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The Smylie Show

The Identity of the PGA Championship + Ryder Cup Captaincy with Shane Ryan

5/26/202637 min

Golf Digest’s Shane Ryan joins Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme fresh off the PGA Championship to unpack one of the strangest stories of major week: Garrick Higgo’s “late, but on time” tee-time penalty — and Shane’s now-viral follow-up question that cut straight through the confusion.

From there, the conversation turns into a wide-ranging look at the modern PGA Championship: finding an identity in the wake of the move from August to May, whether Aronimink produced a fair major test, expectations for PGA Frisco next year, and what makes this championship feel so unique to the Masters, U.S...

Clips

Furyk, The Sacrificial Captain
Late But On Time?
‘We’re The Weirdest Major’
Frisco, The Odd Dragon
Let ChatGPT Captain?

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  6. Smylie Kaufman· Host0:28

    [upbeat music] How good is it gear, SK?

  7. Charlie Hulme· Host0:31

    Why not ask Roy?

  8. Speaker 30:32

    Today, live from the Pinecrest Inn, it's The Smiley Show. So long, everybody. [laughs] This is The Smiley Show.

  9. Smylie Kaufman· Host0:40

    All right, we are thrilled to be joined now on The Smiley Show by Golf Digest writer, some may say senior writer, uh, Shane Ryan. [laughs] We're, we're, we're, we're handing out titles here on The Smiley Show. Shane- Yeah ... it's great to see you at the PGA Championship this last week at Oakmont.

  10. Charlie Hulme· Host0:57

    Yeah.

  11. Smylie Kaufman· Host0:57

    And we have a lot to unpack here, but I think the place we have to start was your amazing line of questioning with Garrick Higgo, following up on the whole story that was late to the tee time on Thursday. Uh, c- can you just run us through that press conference and just the, the, the, just the line of questioning for him there? [laughs] I think S- Smiley loved the follow here. Let, let's just, let's just do an oral history of- Yeah ... how that all went down.

  12. Charlie Hulme· Host1:21

    I mean, you had to be- Sure ... you had to be just licking your chops, man. Like, when he k- when he sat down- [laughs] ... it would've been like, "I'm about to cook this young man."

  13. Unknown speaker1:28

    [laughs]

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