No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

In this NLU Special Project, we relive Vijay Singh's dominant 2004 season, which might be the most underappreciated in modern golf history. We also look back at Singh's unlikely ascension from the island of Fiji. Through various tours in far-flung locations around the globe, he ultimately challenged and briefly overtook Tiger Woods as the best golfer on the planet. If you enjoyed this episode, con...

The crew is back from Big Randy's wedding to recap Scottie Scheffler winning the Hero by six shots to repeat as champion in the Bahamas. We also cover the resignation of LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan and Montana's native son Ryggs Johnston winning the Aussie Open. Plus, another edition of our E-9 as we talk Tiger's schedule, Kisner getting the NBC analyst gig, the USGA's gender policy up...

Luke Donald joins DJ and Tron for a thorough debrief on the 2023 Ryder Cup and his captaincy for the victorious European team which has been profiled in a documentary "Una Famiglia" that premiered today. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes...

This weekend we go in a different direction on the pod with DJ hosting a Quiz Show on the past year in golf with Neil, Tron and Big Randy competing for NLU bragging rights. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access...

DJ catches up with Martin Slumbers, outgoing Chief Executive of the R&A, for a wide ranging discussion covering his time as the head of golf's oldest governing body and the state of the game from both a professional and recreational perspective. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial inter...

On this week's recap pod, we talk LPGA Tour Championship where Jeeno Thitikul outduels Angel Yin, and the RSM classic where Mav McNealy gets his first career PGA Tour win. We also offer some thoughts on the standings bubble discussions that played out this weekend and then it's on to assorted news and notes in our E-9 segment. Plus, a visit with NLU contributor Connor Belcastro about his time on t...

Randy and Cody are back with another LPGA pod as we preview this weekend's LPGA Tour Championship. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift...

Soly and Tron welcome friend of the program and native Scot Ru Macdonald to kick off a new series as we take a comprehensive look at all things Scotland golf travel. For this first episode, we focus on the area in and around St Andrews and the larger Fife region on the east coast of Scotland. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest mem...

We begin tonight's pod with a half-hour of competitive golf recap from this week on the PGA, DP World and LPGA Tours as Rafa Campos, Rory and Nelly emerge as winners this weekend. Then it's another eclectic array of off-course topics as we break down the Golf.com Top 100 Courses in the United States list and another E-9 segment discussing Ryder Cup compensation and ticket prices, DP and LIV schedu...

Big Randy and Cody turn over the keys for this LPGA pod to Tron and John Pond - husband and part-time caddie for Lauren Coughlin. John details the long road that LC has taken from early struggles as a professional to multiple LPGA Tour wins and a Solheim Cup appearance. This interview was originally released as Nest exclusive podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Layi...

Soly and KVV are back as we take a deep dive into the majors from 1998 - highlighted by Mark O'Meara's Masters-Open Championship double, plus Lee Janzen's US Open win at Olympic Club and Vijay Singh claiming the PGA Championship at Sahalee. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interrupti...

We're back for another "offseason" pod with a few thoughts on Austin Eckroat's win at El Cardonal before another grab bag of topics including our picks for players who'll be on the rise in the 2025 calendar year and another E-9 segment. We then close with another "one for the road" as KVV dives into the legend of Phil's dinosaur head birthday gift. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The...

KVV and Soly are back with another deep dive pod. This time we look at two golf feuds featuring a couple of hall-of-fame players who went toe to toe over a rules infraction at a skins game and one landmark event in Ryder Cup history that a certain group of golf media just can't seem to get over. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest...

With no PGA Tour event this week we've got a bit of a topical grab bag on this weekend's recap pod. We start with a look at the proposed changes to the PGA Tour qualification system or, as TC has named it, the Mule Replacement Program. We also cover Neil and TC's trip to the Titleist Performance Institute, a new rapid-fire E-9 segment with some assorted news and notes and we close with KVV digging...

Harry Higgs is back on the pod and headed back to the PGA Tour! We talked with Harry about his year on the KFT and how he improved his game to earn his tour card back. We also cover his mental health and revisit his comments surrounding the passing of Grayson Murray, learning to take time off during the season, getting recognized abroad, and his view of the current state of the PIF negotiations. I...

Soly and DJ recap the Zozo as Nico Echavarria edges JT and Max Greyserman by a shot. We empty the notebook from the week in Japan plus the DP World Tour and LPGA events. Then it's time to talk TGL (41:30) as we refresh ourselves on the league's format and what we see as the potential positives and negatives of the venture. We close with some news and notes from off the course, updates on our games...

In the latest episode of NLU Special Projects, we take our first hard look at the state of public golf, what is working, and what needs to change. KVV talks to people about why tee times just stopped being available in Los Angeles, and what a group of fed-up hackers did about it. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us...

JT Poston wins the Shriners - making a four foot putt on the 72nd hold to hold off Doug Ghim by one shot. We talk TPC Summerlin and run down the leaderboard and Neil gives us a history on the Shriners event and one of the longest running sponsorships on tour. Then it's on to the controversy surrounding the 2025 Ryder Cup ticket prices (36:30) and the potential for reheating the controversy over pl...

Wyndham Clark makes his NLU podcast debut as he stops by to talk all things team golf after competing in the 2023 Ryder Cup and 2024 Presidents Cup. We also discuss his week at LACC winning the 2023 US Open, playing in the Olympics, and a ton more. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial in...

We start our Sunday night pod with Matt McCarty's win at the Black Desert Championship after earning a KFT battlefield promotion earlier this year. We also react to the French Open, some recent reporting on the upcoming Showdown and DP World Tour finances, Rory's comments, Digital Jack vs Real Jack - plus listener questions. Show notes: Money in Sport article on DP World Tour finances If you enjoy...

If you wanna swing the club faster, this episode is for you. The co-founder of The Stack System, Dr. Sasho MacKenzie, joins the show to chat about the program that’s allowed thousands of golfers (including Soly) make meaningful gains in their swing speed. He explains the science behind the system, and how they went about gamifying it for maximum user enjoyment and benefit. Soly will testify… it wo...

Soly and TC recap the weekend on both sides of the pond with Kevin Yu winning the Sanderson and Tyrrell Hatton's win at the Dunhill. We also get into the week in Scotland off the course with Jay and Yasir teeing it up together, Rob MacIntyre hating on the Road Hole as well as a look at the KFT Championship, the Golf Digest article on Tony Finau and more. On the back half of tonight's pod, Soly sit...

Double barreled in-person interviews in today’s episode, as Soly spent the day at the Constellation Furyk and Friends interviewing a bunch of players in the field, First up is Thomas Bjørn on the Ryder Cup, the Ryder Cup, and then some more Ryder Cup. It should be no secret at all after this as to why Europe has the success that they do in this event. And up next is Boo Weekley (35:00) on Champion...

Randy and Cody look at the last couple of LPGA tournaments in Arkansas and Cincinnati, preview the upcoming Asian Swing, Tour Championship and Epson Tour Championship along with a look ahead to the 2025 schedule and some assorted news and notes. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial inter...

The United States wins the Presidents Cup (again), this time by a margin of 18.5 to 11.5. We go through the Sunday matches, grade each player's week, discuss the event as a whole, take a peek at the Ryder Cup team for Bethpage, and put a cap on a fun week at Royal Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices