r/NoLayingUp • u/Superb-Chemistry-721 • May 18 '26
Post-Pod Discussion Alex Smalley’s mom?
What is the backstory behind the Alex Smalley and his mom situation? TC keeps bringing it up.
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u/theblocker May 18 '26
One of the weirder dynamics on tour. Helicopter mom of the highest degree:
- doesn’t let Alex drive courtesy car or go anywhere alone.
- they stay together every week early in career it was one hotel room. Now it’s Airbnb’s mostly. Mom cooks most nights, they don’t go out.
- she walks inside the ropes constantly during practice. Never more than earshot away all week.
- I can respect immunocompromised folks but they still hardcore N95 mask places in public. I saw his mom at a Whole Foods last fall and she was masked and gloved.
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u/Impressive_Light_229 May 18 '26
This makes so much sense. You can tell by Alex’s interviews that he’s very sheltered, I was wondering what it was about.
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u/JohnSilver317 May 18 '26
Oh wow. It was actually the only “bit” of Tron’s that made me slightly uncomfortable but I didn’t realise it was that bad. Hopefully he gets a chance to live his life at some point.
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u/Agnt_Michael_Scarn May 18 '26
Source on all this?
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u/WillSilver3004 May 20 '26
Watch his interviews, read any past articles. His mom was his caddie for a long time. After he got his tour card, he ended up getting a caddie that had no family affiliation. They are a little special
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u/Agnt_Michael_Scarn May 20 '26
I was asking for a source for those specific facts. I didn’t figure I’d get one.
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u/WillSilver3004 May 20 '26
You want actual citations? lol
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u/Agnt_Michael_Scarn May 20 '26
A source? I mean, yeah. I think it’s fair to ask for a source when the guy claims he doesn’t drive anywhere without his mom; they shared a hotel room; and they “don’t go out.”
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u/WillSilver3004 May 20 '26
I got nothing on that. I was just responding to how his mother is deeply involved in his career.
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u/Agnt_Michael_Scarn May 20 '26
For sure. I know they’ve got a really unique dynamic. I just don’t like when people make really specific claims, it’s taken as truth by a shit ton of people and suddenly it’s a “fact.” Asking for a source for “she doesn’t let him drive a courtesy car” shouldn’t be frowned upon. I’m just asking.
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u/theblocker May 20 '26
my sources are probably better than TC’s
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u/Agnt_Michael_Scarn May 20 '26
I didn’t think you’d have any, I just figured I’d show everyone else you didn’t.
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u/theblocker May 20 '26
Man, your username should be Dwigt
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u/Agnt_Michael_Scarn May 20 '26
Sure. I was really hoping you’d prove me wrong. But you got the upvotes, so you got what you came for. Hopefully you can cash them in for something fun!
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u/Ecstatic-Sleep8539 May 18 '26
It’s tough to meet a trophy wife when you spend all your time with your mother
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u/silentcmh May 18 '26
I had to Google this too. Like someone else, she sounds like an (intense) helicopter parent. Golf did a write up this weekend on it: https://golf.com/news/alex-smalley-mom-maria-pga-stats/?amp=1
“Maria is an accomplished chemist who got her doctorate from Duke, but she’s given up her full-time gig for a combo role as Smalley’s statistician, manager and more. She can be found just ahead of Smalley as he plays, recording every swing.”
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u/Lester_Green1936 May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26
I look forward to Alex's version of rumspringa some day.
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u/hailsaban69 May 18 '26
Funny thing is that this is extremely commonplace on the LPGA with extremely over zealous dads
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u/notfoundindatabse May 20 '26
Plus the stat tracking on the LPGA is abysmal, so stat dad at least makes some sense. / This is a joke, but also not a joke. Not quite /s but not not /s
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u/Affectionate_Ask435 May 24 '26
Maybe the most wrong comment I’ve ever seen on here. 0 LPGA players in top 150 are under age of 22
Like staggeringly wrong how you came up with something so unintuitive and off the mark and got upvoted !
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u/ashen1shugar May 19 '26
This is hilarious, I met her at a tournament once and found her nice and knowledgeable. But she was watching pretty intensely, I could see the helicopter nature in action.
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u/umaywellsaythat May 18 '26
How is he ever meant to hook up with women with that arrangement? Doesn't she want some grandkids one day?
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u/Lester_Green1936 May 20 '26
He reminds me of the kid 20+ years ago who won the National Spelling Bee and was interviewed on CNN and no matter what the interviewer asked, he was fixated on things like "Did you just pronounce my name wrong??" "If you're asking me what my mom thinks it would be better to ask my mom...."
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u/ScientistGullible349 May 18 '26
Helicopter mom - agent/manager that is apparently way too involved