
- Smylie's notes on Medinah after walking the course
- Answering viewer questions & comments
- Predictions for the week

Tune in for live shows every day as we break down all the Presidents Cup action as soon as matches are complete!

Before they head to Chicago to cover the Presidents Cup at Medinah, Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme discuss wins for Jacob Bridgeman - a captain’s pick in excellent form - and JJ Spaun - snubbed for a pick despite finishing Top 12 on points - and whether the right team was picked.

We also look ahead to a new two-part series dropping today: Smylie and Justin Thomas reliving the 61 JT shot at Medinah for the course record in 2019. Don’t miss it!

Chapters

0:00 Intro & Presidents Cup week
1:50 Smylie's Austin golf trip
3:28 Charlie's Hope Valley weekend
4:17 Alternate-shot format fun
5:50 This week's golf news tease
9:04 JJ Spaun wins & gets snubbed
11:23 Ryan Gerard's Medinah case
12:16 Jacob Bridgeman's big year
13:27 Bridgeman wins Biltmore Championship
15:26 Bridgeman's quiet confidence
18:05 Biltmore's fan support & future
19:18 BMW PGA leaderboard recap
20:05 2028 tour restructuring preview
22:11 JT's Medinah 61 video series
23:29 Sign-off & what's next

#presidentscup #golf #pgatour #JacobBridgeman #SmylieKaufman #Smylieshow

Smylie Kaufman sits down with NBC/Golf Channel analyst and four-time PGA TOUR winner Notah Begay III, fresh off his Payne Stewart Award, to discuss the state of the Presidents Cup as member of the 2000 USA team which won on home soil (including a rarely-told Tiger Woods story from that competition).

Plus: the NB3 Foundation's 20-year, $10 million run investing in Native communities, Notah getting back into the grind of competition on the Champions Tour, Jackson Koivun's leap from Notah's Junior Presidents Cup team to Team USA at Medinah, and a pitch for fixing the Presidents Cup format for good.

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Chapters

0:00 Payne Stewart Award
3:56 NB3 Foundation's impact
6:04 Duff Foreman AI reveal
9:30 Naming Duff Foreman
11:11 Champions Tour return
14:31 Left-handed putting fix
18:16 Tiger Woods yardage standoff
22:31 Jackson Koivun's rise
23:41 US vs. International depth
27:14 Sign-off & Medinah preview

#golf #notahbegay #tigerwoods #presidentscup

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme sit down with Mike Cocking - the "C" in OCM Golf, the "O" belonging to International Team Captain Geoff Ogilvy - days before the OCM redesign of Medinah #3 takes the stage as the host of the Presidents Cup.

Mike explains how the closing stretch of the storied American venue was reimagined to better bring natural features into play, and what that means for strategy and entertainment as the world's best prepare to take it on.

Plus: OCM's origin story (including the "M" - Ashley Mead), inspiration from a childhood spent playing golf on Melbourne's Sand Belt, the Kingston Heath and Shady Oaks projects (including a Ben Hogan keepsake story), the agronomy issue that drove the Medinah rebuild, whether Ogilvy has a built-in edge as International Team captain, and Cocking's prediction for who wins at Medinah.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & OCM's origin story
3:47 Sand Belt & UK inspirations
6:34 Strategy over penal golf
9:04 Kingston Heath project
11:21 Width over narrow fairways
14:04 Shady Oaks & Ben Hogan
17:03 Favorite Hogan story
19:23 Landing the Medinah job
22:39 Medinah's pedigree & old bunkers
26:41 Rebuilding holes 13-18
30:40 New short par-4 16th
32:56 Another standout short par-4
34:52 New routing for Presidents Cup
39:06 Ogilvy's captain's edge
43:45 Agronomy problems drove renovation
47:42 Cocking's Presidents Cup prediction
50:09 Next up & sign-off

#golf #presidentscup #Medinah #pgatour #smylieshow

Akshay Bhatia joins Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme for his third appearance on the show (rising up the all-time leaderboard - watch out Justin Thomas and James Nitties!).

Fresh off his third straight Tour Championship, Akshay opens up on why he's calling his 2026 season "mediocre," the exact swing changes he's targeting this off-season to fix his driver, and what it would mean to finally crack the top 20 in strokes gained off the tee.

Plus: his partnership with caddie Joe Greiner after their first year together, his cross-handed chipping technique and elite bunker play, the mind-blowing way he uses ball speed as a distance control mechanism with his irons, and with a childhood spent in North Carolina - his go-to Cook Out order.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:00 Magic Shoes?
7:07 Ground rules for the dogs at home
8:19 NC golf courses & Cook Out order
11:38 2026 season reflection
14:05 Marriage & life at 24
16:22 Tour friend group & housing
18:33 Tuesday money games
20:39 Three straight Tour Championships
23:04 Caddie Joe Greiner
25:33 Driver rebuild for 2027
33:00 Playing golf with Joe
34:44 Cross-handed chipping technique
40:49 Ball-speed feel for distance
43:28 Best bunker player on tour?
46:54 Lining up the golf ball
51:30 Sign-off & Japan trip

#golf #pgatour #akshaybhatia #smylieshow

Brandt Snedeker and Geoff Ogilvy have set their 2026 Presidents Cup rosters, and Smylie and Charlie break down every pick — starting with the headline move: 21-year-old Jackson Koivun, who was outside the top 40 on points and only a few months into his pro career, getting the nod for Team USA over veterans with far bigger resumes. They get into why the pick makes sense, and what it means for Koivun's career.

Plus: the full US and International rosters for Medinah, the stat-driven case for why Ryan Gerard should've made the team, dream-pairing predictions for both sides, and why Team USA's depth might make this one lopsided on paper. From there, Smylie and Charlie shift into a full 2026 PGA Tour season review — favorite events and storylines, the "old guys" who had big years, feel-good stories, and players who took steps forward and back.

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Chapters

0:00 Presidents Cup picks are in — the Jackson Koivun reaction
2:03 Comparing Koivun's pick to Jordan Spieth's in 2013
4:40 Full rosters: all 12 players on both teams
5:40 J.J. Spaun's injury and the roster fallout
9:16 The stat case for Ryan Gerard
13:17 Data Golf's rankings & the match format explained
16:36 Bezuidenhout's surprise pick & Medinah's conditions
18:35 International team culture under Ogilvy and Immelman
20:17 Nico Echavarria, the most underrated pick
20:53 Dream pairings: Team USA
25:07 Dream pairings: the International side
26:09 USA's depth advantage, on paper
28:57 2026 season review begins: favorite storylines
31:31 Theme: the old guys had a year
33:00 Feel-good stories of the season
34:36 No-cut fields and Doral's flat comeback
36:44 Previewing the 2027 Florida Swing shuffle
37:31 Guessing the 7 elevated Challenger Series events
42:15 Valspar's sponsor dilemma & the confirmed Championship Series lineup
43:37 Phoenix Open's Super Bowl date standoff
48:12 Theme: the young guns' breakout stretch
48:49 The Fitzpatrick brothers' year
53:15 Marco Penge: a rookie year bigger than the scorecard
56:14 Steps forward: Burns, Si Woo Kim, Fitzpatrick & Gotterup
58:55 Made it back: Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa
1:03:41 2027 outlook: Jordan Spieth's redemption year?

#golf #pgatour #smylieshow #presidentscup

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme preview the 2026 Walker Cup at Lahinch Golf Club with three guests: Team USA's Ryder Cowan, US Amateur champion Jack Whaley - whose victory at Merion earned him a GB&I roster spot, and Lahinch operations manager TJ Ford, who walks us through some truly stunning flyovers.

