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Former LSU golfer Smylie Kaufman wins a Web Tour tourney today
Posted on 5/3/15 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 5/3/15 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 5/4/15 at 5:50 am to VermilionTiger
Way to go Smylie,Real proud of you for winning your 1st tourney.Best of luck.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 6:45 am to I-59 Tiger
Puts him in a good spot to make the PGA Tour next year as well
Posted on 5/4/15 at 10:52 am to I-59 Tiger
Awesome. Smylie getting it done.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 10:59 am to I-59 Tiger
that's his real name? Smylie?
Posted on 5/4/15 at 4:32 pm to chalmetteowl
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that's his real name? Smylie?
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."
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