The 19th Hole Golf Show: Will golf's youth movement lead to flaming out sooner?

Smylie Kaufman becomes the second 20-something in this new PGA Tour season to win, and it makes us wonder what skills these young guys possess that prior generations didn't that lets them win so young and so often.

Then, on the heels of Ian Poulter's catharsis about the nature of pro golf, we wonder if the grind of the game won't lead to shorter careers in the future.

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Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. He has been writing and broadcasting about golf for nearly 20 years. Ballengee lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his family. He is currently a +2.6 USGA handicap, and he has covered dozens of major championships and professional golf tournaments. He likes writing about golf and making it more accessible by answering the complex questions fans have about the pro game or who want to understand how to play golf better.

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