Ryder discusses matching Jackson Koivun for low-amateur honors at the US Open, what he learned studying Koivun's game, and the golf balls he forgot before his Round of 64 win over Miles Russell. Jack recaps his US Amateur run at Merion — wasp sting included — and the major exemptions that came with it. TJ takes them through Lahinch's Old Tom Morris and Alister MacKenzie design, the club's famous roaming goats, and tells an incredible stories about some caddie shenanigans on the 5th hole. Charlie and Smylie close it out with the full team rosters and their own final score picks.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro: Walker Cup broadcast schedule & preview
8:20 Ryder Cowan joins: earning his Walker Cup spot
10:20 Tying Jackson Koivun for low-amateur honors
13:21 What Ryder learned studying Koivun's game
19:09 Forgetting his golf balls before facing Miles Russell
23:20 Beating Miles Russell & Walker Cup teammates
28:39 Jack Whaley joins: US Am win & major exemptions
29:49 Merion's brutal, back-loaded finish
31:19 Wasp sting, a storm, and battling back
36:00 Walker Cup matchups & English course roots
39:10 FSU's pipeline, airport rankings & sign-off
41:40 TJ Ford joins: his game & Lahinch's history
43:50 Course design history: Old Tom Morris & MacKenzie
45:44 Flyovers begin
53:18 2019 Irish Open flashback: Rahm's 62
56:55 MacKenzie's design philosophy & the toughest holes
59:17 Lahinch's famous roaming goats & Jordan Spieth
1:03:12 New clubhouse & TJ's prediction
1:06:14 Walker Cup rosters & matchup breakdown
1:12:09 Final score predictions

#golf #pgatour #walkercup #lahinch #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

Smylie and Charlie are back to break down Scottie Scheffler's win at the Tour Championship — his second FedEx Cup, his third title of the year, and the moment he passed Tiger Woods for the all-time PGA Tour money record. They dig into the stats, his Jack Nicklaus comparison, and his pointed press-conference comments on East Lake's pin positions and setup.

Plus: the full breakdown of Brian Rolapp's 2028 PGA Tour overhaul — the Championship Series schedule taking shape around GO by Raymond James and 14 sponsors chasing the final four spots, the new two-week match play finale format, Rory McIlroy's 15-event rule likely going away, LIV players' return conditions, whether East Lake stays in the Tour Championship rotation, and the wishlist of historic clubs (Olympic Club, Baltusrol, Cypress Point) that could host a reimagined postseason.

Lastly, SK and Charlie dive into the Presidents Cup discussion as we look ahead to Medinah.

Before all that: Charlie makes his first-ever albatross on Saturday — and discovers a fan who shares his name made one on the very same day.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & toasting the 2026 PGA Tour season's end
2:05 Charlie's albatross and the "other Charlie Hume"
6:15 Ryan Gerard's murky tour status
6:37 Scottie's FedEx Cup playoff run
10:39 Scottie's loose press-room mood & the Brandel Chamblee shoutout
12:36 Scottie's 2026 season in review: near-misses & the Nicklaus comparison
16:24 By the numbers: strokes gained, scoring records & passing Tiger on the money list
18:21 The two stats behind the leap: proximity and putts made from 25+ feet
23:53 Scottie's East Lake pin-position rant, in his own words
26:14 Course architecture debate: this year's setup vs. old East Lake
31:34 Should East Lake stay in the Tour Championship rotation?
35:13 Brian Rolapp's leadership style & the state of the 2028 overhaul
38:19 Championship Series update: GO by Raymond James and the chase for the final 4 events
40:21 Scarcity by design: how the new model out-leverages LIV on star power
42:29 Board meetings, FedEx's sponsorship future & criteria for the last 4 spots
43:27 LIV return conditions, Rory's 15-event rule going away & a fall "world tour"
47:43 Inside the new 2-week match play finale format
49:59 The "no winner after week one" problem & the TV coverage challenge
52:29 Group of death, tournament luck, and the case for match play
54:19 Separating the season-long trophy from the finale spectacle
57:19 Venue wishlist: Olympic Club, Baltusrol & golf's most exclusive clubs
59:29 Smaller crowds, bigger engagement — the Cypress Point/Walker Cup comparison
1:01:56 "What is amateur golf in 2026?" — why the top clubs are still cautious
1:11:40 Presidents Cup discussion

#golf #pgatour #scottiescheffler #tourchampionship #golfrecap #golfhighlights #smylieshow 

Smylie and Charlie are joined by defending TOUR Champion Tommy Fleetwood on the latest episode of The Smylie Show! Tommy reflects on his breakthrough win - his first on the PGA TOUR - in 2025 at East Lake a year later, the near-misses at the Travelers Championship and FedEx St. Jude that preceded it, the "instant gratification" he felt on the flight home, and how that mindset has carried into this season.

Plus: His work with Butch Harmon and the power of simplicity, his love for the nine wood and mini driver, an emotional week playing the Open Championship at home in Southport, and his "fatherhood foursome" featuring Oscar, Murray, and Frankie (and the antics that usually ensue during and after). We also get a highly entertaining behind-the-scenes look at Frankie's prep process ahead of the 2025 Masters Par Three Contest.

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Chapters

1:00 "Tommy, Tommy Tommy"
3:23 The road to his first PGA Tour win
10:29 Winning his first event on the PGA TOUR at East Lake
12:15 Life in Dubai, London & the PGA Tour travel grind
16:10 Staying consistent on a condensed schedule
19:37 DP World Tour cards & the new Championship/Challenger Series
23:35 Butch Harmon and the power of simplicity
26:45 Practice habits — slow-motion swings, staying disciplined
29:20 Learning to trust the fade
34:41 The shoulder-to-shoulder swing
37:18 Why the nine wood & mini driver are must-haves
41:20 Playing the Open Championship at home in Birkdale
47:04 Premier League preview — Everton, Tottenham & old grudges
50:12 Golf merch, logos & the return of pleats
54:05 Underrated English golf courses for a trip
57:01 Fatherhood & the boys' Masters Par Three tradition
1:04:12 Sign-off

#golf #pgatour #tommyfleetwood #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

BMW Championship Recap: Wyndham Clark or Scottie Scheffler For Player of the Year? 

Smylie Kaufman heads straight from the airport (with an update to his airlines Big Board!) to the studio to join Charlie Hulme for a recap of the BMW Championship, where he broadcasted the action from Bellerive Country Club all week long. Smylie and Charlie discuss Wyndham Clark's third win of the 2026 season, and where that places him in an increasingly interesting Player of the Year race that also includes Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick and Chris Gotterup.

SK and CH also recap a disappointing ending - but a much improved week - for Rory McIlroy. A discussion about a "flat cat" putting grip that Rory has been using as a training aid leads to a conversation about the most unique aids that Smylie has seen while playing on Tour.

Also in this episode: Smylie puts together his most likely Presidents Cup team with six USA players now automatically qualified, and Scottie's week dealing with hand, foot and mouth - a familiar experience for fathers of young children.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro: late-night taping & two dad topics
2:19 Smylie's dad-neck injury
6:22 Movie review: Smylie watches The Odyssey
10:48 Scottie Scheffler's hand, foot and mouth battle at Bellerive
16:54 Wyndham Clark wins the BMW Championship over Rory McIlroy
21:33 Rory's "flat cat" putter grip + training aids on Tour
28:30 Player of the Year race: Scheffler vs. Wyndham Clark?
39:15 FedEx Cup playoff points cut & this year's muted bubble drama
44:32 Should the Tour Championship go to match play?
53:39 Bellerive, St. Louis & should host cities rotate?
59:56 Presidents Cup team predictions: Smylie's 6 picks
1:05:54 Presidents Cup: youth development & the Ryder Cup comparison
1:13:39 Airlines Big Board: Southwest Airlines review
1:19:02 Charlie's putter update: the blade movement returns
1:20:46 Sign-off: tennis racket meltdown, Tree of the Week & Tommy Fleetwood next week

#golf #pgatour #BMW #WyndhamClark #ScottieScheffler #SmylieKaufman #golfhighlights #golfrecap

Smylie welcomes Robert "Bobby Mac" MacIntyre to the show (filmed ahead of the FedEx St. Jude Championship) for a deep dive into what makes Bob tick. Bob opens up on some close calls in 2025 — Scottie Scheffler's stunning chip-in at the BMW Championship and J.J. Spaun's dramatic birdie putt at the U.S. Open — and what those near-misses taught him about handling major championship pressure. He also talks candidly about becoming a father to son Finlay, why home in Scotland means so much to him, and his dream of winning a major.

