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We Need A Fourth

SmartLess Media presents: We Need a Fourth! Hosts Kenny Mayne, Brian Baumgartner and Cooper Manning are looking for just one thing: someone to fill out their Saturday morning tee time.

Join them each week as they talk to their famous friends who all have one thing in common: their love (and oftentimes hate) for the game of golf. They care less about swing speeds and spin rates, and more about who’s the biggest cheat their guests have ever played with, or what the perfect golf vacation looks like.

It’s the podcast version of a round of golf with your buddies – if your buddies were comedians, actors, athletes, musicians, and other celebs.

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Latest Episodes:

JJ Spaun on Winning the US Open at Oakmont, the Movie That Inspired Him + Shining Harris English's Shoes Nov 02, 2026

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JJ Spaun grew up in LA wanting to be Tony Hawk, skateboarding to the golf course after school to avoid being seen in a tucked-in shirt. He walked on at San Diego State, worked his way to a full ride, then had to walk on all over again at every level of professional golf until he found himself at Oakmont with nothing to lose. He breaks down the US Open week that changed everything — including a weather delay on Sunday that mirrored a movie he watched on a red-eye flight to London months earlier. Plus: the time Harris English walked into the Torrey Pines locker room and handed JJ his muddy shoes.

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John Smoltz's Best Tiger Woods Stories, Bobby Cox's Clubhouse Secret + His Youth Baseball Warning Oct 26, 2026

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John Smoltz played more golf with Tiger Woods than almost anyone — and has the stories to prove it. He breaks down what Tiger was really like on the course, what happened when Tiger stepped into the batting cage against him, and how Bobby Cox quietly built one of the most dominant dynasties in baseball history by letting his pitchers play 36 holes in spring training while the games were going on. Plus: the warning Smoltz delivered in his Hall of Fame speech about youth baseball that nobody is listening to.

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Tiger's Pick for Best Amateur in the World + Adam Wainwright on Braves Legends on the Golf Course Oct 19, 2026

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Adam Wainwright spent his career pitching alongside three Hall of Famers — and it turns out they play golf exactly the way they pitched. He breaks down the Braves legends on the course, what John Smoltz told him early in his career about using golf to stay sharp across a 162-game season, and the spring training round where Tiger Woods made his pick for the best amateur golfer in the world. Plus: the six-foot putt he says was the biggest sports moment of his life, the injury that accidentally turned four tomato pots into 1,600 acres, and a dream foursome that includes a president with one very specific agenda item.

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Tiger's Club Intervention & Bill Murray's 19th Hole Confession: Andy Garcia's Hollywood Golf Stories Oct 12, 2026

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Andy Garcia has been playing golf since the mid-80s and has the Hollywood stories to prove it. Tiger Woods had something to say about his equipment. Bill Murray had something more pressing to share before their first day on set. Joe Pesci once turned down a round with Jack Nicholson for reasons only Joe Pesci could explain. And then there's the Seve Ballesteros story — which Andy has never fully gotten over.

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Peter Jacobsen on His Rock Band With Payne Stewart + Embarrassing Kevin Costner on the Tin Cup Set Oct 05, 2026

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Peter Jacobsen spent three decades on the PGA Tour playing golf with rock stars by day and performing with them at night. He breaks down how Jake Trout and the Flounders was born alongside Payne Stewart, Huey Lewis, and Alice Cooper — and what it was actually like on the set of Tin Cup when the tour players walked up to Kevin Costner's shot and started ripping it onto the green. Plus: Jack Lemmon's famous opening tee shot at Pebble, why Jack Nicklaus sucked the air out of a room the same way Tiger did, and the skills challenge where Vijay Singh hit it left-handed better than Phil Mickelson.

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Brandel Chamblee Sounds Off on Phil Mickelson's Legacy, LIV Golf, and the Tiger vs. Jack GOAT Debate Sep 28, 2026

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Brandel Chamblee has never been shy about LIV Golf, Phil Mickelson, or either of their legacies — and he's not starting now. He breaks down why LIV failed exactly as he predicted, what Phil could have been if he'd never left, and whether there's a path back for anyone who took the Saudi money. Plus: the Tiger vs. Jack GOAT debate, where Scottie Scheffler's ceiling is, and the Augusta evening that remains the sweetest moment of Brandel's entire career.

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Annika Sörenstam on Teaming up With Tiger, Ms. 59, and Playing in a Men's PGA Tour Event Sep 21, 2026

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Annika Sörenstam is the only player in LPGA history to shoot 59 — and that's not even the most remarkable thing she's done. She breaks down the 1995 US Open that launched her career, what it was actually like teaming with Tiger Woods against David Duval and Karrie Webb at the Battle of Bighorn, and the moment at a press conference when she decided to enter a PGA Tour event and play against the men. Plus: how many strokes she'd give Brian in a match, and why she says the number is non-negotiable.

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ReRelease - Which Team Does Sportscasting Hall of Famer Joe Buck Think Will Win the Super Bowl? Sep 14, 2026

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This ReRelease episode, the guys welcome a sportscaster who has called 23 World Series and 6 Super Bowls: Joe Buck! He downplays his handicap, but don't you believe it. He shares which Manning brother Dake Maye reminds him most of, the horribly unlucky golf accident that his strong marriage survived, and he does play by play on our hosts worst golf shots

Follow Joe at @joebuck , and follow our hosts Cooper Manning @coopermanning, Kenny Mayne @mayne.kenny & Brian Baumgartner @bbbaumgartner

We Need a Fourth is produced by SmartLess Media and Electric Avenue. Brian Baumgartner, Cooper Manning, Kenny Mayne and Stewart Bailey are Executive Producers. Produced by Anne Harris and Kyle McGraw. Engineered by Kyle McGraw. Edited by Joshua Richmond. Associate Producer is Maddie McCann. Executive Producer for Electric Avenue is Marc Forman. Executive Producers for Smartless Media are Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski.

Keywords for this episode: Monday Night Football, Troy Aikman, Jack Buck, American Century Championship, St. Louis Cardinals, World Series, Super Bowl, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, Drake Maye, Sam Darnold, ESPN, SportsCenter, Fox Sports, The Manning Hour, The Office

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ReRelease - What Does Superstar Golf Influencer Paige Spiranac Say to Her Haters? Sep 07, 2026

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On this ReRelease episode the guys are thrilled to welcome perhaps the biggest golf influencer in the world: Paige Spiranac. Fresh off the finals at the Internet Invitational, Paige shares Kenny's hatred for golf dress codes, who is actually taking those pictures of her, and what happens when you go off script on the set of Happy Gilmore 2.

Follow Paige at _paige.renee , and follow our hosts Cooper Manning @coopermanning, Kenny Mayne @mayne.kenny & Brian Baumgartner @bbbaumgartner

Keywords for this episode: Paige Spiranac, Internet Invitational, Fat Perez, Roger Steele, Adam Sandler, Happy Gilmore 2, Chris Pratt, Luke Wilson, Joe Jonas, ESPN, SportsCenter, Fox Sports, The Manning Hour, The Office

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The Next Jim Nantz: Taylor Zarzour on Bryson's Villain Arc, Cam Ward's Complaint, and Golf's Hardest Call Aug 31, 2026

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Cooper Manning calls him the next Jim Nantz — and after this conversation, it's hard to argue. Taylor Zarzour calls the Masters with Mike Tirico, voices the Tennessee Titans, and has spent years interviewing golf's biggest personalities up close. He breaks down why Bryson DeChambeau is actually one of the most fun interviews in the sport, what Cam Ward told him about his touchdown calls, and why golf on the radio is the hardest thing to do in broadcasting.

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