Brandel Chamblee and wife Bailey launch podcast

USA Today

03-05-2025

Brandel Chamblee and wife Bailey launch podcast
Who's your favorite Chamblee?
Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee takes no offense if the answer is his wife, Bailey.
'The favorite Chamblee? You can guess who that is,' he said in a phone interview with Golfweek. 'Most of the time when we get invited somewhere people will say, really we're inviting you so you can bring your wife.'
'The Favorite Chamblee' is the name of a new podcast that Brandel and Bailey launched on April 17. The second episode launched on Wednesday. It's got a bit of a "Live with Kelly and Mark" vibe to it, the long-running husband-wife morning talk show hosted by Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa. This golf-centric version is unaffiliated with Golf Channel, according to Brandel.
'Technically, it's my wife's show,' he said. 'It's something my wife and I wanted to do for a while. She's going to have frequent guests on from the fashion world, Tour wives and other industry guests. [Editor's note: Those of us at Golfweek await colleague Eamon Lynch's debut appearance with bated breath.]
'I'm going to pop on here and there and be on most of them, but it's a way for her to entertain the fashion world and females in the golf space with a little analysis from me in it.'
It's a refreshing look at Brandel, one of the best in the business at what he does, but like Johnny Miller before him, a polarizing figure. This is a window into Brandel away from the set that viewers otherwise don't see. We learn, for instance, how he almost sabotaged his relationship with Bailey before it really began with a poor shoe choice. But the best segment so far is the story of Bailey bringing an empty suitcase to Augusta, Georgia, to bring home 60 bags of Masters potato chips for contestants of her member-member tournament back in Arizona, which is at once hilarious, adorable and relatable.
How does one go about buying 60 bags of potato chips at the Masters? 'It's cashless, so they can track every single thing I do. So, I can't buy all 60 at once. That's weird,' Bailey explained.
During the Saturday round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur, she filled a tote bag with 25 or so bags of chips. But she also recruited her hubby to raid the Masters media center, where chips can be had for free. On the way to and from the Golf Channel set, Brandel made a habit of snagging two bags of chips.
'Every time I did it, I felt like I robbed the bank,' he said on the first podcast episode. 'I looked around and I was like somebody's going to come out, some Green coat is going to come out and go, 'Woah, woah, woah, you got two bags yesterday on the way in and two on the way out. No way with that beautiful figure.' '
So, Brandel enlisted help.
"Do not name names," Bailey said.
"I'm not going to name names, but Savannah Thompson. Thank you, Kevin Casey," Brandel said, mentioning the Golfweek alum.
"Stop it," Bailey said through laughter.
"Next thing you know, poof, Bob's your uncle and we have 60 bags of chips," Brandel said.
Unfortunately, three bags of chips were compromised on the trip home. Bailey texted a photo and wrote, "Crisis mode."
As Brandel was preparing to do the pre-game show before one of the most anticipated major championship rounds in years, he had one job and one job only. "I have to go back in and steal gold from Fort Knox," Brandel said. "I'm getting kicked out of Augusta for getting more than my allotment of Masters chips.'
Two episodes in and it already feels as if "My Favorite Chamblee" is this year's new podcast we didn't know we needed.