Plus: what Shinty (Scotland's Highland stick-and-ball sport) is actually like, the scholarship that took him to McNeese State, life inside the European Ryder Cup team room (including a prank-call story), three hidden-gem Scottish links courses to add to your must-play list, and his surprisingly strong feelings on private jets.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:00 Bob, Robert, or "Bobby Mac"?
3:09 FedEx St. Jude & Memphis heat
4:47 Adjusting his ball flight for American golf
7:03 McNeese State: the scholarship story & Cajun culture shock
12:04 Shinty 101
22:31 Playing with an edge
25:32 Defining happiness: chasing tour success vs. being home
29:37 The BMW Championship battle with Scottie Scheffler
34:44 U.S. Open pressure & J.J. Spaun's stunning finish
36:11 Two Ryder Cup wins, the Scottish Open, and chasing a major
39:21 Inside the European Ryder Cup team room (the prank-call story)
43:04 Scotland's college golf pipeline
46:01 Fatherhood: son Finlay's arrival
50:14 Three hidden-gem Scottish links courses
54:40 Scottish football & Premier League predictions
57:23 Private jets vs. Ryanair

Smylie Kaufman is back home after broadcasting the U.S. Amateur at Merion, and he and Charlie Hulme spend the front half of the show breaking down the course — its unusual routing, the brutal 14-18 closing stretch, the debate over how much green-complex slope can survive modern speeds, and why it's such a compelling preview for the 2030 U.S. Open there. Jack Whaley beat Jay Leng Jr. for the title, with Ryder Cowan and Carter Loflin standing out as names to know.

From there, the guys run their favorite trees in golf — a loose, hilarious countdown through Merion, Pebble Beach, The Renaissance Club, Cypress Point, TPC Sawgrass, Panmure (where Ben Hogan prepped for the 1953 Open), Prairie Dunes, Seminole, Monterey Peninsula, and the tree at Augusta National.

Plus: the case for Scottie Scheffler as the clear Player of the Year after his 8-shot win at TPC Southwind, what the PGA Tour's new playoff points structure means for players fighting to stay inside the top 50, and the fallout from Jon Rahm's reported LIV Golf exit — including what it means for the DP World Tour, the Challenger Series, and the sport's shifting global landscape heading into 2027.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & catch-up: fresh off the U.S. Amateur at Merion
2:59 Merion's unique routing and standout holes
7:47 Tangent: the Bobby Jones cinematic universe
11:33 Merion's brutal closing stretch and the 17th green debate
12:49 Setting up Merion for a 2030 U.S. Open
18:46 The story behind Merion's wicker-basket logo
22:27 Merion trivia: director-of-golf tenure & clubhouse details
27:05 Best trees in golf: the debate begins (Merion's 8th)
29:03 Pebble Beach's 18th hole cypress
31:58 The Renaissance Club's 11th hole
33:16 Cypress Point: Walker Cup picnics & the 17th tree
36:47 TPC Sawgrass's tree-lined holes
38:29 Panmure: where Hogan prepped for the 1953 Open
40:08 Prairie Dunes' "The Shoot" at 15
42:15 Seminole's 16th hole palms
43:42 Monterey Peninsula's 11th hole
45:54 The Tree at Augusta National & honorable mentions
48:10 U.S. Amateur standouts: Ryder Cowan & Carter Loflin
50:26 The case for Scottie Scheffler as Player of the Year
59:07 PGA Tour playoff points shakeup & the scramble for top 50
1:04:41 Jon Rahm, LIV Golf, and the DP World Tour's shifting landscape
1:19:11 Sign-off: Bob McIntyre preview, Ryder Cup to the South & JT's Firestone flashback

#golf #pgatour #smylieshow #scottiescheffler #Merion

Six-time PGA Tour winner Hunter Mahan joins Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme to talk about his unexpected return to golf. Mahan opens up on why he stepped away from competing in 2021 — burnout, the grind of travel, and an envy that "took over" and wasn't good for his soul — and what's pulled him back into playing after several years coaching high school golf at Liberty Christian in Argyle, Texas, alongside football coach Jason Witten. A few months of posting practice-round videos to social media turned into a full comeback arc, complete with a new equipment deal through Grant Horvat's Primo.

Plus: Hunter breaks down the swing videos he's been posting — his takeaway feel, getting the clubface more shut, and clearing up the Justin Rose "shallowing" myth — and walks through his short game reboot under Stan Utley (of Parker McLachlin's Short Game Chef), including the shaft-angle and forearm-rotation keys that turned his chipping around. The guys also get into a wide-ranging Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup conversation: why Team Europe consistently looks looser under pressure, Mahan's own Presidents Cup debut alongside Justin Leonard and Paul Azinger, the case for a real U.S. national team pipeline, and a frank look back at the U.S. team's collapse at Bethpage in 2025.

Before they let him go: Hunter's top tips for teaching your kids golf, and a very serious debate over which foursome wins — the Golf Boys or the 2016 Spring Breakers.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & why the beard came off
1:41 Why Hunter Mahan stepped away from the tour — and what's pulling him back
3:03 Coaching high school golf with Jason Witten at Liberty Christian
7:42 The burnout and envy that pushed him away from competing
9:56 What went wrong with his swing after 2015
15:11 Breaking down Hunter's Instagram swing videos 
21:53 Inside his short-game reboot with Stan Utley
27:16 Who spins it best around the greens on tour? 
29:33 Utley's keys: shaft angle, forearm rotation, hitting it high vs. low
33:09 The "level eyes" fix and driving through the chip
40:33 Ryder Cup vs. Presidents Cup — why Team Europe has the edge
49:44 Mahan's Presidents Cup debut: Justin Leonard & Paul Azinger
52:42 Building a real U.S. national team pipeline
56:18 Bethpage 2025 post-mortem: "everyone's got a plan till they get hit in the mouth"
59:06 Hunter's top tips for teaching kids golf
1:02:32 Hypothetical: Golf Boys vs. the 2016 Spring Breakers
1:06:03 Sign-off

#golf #huntermahan #pgatour #smyliekaufman #smylieshow #golfpodcast #golfhighlights 

Smylie and Charlie dive deep into LIV Golf's uncertain future, breaking down the reported $250 million investment from BC Partners, the shift to a player-equity model, and what a 10-event "LIV 2.0" schedule would actually look like. They also unpack the confirmed cancellation of the Team Championship in Michigan, leaving Indianapolis as the tour's lone remaining event of 2026.

Plus: Bryson DeChambeau's headline-grabbing New York Post quotes, why he might be the one player who keeps LIV alive no matter what, the brutal math facing Jon Rahm if he wants back on the PGA Tour, LIV's business missteps (from its team-branding strategy to its mounting legal bills), and a fun hypothetical — could a Bryson-led YouTube golf tour actually work?

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & why we're breaking down LIV's future
1:52 LIV 2.0 restructuring — bankruptcy, equity, and the "$250M mini tour"
5:12 Who's funding this? BC Partners and the players-investors standoff
8:30 Which players get a fast track back — Rahm and Niemann
9:24 Bryson's New York Post quotes, dissected
10:26 Bryson's YouTube empire and why he's all-in on LIV
14:56 The failed $500M ask from PIF
16:14 Bryson's major exemptions status through 2029
17:41 Bryson is the engine keeping LIV alive
19:50 The Q-School pathway back to the PGA Tour
22:24 LIV 2.0's reality check: purses shrink from $40M to $15M
24:37 Who pays the penalty? Koepka's buyback and Rahm's price tag
27:37 Jon Rahm's business decision
29:09 LIV's mistakes: legal fees and a fumbled team-branding strategy
33:25 The road not taken — a joint venture instead of a rival tour
36:34 Could LIV become a YouTube-native golf brand?
38:21 Selling YouTube golf to sponsors — the measurement problem
40:36 Hypothetical: a Bryson-led touring roadshow
42:28 LIV's other lawsuits: Premier Golf League and Mobii Systems
47:17 Prediction: Rahm's decision and a September deadline

#golf #LIV #pgatour #jonrahm #brysondechambeau #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

PART TWO: LIV GOLF SEGMENT: Dropping tomorrow morning (08/11/26)

