Players 2026: Smylie Kaufman hits himself with all-time announcer jinx on ‘Live From’ segment

It’s been precisely two years since TV historical past was made and golf postgame protection was modified for good. Two years since Johnson Wagner walked onto the seventh gap at TPC Sawgrass for a Golf Channel “Live From” segment and began. . . throwing golf balls.

Wagner was making an attempt to recreate a bounce Rory McIlroy had gotten earlier with a watery drive, however he wound up creating a brand new fashionable segment when the video went viral. But with Wagner taking his abilities to NBC this yr, Smylie Kaufman is filling his void on Golf Channel. And to this point, he is been very entertaining.

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Earlier this week, Kaufman tried to recreate Si Woo Kim’s famed driver-off-the-deck throughout his 2017 Players win, which Smylie had a front-row seat to. And Smylie hit back-to-back duck hooks.

And on Thursday evening, the PGA Tour winner and friend of The Loop podcast went to TPC Sawgrass’ most well-known gap, which played particularly tough During the opening spherical, to hit a shot underneath the lights. It was then when he hit himself with the last word announcer’s jinx.

“Well, Brandel, I’ve never hit a ball in the water here on the 17th,” Kaufman says to the present’s hosts. “So, maybe that’s the announcer’s jinx.”

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You can guess what occurred subsequent. See for your self:

That’s tough. You can sense Kaufman knew that was coming, however but he nonetheless mentioned it. So, as a fellow content material man, respect.

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