No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

Randy, Cody and Jordan are back with another LPGA focused pod on the heels of Lydia Ko's win at the Olympics to secure her place on the Hall of Fame. We recap Ko's incredible career, look ahead to the next few weeks on tour including the Solheim and Curtis Cups. Plus, Jordan catches up with Rianne Malixi who followed up her win at the US Girls' Junior by winning the US Women's Am last week at Sout...

Happy Hour is here! We chat about the news of the week, including Kuchar's conclusion at the Wyndham, who is on the bubble at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, some trivia, TPC Southwind, LIV at the Greenbrier, the US AM at Hazeltine, some news of the week, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's back! Max Homa stops by for a look back at his 2024 season to date, highlighted by the top 5 finish at the 2024 Masters. We also talk through his process and journey toward a stronger mental approach to the game, some Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup discussions and more. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintai...

This week on the recap pod: Aaron Rai wins in Greensboro after a wild finish to the PGA Tour's final regular season event of the 2024 season and an all-timer from Matt Kuchar, meanwhile in Paris, Lydia Ko claims a gold medal and locks up her hall of fame credentials at the Olympics. We offer some thoughts on Olympic golf looking ahead to 2028, cover a great finish to the US Women's Am, recap DJ's...

Despite a lot of changes in the professional golf ecosystem, money continues to pour into the sport at the highest level. Why is that? What do brands get out of sponsoring events (big and small), and players (famous or not). We dive into what makes golf an appealing audience despite declining ratings, the decision to sponsor an individual player, using a title sponsorship as a vehicle for other bu...

Scottie Scheffler claimed Gold, Tommy Fleetwood Silver, and Hideki Matsuyama Bronze at the 2024 Men's Olympic Golf competition held at Le Golf National. We discuss the week's highs and lows, Rahm and others' collapses, Olympic fashion, some news and notes, other events around the world of golf, and more. Thank you to High Noon, Titleist and the new GT Driver Lineup, and Pinehurst Resort. Learn mor...

Justin Thomas returns for his annual visit to the podcast to discuss the bonus golf he played in Scotland and Ireland, reaction to his week at Royal Troon, bouncing back from his 2023 struggles, what the US team has learned at the Ryder Cup, his involvement with Keegan Bradley getting selected as the next captain, how he wants to see the golf wars resolved, and a ton more. Learn more about your ad...

Our Young Hitter Lauren Coughlin wins the 2024 CPKC Women's Open!!! We recap Lauren's maiden LPGA title and after many close calls, how she finally broke through in her two-shot victory - and Lauren gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how it all went down. We also recap Jhonattan Vegas' victory at the 3M Open, Jon Rahm and LIV UK, sneak an Olympics preview in, talk TC's Scotland trip, and cover s...

Cody and Randy are back ahead of this week's LPGA Canadian Open with a recap of the last few weeks in women's pro golf, plus a look ahead to the upcoming Women's Open Championship and some Solheim Cup discussion as well. Then in part two, we welcome NLU Young Hitter Lauren Coughlin (43:00) coming off her second top-five major finish in 2024. We recap her 4th place finish at the Evian, having her h...

Soly catches up with Dr. Nico Darras of Golf Blueprint to talk through his rapid progression from beginning to play the game in his early 20s to working as a performance coach with some of the best players in the world. We also cover his academic background and how he's worked with partner Dr. Kevin Moore to create a program that applies their research to create unique and specialized practice pla...

Xander Schauffele is Champion Golfer of the Year, holding off Justin Rose and Billy Horschel at Royal Troon. We discuss the year Xander has had as he now sits with two Major Championships, run down the leaderboard, cover some segments, clean up a mess or two from the week, and more. Cheers! If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest membe...

Billy Horschel leads the 152nd Open Championship by 1 with 18 holes to play. We run down the leaderboard, discuss a day of weather, play lingering/loitering, and make our final round picks as we gear up for the final round of the year's last men's Major Championship. Cheers! If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maint...