With a third straight PGA TOUR winner under the age of 24 in the books thanks to Michael Brennan's Sunday birdie streak, Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme look back at his year, and the continued emergence of young American talent on the PGA TOUR. SK and CH also discuss which big names made or missed the FedEx Cup playoffs, discuss the origins of "AimPoint" green reading, and review some comments from Brooks Koepka after missing out on the playoffs.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & this week's storylines tease
1:19 Spotting a Smylie Show hat at the Wyndham Championship
2:45 Sick kids and a rough week at home
6:37 Michael Brennan wins the Wyndham Championship
8:13 Brennan's rise: Korn Ferry Tour to PGA Tour winner
11:09 Brennan hires putting coach Marcus Potter
11:27 Young Americans and the Presidents Cup conversation
13:03 Ben James, Miles Russell & American golf's next wave
14:02 Brennan's FedEx Cup jump and Presidents Cup odds
15:06 Why winning on the PGA Tour still matters most
16:33 Heat, humidity, and the "worst month" debate (plus a daylight saving tangent)
20:47 Jackson Koivun sneaks into the FedEx Cup top 70
24:26 The AimPoint putting debate
30:45 Tom Kim climbs to 26th; three playoff streaks snapped
31:42 Brooks Koepka's brutally honest 94th-place assessment
32:55 Diagnosing Koepka's season & his road back from LIV

#golf #pgatour #golfrecap #golfhighlights #smylieshow #smyliekaufman #golfpodcast #wyndhamchampionship #michaelbrennan #fedexcup 

Sean Foley joins the show to break down Michael Thorbjornsen's first PGA Tour win at the Rocket Classic — a bogey-free final-round 63 that came together in barely six weeks of work with Foley, built around going back to video of Thorbjornsen's swing from Stanford in 2018. Foley walks through exactly what he saw, what they're working on, and why the answer was already in Thorbjornsen's own history.

Plus: Foley digs into his full player room this summer — Tom Kim's emotional Genesis Scottish Open win, Michael Kim's historic 59 at the 3M Open and the three-month process of retraining his swing around a stronger grip, Ben An's four-year driver transformation, and the "humans first, golfer second" coaching philosophy he's built over two decades on tour with players like Tiger Woods, Justin Rose, and Hunter Mahan.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & congrats to Sean Foley on Thorbjornsen's Rocket Classic win
2:08 Foley on watching Thor's win & his history with Michael since age 16
4:02 Foley's 20-year coaching evolution — "player support," humans first golfer second
6:29 Scottie Scheffler's rising floor & the new generation's mindset
7:28 Tom Kim & Thorbjornsen's shared high expectations turning pro
8:23 Coaching Tom Kim: rebuilding posture, connection & swing DNA
11:09 Thorbjornsen's swing fix: back to his 2018 Stanford video
12:14 Breaking down Thorbjornsen's swing — grip, posture, wrist angles
19:32 Thor's shot-shape arsenal beyond the draw
21:13 Foley's coaching philosophy
23:23 Michael Kim's comeback
25:16 Retraining Kim's pattern — hitting snap hooks for 3 months
28:16 Coaching psychology — bad memories & letting players enjoy wins
30:18 Consistency over "feel" & the dad-as-coach dynamic
32:35 Enjoying golf vs. having fun — and Foley's "do no harm" rule

#golf #pgatour #smylieshow #michaelthorbjornsen #rocketclassic #smyliekaufman

Charlie Hulme and Smylie Kaufman break down Michael Thorbjornsen's first PGA Tour win — a bogey-free final-round 63 at the Rocket Classic, sealed by a long birdie putt on 18 that held off a hard-charging Xander Schauffele. Thor's putting coach, Stephen Sweeney, joins the show to explain how a stance and ball-position overhaul helped refine a raw approach into more short makes and better speed control on long putts.

With the final PGA TOUR regular-season event up next, we take a bigger-picture look at the rest of the season and beyond. Which players are in danger of losing their cards, missing the playoffs, or not qualifying for signature events? And how would all of this look via a restructured competitive format in 2028?

Plus: Detroit Golf Club's Donald Ross restoration, debating our favorite golf course design features, and the fantasy game Smylie would like to see in 2028 with the Championship and Challenger Series in place.

Check out our original putting instruction video with Stephen Sweeney here: https://youtu.be/JVh5Xy7YRQM

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro: Charlie's HVAC and studio backdrop saga continues
3:15 Smylie plays through a mild flu — new Sam Burns/Scottie Scheffler swing thoughts
6:58 Charlie's putter and grip breakthrough
8:14 Detroit Golf Club's Donald Ross restoration & tour's vanishing classic courses
16:03 What makes a golf hole memorable
19:16 Favorite/least favorite design features: cross creeks & sloped tee boxes
23:52 Caddie yardages: raw numbers vs. adjusted advice
27:39 Stephen Sweeney joins to talk Thorbjornsen's win
33:36 Thorbjornsen's raw putting DNA — from cross-handed to fundamentals
39:12 Video breakdown: fixing Thorbjornsen's stance & ball position
45:14 Thorbjornsen's ceiling
47:27 Sweeney's new ventures: Golf.com content & The People's League
55:25 Rocket Classic recap: Thorbjornsen's bogey-free 63 & the winning putt
57:37 Xander Schauffele's runner-up finish & 2026 bounce-back
58:21 FedEx Cup Playoffs / Top 100 PGAT Bubble Discussion
01:08:00 Presidents Cup Outlook
01:12:00 Future PGAT Changes

#golf #pgatour #rocketclassic #MichaelThorbjornsen #SmylieShow #SmylieKaufman 

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Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme break down Jackson Koivun's stunning 3M Open win — his first PGA Tour title in just his third start as a pro, holding off a hard-charging Scottie Scheffler at TPC Twin Cities. They revisit Smylie's April prediction that Koivun could make the Presidents Cup team, along with a deep dive into Brandt Snedeker's Presidents Cup roster dilemma (young guns vs. proven veterans).

Other 3M topics include a fifth runner-up finish for Scottie Scheffler, an ode to Grumpy Old Dudes after a viral Lucas Glover metal spikes moment, and “3Minutes” with producer Jaxon Brown.

Before all that: Smylie tweaks his back wrestling his kids into car seats in the rain during a solo parenting weekend, and Charlie gets torched by a mineral sunscreen mishap on the beach.

Tune in soon for a fuller breakdown of the state of LIV Golf after a brief discussion to close the episode. Don't forget to like, comment, subscribe, and follow us on socials @thesmylieshow!

Chapters

0:00 Intro & episode preview
1:48 Smylie's parenting-duty weekend and "dad back" tweak
4:13 Charlie's beach vacation and sunscreen sunburn saga
9:06 Jackson Koivun's 3M Open win and duel with Scottie Scheffler
13:10 Brandt Snedeker's Presidents Cup roster dilemma: youth vs. experience
22:54 Presidents Cup standings and proposed format changes
25:39 Comparing Koivun to golf's great young major winners
28:08 Scottie Scheffler's incredible, win-light runner-up season
32:14 Scheffler's costly miss on 18 and Koivun's closing par
34:28 Koivun's caddie David Flynn's backstory
35:57 Lucas Glover's shoes-off, metal-spikes controversy
42:52 3M Minutes: Jaxon Brown's on-site report from the 3M Open
53:22 Smylie's neck injury and driver breakthrough
56:23 LIV Golf's collapse and stranded players
1:02:07 Sign-off and next episode tease

#golf #pgatour #smylieshow #jacksonkoivun #3MOpen #golfrecap #golfhighlights

Fresh off a thrilling finish at Royal Birkdale which saw him hoist the Claret Jug, Ryan Fox joins Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme to relive his first major win at the 2026 Open Championship — only the fourth Kiwi to win a major, and the first to bring the Claret Jug home to New Zealand since Bob Charles in 1963. Fox walks through his major championship record-tying 62 on Saturday (and the improbable fairway bunker shot on 18 that capped it off), the driver decision on the 13th that swung his Sunday momentum, an incredible approach at 16, and the nerves he felt reading the winning birdie putt on 18.

Plus: A brand new Srixon driver responsible for some of the most clutch shots he hit all week + the Z-STAR ball that gave him an edge over the rest of the field in the windy conditions, his dad Grant Fox's legendary All Blacks career and 1987 Rugby World Cup win, New Zealand's golf course boom, whether a PGA Tour event or Presidents Cup could ever land in New Zealand, and a detour into Fox's Bordeaux-heavy wine cellar.

