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

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