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

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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