Before all that: the saga of getting the real and replica Claret Jugs through airport security and onto the flight home — including an awkward moment in line next to runner-up Cameron Young.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & Ryan Fox's dad, All Blacks legend Grant Fox
2:39 Has life changed since becoming Champion Golfer of the Year?
3:39 New Zealand's 4th major champion & ending a 63-year Claret Jug drought
4:29 The Claret Jug's wild flight home
9:19 Echoes of Hideki Matsuyama's Masters travels
10:19 Friday's grind just to make the cut
12:12 Saturday's record-tying 62
13:14 The bunker shot and putt that closed out the 62
18:29 The 13th hole driver gamble and riding the wave of momentum
23:24 The approach at 16 and feeling the crowd's energy
29:03 Composure and nerves on the 18th green
32:45 The backstory on Ryan's putter
34:42 No snakes in New Zealand???
35:57 The 2014 Muriwai Open and New Zealand's links golf
38:00 The 2021 Muriwai win with Steve Williams caddying
39:48 Touring New Zealand's booming golf course scene
42:50 Could the PGA Tour — or a Presidents Cup — come to New Zealand?
46:25 Wine talk: Bordeaux, Hawke's Bay, and the Claret Jug
48:23 Sign-off

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme recap the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, where 39-year-old Ryan Fox closed with an aggressive nine-iron to 11 feet on the 72nd hole and drained the birdie to win his first major, clearing Cam Young by a shot. They break down his decisive back nine and journey to the top: turning pro at 25, not reaching the PGA Tour full-time until age 37.

Plus: Cam Young's fateful bunker gamble on 18 and the way his narrative has shifted rhe past year, heartbreak for Sam Burns with another near-miss at a major, controversy surrounding Scottie Scheffler’s 17th-hole TIO ruling, a bigger picture discussion about rules enforcement in the wake of Bryson DeChambeau’s two-shot penalty, and whether Royal Birkdale's firm-and-fast setup played as a true links test.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro — Smylie's last dispatch from Royal Birkdale
2:11 Ryan Fox's Open Championship win, recapped
3:25 Cam Young's early charge sets the clubhouse target
7:05 Sam Burns' back-nine bogeys + live show bloopers
10:11 Scottie, Fleetwood, and Bryson fall out of contention
12:40 Fox's decisive back nine and winning approach
16:39 Ryan Fox's Swing and Background
18:22 Sam Burns' heartache and the "can he close" question
20:06 Cam Young
29:53 Scottie Scheffler's major-less season, dissected
33:36 Scottie's TIO ruling and the Bryson "careless" debate
39:14 Rules consistency
47:07 Golf's mental game and controlling emotions on tour
51:12 Tommy Fleetwood, Si Woo Kim, and Royal Birkdale's true links test
59:14 Ryan Gerard and sign-off from Major season!

#theopen #golf #ryanfox #smylieshow #smyliekaufman #camyoung #samburns #scottiescheffler

Coming off a wild Friday night with a two-shot penalty assessed to Bryson DeChambeau - and a third round on Saturday where Smylie Kaufman was calling all the action in the Bryson & Sam Burns group - Smylie joins Charlie Hulme to break down all the major storylines on Saturday from Royal Birkdale.

SK and CH discuss some pointed comments from Rory McIlroy directed at Bryson, and general player reaction to the fallout from Bryson's penalty ... but while in the middle of that discussion, are joined LIVE by Ryan Gerard, in the second-to-last group on Sunday! Ryan gives us the details on his round with hickory clubs at North Berwick, plus his favorite pizza spots on the road.

What will the final score be? Who will hoist the Claret Jug on Sunday? Let us know in the comments, and come right back here tomorrow for a full recap of the 154th Open Championship!

Charlie Hulme and Smylie Kaufman break down a wild Friday at The Open Championship, headlined by Bryson DeChambeau's two-shot penalty for improving his lie in the fescue on the par-4 5th. Smylie was on-site chasing the story in real time — he walks through racing out to the hole, tracking down the actual divot, and simulating Bryson's swing to assess whether the penalty was warranted. The ruling drops Bryson to T5 at 5 under, three back of the lead heading into the weekend.

Plus: two Royal Birkdale course records as Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns both card 62s, the tied-lowest round in major championship history; a bigger-picture debate on whether rules enforcement is consistent across the PGA Tour, USGA, and R&A (with the Wyndham Clark, Joaquin Niemann, Jon Rahm, and Sam Burns/Oakmont cases all on the table); real questions about whether Bryson tees it up Saturday; a driver-strategy breakdown comparing Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm's approaches on the 10th hole; and score predictions for the cut line and the weekend leader.

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Chapters

1:25 Bryson DeChambeau's penalty controversy breaks
2:18 Smylie's on-the-ground chase to the 5th hole
5:22 Breaking down Bryson's backswing and the fescue lie
8:43 Bryson's agent statement and the intent question
10:03 Big picture: is rules enforcement consistent across tours?
13:37 Would Bryson withdraw from The Open?
17:00 Debate: is the two-shot penalty too harsh?
22:46 Friday's other big stories: course records & leaderboard
23:55 Driver strategy: Tommy Fleetwood vs. Jon Rahm on 10
28:45 Cut line prediction, Ryan Gerard shoutout & weekend outlook

#brysondechambeau #theopen #smylieshow #golf

Charlie Hulme and Smylie Kaufman break down Round 1 of the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, where Jackson Suber leads at 5-under and Englishman Daniel Brown sits T2 at 4-under. Smylie, who walked all day with the Cam Young–Ludvig Åberg–Wyndham Clark group, dives into how the course shifted from a calm, receptive morning to tough northwest crosswinds in the afternoon, and compares the end-of-day green conditions to Poa annua.

Plus: the variety and firmness of Birkdale's turf on display through Tommy Fleetwood, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy's approach shots, a parallel between Rory and Bryson DeChambeau's rough putting days, Cam Young's near-63 that got away, why the course rewards precision but still leaves room for aggressive drivers, Scottie Scheffler's 93%-fairways 2-under start, Bryson's driver edge in the firm conditions, and the guys' cut line and 36-hole leader predictions.

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Chapters

0:00 Round 1 wrap: Jackson Suber leads, Daniel Brown T2
1:21 Smylie's flushed wedge on No. 7
2:52 Morning calm to afternoon crosswinds: how Birkdale played
5:34 Course variety and firm turf 
7:51 Morning vs. afternoon scoring — Cam Young
9:24 Who the course favors: precision, aggression, and spinny fescue
11:47 Scottie Scheffler's 93% fairways and 2-under start
13:26 Bryson's driver advantage and conditions in his favor
14:31 Bryson's approach game: the real test comes Friday afternoon
15:21 Preview picks recap, cut line and leader predictions

#theopen #golf #smylieshow #royalbirkdale

Smylie Kaufman joins Charlie Hulme for a major championship preview edition of The Smylie Show, this time reporting on-site from Royal Birkdale ahead of the 154th Open Championship. Smylie's fresh off practice-round scouting with Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns and Tommy Fleetwood, and the two break down how a UK heat wave has left the course baked out, brown, and playing firmer and faster than usual — with wind direction doing wild things to distance and club selection all week.

Plus: a full hole-by-hole walkthrough of Royal Birkdale using the R&A's course guide and Padraig Harrington's notes on each hole, including the redesigned par-3s and the new 13th where Jordan Spieth made his iconic bogey in 2017. They close it out with contender picks for the week & dark horse names to watch out for.

