re: Former LSU golfer Smylie Kaufman wins a Web Tour tourney today

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that's his real name? Smylie?

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Yes that is his name (middle name). See story below.

From PGA.com

Carter Smylie Kaufman’s middle name is a tribute to his grandmother’s cousin, Smylie Gebhart, who was an All-American defensive end for Georgia Tech in 1971, despite measuring a modest 6’1”, 180 pounds.

“Think about that one,” said Smylie’s father, Jeff Kaufman. “They don’t even have kickers that size anymore.”

Gebhart had a freak accident in 1979, in which a slipped disk ruptured his spinal cord. He became a quadriplegic and died at age 51. Jeff vowed that if he ever had a son, he would go by Smylie.

“He was one of those guys that was very straight-faced, the kind of guy that you wanted your daughter to bring home,” said Jeff of Smylie Gebhart. “An incredible working guy, and to think of what he went through … I just always knew that if I ever had a son, it was going to be Smylie."