The Smylie Show

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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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