Before all that: Charlie cranks the office heat and a fan to "simulate" Birkdale conditions, and Smylie details a rough night of jet lag getting into town.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro: heat wave banter & simulating Birkdale conditions
2:23 Smylie's practice round report (Scheffler, Burns, Fleetwood)
3:34 Course strategy: wind, firmness & club selection
6:46 UK heat wave, dry conditions & Open Championship ice cream
8:36 Hole 1
10:41 Hole 2
12:30 Hole 3
14:48 Hole 4
17:53 Hole 5
22:14 Hole 6
25:00 Hole 7
26:53 Hole 8
28:12 Hole 9
31:57 Hole 10
33:52 Hole 11
37:08 Hole 12
39:18 Hole 13
43:06 Hole 14
47:15 Hole 15
50:43 Hole 16
54:14 Hole 17
56:06 Hole 18
57:28 Course wrap-up: what to watch for at Royal Birkdale
59:41 Open Championship picks & dark horses
1:09:56 Sign-off & what's coming this week

#golf #theopen #royalbirkdale #smylieshow #smyliekaufman #golfrecap #pgatour

Fresh off broadcasting the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe, Smylie Kaufman hops in the studio with Charlie Hulme to break down the week in golf before catching a flight overseas for the Open Championship.

SK and CH discuss Tom Kim's emotional win at the Genesis Scottish Open — his fourth PGA Tour title as a 24-year-old, but his first in more than 1,000 days. They dig into what's clicked in Tom's game recently, his horse-for-course status at Renaissance Club, and where he stacks up against the rest of the field heading into the final major championship of 2026.

We get started, though, with a wild week in Tahoe for Smylie - from dinner with Charles Barkley, to his "GOAT" status in TJ Oshie's yearly baseball beer pong game.

Plus - breaking down the end of the fifth-longest made-cut streak in PGA TOUR history, and what that means for Scottie Scheffler in his Open title defense at Royal Birkdale.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:57 Charlie's ski team days
7:11 Teasing Tahoe stories: Larry David & TJ Oshie
8:07 TJ Oshie's "baseball" beer pong game, explained
12:16 ACC team rosters & Brady Tkachuk's MVP week
14:28 Dinner with Charles Barkley & the ACC recovery routine
15:47 Larry David's interview, plus Steph Curry/Draymond Green golf talk
20:49 Tom Kim wins the Genesis Scottish Open
28:24 Tom Kim vs. his 24-year-old contemporaries
31:21 LIV pros return to the Scottish Open field
33:02 Renaissance Club: the Tom Doak design debate & Rory's take
38:23 Scottie Scheffler's historic cut streak ends
41:25 PGA Tour Player of the Year race
47:19 Open Championship preview: contenders to watch
50:16 Rory's game plan for a firm, fast Birkdale

#golf #pgatour #scottishopen #tomkim #rorymcilroy #smylieshow #openchampionship

As we head into links golf season, Smylie Kaufman catches up with 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry, fresh off a golf trip spanning England and Ireland. The two cover Shane's 16-year run with Srixon, the tech behind his elite iron play, and his amazing run of holes-in-one (including this year's Masters ace).

Plus: the buzz around Portmarnock possibly joining the Open Championship rota, Shane reliving the putt that helped Europe seal the 2025 Ryder Cup, and whether Luke Donald will captain the European side beyond 2027.

Charlie then joins to help build the "ultimate 9 holes" of Open Championship golf and some fun rapid-fire questions — everything from a hot-mic moment at St. Andrews to where to find the best pint of Guinness.

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0:00 Intro & Shane's round in Ireland
1:45 Irish Open venue debates: Portmarnock & Royal County Down
3:51 Playing with Rory & Luke Donald
5:13 Smylie's own Ireland golf trip flashback
7:44 Shane's 16-year journey with Srixon
10:24 How equipment & tech have evolved since 2009
12:06 Testing the new Srixon RKT driver
16:14 Driving accuracy, tee height & the mini driver debate
20:50 Shane's ELITE iron play
24:18 The absurd list of hole-in-ones
26:15 Feel over mechanics: Shane's short-game philosophy
30:33 Reliving the Ryder Cup-clinching putt
34:18 Will Luke Donald captain again after 2027 at Adare Manor?
35:09 Why Europe keeps winning the Ryder Cup
38:46 Building the ultimate 9-holes of Open Championship golf
45:51 Hot mic moment at St. Andrews
47:32 More Q&A

#golf #pgatour #shanelowry #openchampionship #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

SPOILER ALERT 🚨 If you havent watched the final round of YGT’s first event.

Smylie Kaufman welcomes his former LSU teammate and PGA Tour pro John Peterson to the show, who stepped in as a last-minute wildcard for Wesley Bryan's team at Your Golf Tour's Pursell Farms opener. JP walks through his 48 hours inside the tour (cabin life with Michael Block and Ben Hadden, the wildcard draft format, just how good these YouTube pros actually hit it) and gives a hole-by-hole recap of the singles match that decided his team's fate in the finale, dropping the same day as this episode.

Plus: revisiting JP's famous 2011 quote that top amateurs could beat top pros — and why he thinks the last 15 years proved him right — Brad Dalke's eye-opening runner-up week on the DP World Tour, life after pro golf running his Westoplex Garage door company, relaunching a YouTube channel of his own, the reality of YGT's camera-heavy production, and a Ryder Cup detour on why Europe's team-selection system might just be better than ours.

And perhaps most importantly: JP tells the story of the buffalo burger (and cheese ball tub) that welcomed a 148-pound freshman named Smylie Kaufman to LSU during a football game against UNC (bait which Charlie could not resist taking to set the record straight on the 2010 Tar Heels team).

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0:00 Intro: JP's many identities — LSU, PGA Tour, YGT, podcast, garage doors
1:42 The wildcard call that got him into Your Golf Tour
2:21 JP's bio and life after pro golf
4:25 Revisiting JP's 2011 "amateurs can beat pros" quote, 15 years later
8:09 JP's skepticism about YouTube golf — and what changed his mind
11:01 Meeting the crew and cabin life at Pursell Farms
12:51 JP's take on the YGT format and how good the players really are
14:16 Recapping his singles match vs. Ben Hadden, hole-by-hole
18:39 Brad Dalke's big week on the DP World Tour
21:09 Looking back on "For the People" and why the podcast ended
23:10 Relaunching a YouTube channel with Killeen Bryan
26:20 Behind-the-scenes of YGT: camera crews and on-course rules
28:46 The LSU buffalo burger story
36:23 The Coach O / Sam Burns Ryder Cup story
38:56 Ryder Cup selection: US vs. Europe's system
41:38 Planning a TSS golf collab, the buffalo burger bogey game & sign-off

#YGT #youtubegolf #smylieshow #pgatour #smyliekaufman #bryanbros #granthorvat

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme are back from a very #America250 Fourth of July weekend to break down a wild finish at the John Deere Classic, as Chris Gotterup's Sunday 62 was good enough to earn a THIRD win on the PGA TOUR this season. They dig into Gotterup's remarkable year (four wins in the last 365 days, matched only by Scottie Scheffler), his Rutgers-to-Oklahoma journey, and why he might be the most well-rounded young American on tour. 

Plus: Max Homa's solo-second week with new caddie John Ellis, what the 2028 Championship Series/Challenger Series restructuring means for events like John Deere, Rory McIlroy's 15-event exemption situation, a loaded Scottish Open field with some LIV Golf headliners in Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, and the debate around golf content creators skipping the mini-tour grind.

Before all that: Smylie's neck gives out mid-round playing with Steven Spieth, and Charlie discovers the secret to fixing his golf game — playing with 12 clubs.

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0:00 Intro & 4th of July weekend catch-up
2:14 Smylie's neck injury 
6:07 Charlie's golf slump — fixed by carrying 12 clubs
10:18 Chris Gotterup's final-round 62 wins the John Deere Classic
13:11 Why Gotterup is one of the next great young Americans
17:12 Gotterup's shot-shaping 
26:10 Max Homa's runner-up week and the John Ellis caddie effect
30:17 The John Deere Classic's future under the 2028 tour restructuring
40:03 Gotterup's emotional win and golf's need for storylines
43:08 Rory McIlroy's 15-event exemption, explained
46:24 Scottish Open preview: Rahm, Hatton & LIV golfers in the field
52:26 UK heat wave and Open Championship conditions
53:18 Brad Dalke's DP World Tour week and the YouTube-vs-grind debate
58:59 Sign-off & what's coming this week

#golf #pgatour #golfrecap #chrisgotterup #smylieshow 

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme sit down with coaching legend Butch Harmon — the man behind Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Dustin Johnson, Tommy Fleetwood, and more. Butch shares his take on Scottie Scheffler (he compares him to Jack Nicklaus, not Tiger), breaks down Rory McIlroy's raw talent, and explains what separates the best ball-strikers in the world.

