Colt Knost Interview: Working "The Greatest Gig Ever" + The Current State of Golf
Description
On this episode of the Smylie Show, Smylie Kaufman welcomes a fellow player-turned-broadcaster, Colt Knost, to the show!
Colt and Smylie relive the highlights (and lowlights!) from an incredible trip to Pine Valley, commiserate over their shared post-playing-career struggles with the short game, and discuss the future of the game of golf - from TGL, to LIV, to YouTube.
They also relive one of their wildest shared playing experiences at Torrey Pines as we head into this week's PGA TOUR stop at the Farmers Insurance Open.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
02:12 - Playing for a crowd
04:14 - Chipping Techniques
07:01 - Pine Valley
09:36 - The State of the Game
13:12 - The Bubble That Never Bursts
22:08 - Thoughts on TGL
31:58 - Grass League golf
38:09 - Genesis moving from Riviera
42:45 - 2016 Farmers Insurance Open experience
46:55 - Colt's excitement for Farmers Insurance Open
48:05 - WM Phoenix Open Concert Series
51:23 - Trevor Immelman and OWGR
54:38 - Playing at Whisper Rock
56:40 - Colt’s Warm-Up Routine
58:18 - Handicap Talk