The Smylie Show

James Nicholas won in Bogotá, teed it up in two majors, and finished 30th on the Korn Ferry Tour points list, close enough to taste a PGA Tour card. With Q-School Final Stage a month out, he sits down with Smylie Kaufman to unpack the year, and why he's calling it the best of his career.
Plus: trading Yale football for golf, the pre-med path and family legacy he set aside, a 4 a.m. accountability plan, his mental coach's method for faster swing changes, time-blocking advice for amateurs, the PGA Tour's 2028 restructuring, a home wellness room, and a bonus question from Charlie Hulme.
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Chapters
0:00 Season recap, Bogotá win
2:37 Multi-sport upbringing
6:34 Yale football to golf
9:57 Breakout years at Yale
14:48 Pre-med and family legacy
19:08 Early pro years
22:11 Scheffler-level consistency
29:18 Swing change process
36:37 Time management advice
43:47 2028 tour restructuring
47:49 YouTube and Shinnecock
50:35 Wellness room
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Charlie Hulme sits down with both of this year's honorees at The Langley, A Tribute to Legends — the charity event named for longtime Cypress Point head pro Jim Langley. First, two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw shares what made Langley one of the game's true gentlemen, and lists the one part of his putting approach that has never changed. Then Charlie's grandfather, Sam Reeves, makes his first appearance on the show, with a close-up view of Tiger Woods' week at the 2000 U.S. Open.
Plus: Dr. Alister MacKenzie's camouflage roots, how Perry Maxwell reshaped Augusta's 10th, what wins Ryder Cups, a young Ben Crenshaw at the 1972 U.S. Amateur, and why Sam, at 92, thinks the game is more needed than ever.
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## Timestamps / Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:53 Ben Crenshaw on Jim Langley
3:07 MacKenzie & Perry Maxwell
5:17 Augusta's 10th hole
7:02 Crenshaw's putting philosophy
8:55 Ryder Cup leadership
10:29 Sam Reeves on Jim Langley
13:27 Pebble Beach & Tiger in 2000
17:33 Sam on Ben Crenshaw
21:43 Growing the game
27:15 Langley's life of joy
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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
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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
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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
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