The conversation covers the equipment rollback debate, Jose Maria Olazabal's 9-club proposal, coaching Tiger through the 1997–98 swing change, and Dustin Johnson spending 3.5 years learning to hit a fade.

Then Charlie launches "Butch Harmon Story Time" — the Corvette on 17 Mile Drive at Cypress Point, caddying at the Alfred Dunhill Links, Tiger threading a driver through a range bay door at Rio Seco, and a live Sky Sports moment Butch will never live down.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:58 Travelers Championship Recap
2:20 Scottie Scheffler & Jack Nicklaus
7:15 Butch's Coaching Philosophy
12:59 Tommy Fleetwood & the Nine Wood
16:25 Equipment & the Rollback Debate
21:38 Olazabal's 9-Club Idea
23:10 Tiger's Nine Shots
26:05 Butch Harmon School of Golf
28:46 Story Time with Butch
41:20 Tiger at Rio Secco
44:27 Coaching Tiger's Swing
46:18 DJ Learns to Fade
49:00 Tom Watson at Turnberry
52:12 Smylie's Swing Analysis

#smylieshow #pgatour #golf #tigerwoods #scottiescheffler 

Fresh off the course at TPC River Highlands on Monday morning - following yet another incredible week of fan support at the Travelers Championship (including some traveling Norwegian World Cup fans!), Smylie Kaufman hops in the car to the airport to join Charlie Hulme as they recap Viktor Hovland’s playoff win over Scottie Scheffler.

Smylie talks about the atmosphere on-site, the evolution of Viktor’s swing mechanics the past few years, and why Scottie’s ball-striking continues to amaze 🤯

Enjoy the quick recap and stay tuned for more content soon as we begin to look ahead at the fourth and final major championship of 2026!

#golf #travelers #recap #viktorhovland #scottiescheffler #pgatour #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme react to the PGA TOUR’s newly announced 2028 competitive structure, including the Championship Series, Challenger Series, promotion and relegation, minimum purse changes, no sponsor exemptions in top-tier events, and a revamped fall “last chance” series.

The guys break down what this means for players, sponsors, fans, Korn Ferry Tour graduates, DP World Tour pathways, and the future of the FedExCup Playoffs — including the possibility of a rotating, match-play Tour Championship at some of golf’s most iconic venues.

CHAPTERS
00:00:57 — PGA TOUR’s 2028 shakeup
00:02:23 — Smylie’s first reaction to Brian Rolapp’s plan
00:04:52 — Why the two-tier model makes sense
00:07:08 — What it means for players and purses
00:13:26 — Can stars still play hometown events?
00:15:17 — Midseason promotion and smaller fields
00:18:18 — Why schedule clarity matters
00:24:19 — Is this better for mid-tier PGA TOUR players?
00:28:36 — No sponsor exemptions in Championship Series
00:31:39 — “Last chance” fall series explained
00:38:40 — Match play and the future playoffs
00:42:58 — Pine Valley, Cypress Point, Seminole rumors
00:49:23 — Could elite private clubs actually host?
00:53:18 — Why match play can work anywhere
00:55:36 — Why 2027 suddenly matters more

#golf #smylieshow #smyliekaufman #pgatour #pgatournews #golfrecap #golfhighlights

Wright Thompson joins The Smylie Show to discuss his new ESPN series Where It Lies, including Episode 3 featuring Augusta's beloved municipal golf course, The Patch.

Wright shares stories from Augusta, St. Andrews, municipal golf around America, and why golf courses create communities unlike any other place. The conversation explores the soul of the game, the importance of public golf, junior development, unforgettable golf characters, and why golf remains stronger than all the forces trying to commercialize it.

Plus, Wright reflects on years covering The Open Championship, his favorite golf destinations, and the relationships that make golf special.

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00:00:18 Intro
00:01:30 Wright Thompson & ESPN's "Where It Lies"
00:03:30 The Patch & Augusta's Municipal Golf Revival
00:07:15 The Characters That Make Munis Special
00:11:10 Wright's Daughter Falls in Love with Golf
00:14:30 Legendary Clubhouse Meals & Open Championship Stories
00:16:45 Why Golf Communities Feel Different
00:20:00 The Difference Between Loving Golf & Selling Golf
00:22:45 Future Stars, Local Legends & Muni Lore
00:24:30 The Blue Foot Creative Process
00:27:30 Wright's Municipal Golf Mount Rushmore
00:31:05 Ole Miss vs LSU & SEC Football
00:34:00 Final Thoughts

#golf #pgatour #smylieshow #smyliekaufman #wrightthompson #golfchannel

Wyndham Clark is a two-time U.S. Open champion.

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme recap the final round from Shinnecock Hills, where Clark survived a chaotic Sunday, a charging Sam Burns, a final pairing with Scottie Scheffler, and a hostile New York crowd to claim his second major championship.

Smylie was inside the ropes with the final group all day and breaks down the shots that decided the championship: Scottie’s slow start, Wyndham’s short-game saves, the massive birdie at 16, Sam Burns’ near-misses on 17 and 18, and how Shinnecock Hills played across four demanding rounds.

The guys also debate the course setup, fan behavior toward Wyndham Clark, what this win means for his legacy, the leaderboard names who made a jump, and Rory McIlroy skipping the Travelers.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome from Shinnecock
01:55 Smylie inside the final group
06:09 Scottie’s Sunday start
10:47 Wyndham’s early battle
13:18 The key moment at No. 5
19:00 Wyndham and Scottie at 10
20:40 Why No. 11 is elite
23:27 Sam Burns makes his charge
27:46 Wyndham’s huge break at 16
29:07 Did Shinnecock get the setup right?
36:03 Fan treatment of Wyndham Clark
50:01 Leaderboard quick hitters
57:11 Rory skips Travelers
01:03:40 Final thoughts from U.S. Open week

#golf #usopen #wyndhamclark #golfrecap #smylieshow 

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme are on-site at 18th green at Shinnecock Hills - with the historic clubhouse as a backdrop - to recap Round 3 of the U.S. Open, where Wyndham Clark built a commanding six-shot lead heading into Sunday.

The two break down Wyndham’s clutch putting, his massive eagle on 16, and how the wind and course setup shaped Moving Day at Shinnecock. Smylie and Charlie also discuss the blockbuster final group pairing alongside Scottie Scheffler, and what Scottie needs to do in order to mount a comeback and win a career Grand Slam.

Plus, TSS producer Jaxon Brown joins from behind the camera with boots-on-the-ground thoughts on Theegala/Burns group, spectator vibes, and the best shots he saw Saturday.

And stay tuned for our full recap tomorrow night from the 126th U.S. Open!

CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome from 18 green at Shinnecock
02:19 Wyndham’s clutch putting clinic
04:36 The eagle shot that may define the tournament
06:24 Wind, firmness, and Shinnecock’s brutal setup
08:26 Sunday pressure: Wyndham vs. Scottie
11:34 Did Wyndham benefit from the draw?
12:55 Scottie’s Grand Slam chase, birthday & Father’s Day
14:16 Jaxon joins from behind the camera
15:15 Sahith Theegala and Sam Burns’ boring-good golf
16:14 On-site crowd vibes at Shinnecock
17:41 Wire-to-wire U.S. Open trivia
20:21 SK Fit Check: Keith Mitchell vs. Justin Thomas
21:31 Final predictions for Sunday

#golf #usopen #shinnecock #wyndhamclark #scottiescheffler #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

From the bleachers at the 16th green, Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme rehash the second day of play at Shinnecock Hills - with a leading score of 7-under halfway through the U.S. Open.

Was the setup too easy? Will it get harder this weekend? We read some differences of opinion on that topic from several players near the top of the leaderboard, plus Smylie's thoughts on the Saturday and Sunday setup.

Plus - we discuss Joaquin Niemann's two-shot penalty for throwing a sand wedge + missed cuts for Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.

Check out our conversation with tournament leader Wyndham Clark on Monday: https://youtu.be/vkSIcRM1U0I

And stay tuned for weekend recaps at the 126th U.S. Open!

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Day 2 Complete at Shinnecock
1:01 T-Mobile Range Cast Trivia
2:22 Joaquin Niemann's Wild Penalty & Recovery
5:04 Will the USGA Firm Up Shinnecock?
7:35 Is This Playing More Like an Open Championship?
9:53 Matt Fitzpatrick's Ridiculous Short Game
11:14 Wyndham Clark Takes Command
14:18 Xander Schauffele Looming
15:33 Smylie's Inside-the-Ropes Scottie Story
17:58 The Great Hot Dog Debate
20:10 Rahm, Bryson & Major Missed Cuts
22:27 Weekend Predictions at Shinnecock

#USOPEN #Shinnecock #wyndhamclark #scottiescheffler #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

Fresh off a shot out of the fescue on the 9th hole at Shinnecock Hills, Smylie Kaufman pops into the first hole bleachers to recap Thursday at the U.S. Open alongside Charlie Hulme.

Weather was the biggest factor in round one - in the form of a two-hour fog delay, and afternoon wind being less severe than expected. Wyndham Clark raced out to a four-shot lead on the strength of exceptional approach play and putting - something he discussed on the show earlier this week: https://youtu.be/vkSIcRM1U0I

The guys discuss why the Shinnecock setup erred so far on the side of caution, and how much room the USGA has to push the course as we look ahead to the weekend.

Stay tuned for more daily recaps from the 126th U.S. Open!

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro + T-Mobile at Shinnecock
03:04 Did the USGA get the setup right?
06:03 Why putting mattered more than expected
10:17 Wyndham Clark's dominant opening round
12:18 AM vs PM wave advantage discussion
13:14 Rory, Scottie & key Day 1 storylines
14:28 Keith Mitchell's wild 41–29 round
15:23 Ludvig Åberg's putting turnaround
17:40 Final thoughts + Day 2 outlook

#golf #usopen #smylieshow #smyliekaufman #golfchannel #shinnecock #WyndhamClark

The guys are on site for another major championship - broadcasting from the T-Mobile Benefits Hub on the 1st hole at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club!

Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme begin with a full breakdown of the current course conditions, and how the setup has changed since the last time Shinnecock hosted the U.S. Open in 2018.

Wyndham Clark then joins the show to discuss his current form, some key swing and gear changes he's made this year, and whether Smylie's hot dog condiments are acceptable or bizarre.

Smylie and Charlie close the show by profiling some of the favorites in the field, and making their picks to win.

Join us all week long for coverage presented by T-Mobile, the Official 5G Network Partner of the USGA!

CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Hot Dog Controversy at Shinnecock 🌭
4:01 — T-Mobile & U.S. Open Week at Shinnecock
8:05 — How Shinnecock Hills Will Play
11:24 — Wind, Green Speeds & USGA Setup Concerns
16:16 — Surviving the Fescue & Missing Fairways
19:25 — Building the Winning U.S. Open Player Profile
28:02 — Wyndham Clark Joins the Show
30:36 — Why Shinnecock Is Such a Brutal Test
32:30 — Wyndham's Swing Changes & Recent Form
35:02 — Putter Experiments, Equipment & Confidence
39:10 — Comparing Himself to His 2023 U.S. Open Victory
42:21 — The Mental Challenges of Professional Golf
43:46 — Wyndham Weighs In on the Hot Dog Debate
46:39 — Scottie Scheffler's Grand Slam Opportunity
54:42 — Rory McIlroy's Chances at Shinnecock
1:02:30 — Tommy Fleetwood, Patrick Reed & Other Contenders
1:09:45 — Final Picks, Winning Score & Bold Predictions

#USOPEN #Shinnecock #Smylieshow #smyliekaufman #wyndhamclark #scottiescheffler #rorymcilroy #pgatour #golf

Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour winner Arron Oberholser joins Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme to swap incredible Tour stories, break down Scottie Scheffler's current swing, and preview the upcoming U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

Arron tells the unbelievable story of winning a tournament after bending his putter and using a wedge on the greens, shares old-school short game techniques that today's players rarely use, explains why Scottie's iron play may not be quite as sharp as we're accustomed to seeing, and gives his thoughts on who could surprise at the next major championship.

Plus: California golf memories, equipment stories, Ryder Cup debates, and more!

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Arron Oberholser joins the show
01:40 The Futura putter and Pebble Beach memories
03:20 Winning a tournament with a borrowed putter
05:30 Putting with a wedge during competition
08:00 Old-school short game techniques
12:00 The Paul Runyan shot around the greens
13:10 Classic wedges, equipment and short-game talk
15:00 Learning different grasses and golf conditions
20:00 Memorial Tournament discussion
20:30 Memorial's 12th hole vs Augusta's 12th
23:20 Scottie Scheffler swing analysis
32:20 Early U.S. Open thoughts at Shinnecock
37:30 Dark horse picks for the U.S. Open
40:15 Ryder Cup brothers debate

#golf #pgatour #smylieshow #usopen #smyliekaufman #scottiescheffler #shinnecock

With 33 holes played already on Sunday at Muirfield Village, it took J.T. Poston two more to emerge victorious, punching his ticket to Shinnecock Hills (and avoiding another 36 holes on Golf’s Longest Day) in the process. Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme recap the week at Memorial, and Poston’s journey back to the winner’s circle.

Smylie was on-site at Jack’s Place and gives his perspective on how Poston found something special with his ball striking and putter, why Ryan Gerard’s putting turnaround is elevating his ceiling, and how brutal Muirfield Village played before the weekend rain softened the golf course.

The guys also discuss Scottie Scheffler’s viral frustration at the 16th hole, Wyndham Clark’s form heading toward the U.S. Open, Golf’s Longest Day, Nelly Korda’s first U.S. Women’s Open win at Riviera, the future of mixed men’s/women’s golf events, and the latest LIV Golf reporting.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Remembering Bryce Adair
04:22 JT Poston wins the Memorial in a playoff
06:23 How Poston found his game again
12:47 Ryan Gerard’s putting breakthrough
16:40 Why Ryan Gerard is so fun to watch
19:30 Muirfield Village’s wild difficulty swing
24:46 Augusta 12th vs. Memorial 12th
27:47 Scottie Scheffler’s viral caddie frustration
35:40 Wyndham Clark, Eric Cole and U.S. Open form
39:25 Golf’s Longest Day preview
42:43 Alex Fitzpatrick’s broken driver shaft
47:18 Nelly Korda wins the U.S. Women’s Open
52:36 Why Riviera elevated the women’s game
56:24 Should men and women play more mixed events?
60:41 LIV Golf reports and future schedule questions
66:35 New Smylie Show merch

#golf #pgatour #nellykorda #jtposton #ryangerard #smylieshow #smyliekaufman

Josh Gregory has spent decades developing elite golfers, from NCAA champions to PGA TOUR winners. In this episode, Josh joins Smylie to discuss his coaching philosophy, his years leading championship college programs, and what separates players who make it from those who don't.

They revisit stories from coaching Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed, discuss Jackson Koivun's future, and break down the mental traits shared by great players. Josh also walks through real short-game scenarios while analyzing footage of Taylor Moore, Pierceson Coody and JJ Spaun, explaining how lie conditions, bunker shots, grain, bounce and technique affect decision-making around the greens.

Plus, discussions on NIL, college golf, PGA TOUR U, and the changing pathway to professional golf.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro: Josh Gregory Joins TSS
01:24 Coaching Philosophy & Life Lessons
05:02 What Makes Future Tour Stars Different?
09:35 Recruiting & Coaching Bryson DeChambeau
17:15 Short Game Philosophy
20:20 Reading Lies & Into-The-Grain Pitch Shots
27:14 Bunker Play: Firm vs Soft Sand
33:00 Patrick Reed's Unique Short Game Technique
36:12 JJ Spaun's Short Game Transformation
41:38 College Golf vs Turning Pro
46:38 Building the Ideal Amateur Wedge Setup
50:00 Final Thoughts

#golf #pgatour #smylieshow #Brysondechambeau #patrickreed #jjspaun #smyliekaufman #joshgregory