Shane Lowry (-7) leads the 152nd Open Championship through 36 holes at Royal Troon. Daniel Brown and Justin Rose sit two back of Lowry, with former major champions Scottie Scheffler, Jason Day, and Xander Schauffele chasing. We run down the rest of the leaderboard to include some notable missed cuts and have KVV call in to discuss his day around the Postage Stamp. Cheers! If you enjoyed this episo...

Dan Brown (-6) is your solo leader through 18 holes at Royal Troon, followed by Shane Lowry (-5) and Justin Thomas (-3). We talked through the day that was for Shane, JT, Scottie, and Spieth and not for Ludvig, Rory, Tiger, and Tommy. TC attempts to apologize for Tommy Lad before we bring KVV in from the bullpen to talk Bryson. We close out the show with a couple of segments, discuss viewing optio...

We are one night away from the opening round of the 152nd Open at Royal Troon. KVV calls in from Scotland to join us for the Open edition of Happy Hour. We run down some news and notes, talk weather and Royal Troon, play some trivia, and make our final picks. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light co...

The final countdown is on for the final major of the 2024 golf season as the 152nd Open Championship begins Thursday at Royal Troon on Scotland’s west coast. We open the pod with some reflections on the oldest major in the game, a draft of our favorite storylines headed into this week’s tournament, a look at the odds sheet, our picks to win and not win, and share some of our favorite moments from...

A year after falling a shot short of winning his home open, Robert MacIntyre wins the Scottish Open after a fortuitous break on the sixteenth hole and clutch putting to win by a shot over Adam Scott. We also talk through Ludvig's week, Rory's return and everything else from The Renaissance Club.   Then it's onto our review of the Evian where Ayaka Furue wins while our NLU Young Hitter Lauren Cough...

As Royal Troon prepares to host the 2024 Open Championship, Soly and KVV bring another deep dive pod as we examine the last three Opens hosted at Troon: Henrik Stenson's epic duel with Phil Mickelson in 2016, Todd Hamilton's unlikely triumph in 2004 and Justin Leonard's win in 1997. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help...

DJ and Soly open up tonight's pod with a look at the birdie-fest that was the John Deere where Davis Thompson won at 28 under par while Hayden Springer delivered the latest 59 on the PGA Tour in Thursday's first round. Then it's on to some fun hypothetical questions (38:30) including the best ten players in the world regardless of tour status, our current favorite course on earth, the biggest diff...

Soly and DJ are joined by Tron calling in from vacation to relive our recent trip to Scotland where we played Royal Troon, The Old Course in both reverse and traditional routings, several of the other offerings in St. Andrews and a number of other courses as well. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our lig...

Cam Davis is your champion in Detroit as the Aussie wins his second Rocket Mortgage Classic after Akshay Bhatia three putts on the 72nd hole. We recap all the action from Detroit including another close call for Cam Young plus Seth Waugh's resignation from the PGA of America, Chambers Bay in reported discussions to host a LIV event, golf's moment during the debate, some updates on our own golf gam...

In the second installment of “NLU Special Projects,” Kevin Van Valkenburg takes us through a universal nightmare for any golfer: having a case of the shanks. He gets insights from pros like Tiger, Rory McIlroy, and Scottie Scheffler, as well as amateurs, coaches, and even a hypnotist, all in an effort to unravel one of golf’s most universally dreaded experiences. For more narrative pieces like thi...

Protesters could not stop Scottie from winning his fifth straight signature event, as he outlasted Tom Kim at the Travelers. We chat about the exciting final round, Amy Yang's triumph at the KPMG Women's PGA at Sahalee, LIV Nashville, low scores on tour, Akshay Bhatia, some listener questions, and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nelly Korda shoots a shocking second round 81 to miss the cut at Sahalee at the KPMG Women's PGA. We check in live on Friday evening to chat about the tournament at the halfway point, place our auction bets on the eventual winner, get some #CoverageTakes in, discuss what we've liked about Sahalee to this point, and a ton more. Support our partners: YETI Titleist Learn more about your ad choices. V...

A signature event and a women's major this week, as the PGA Tour heads to TPC River Highlands for the Travelers, and the women head west to Sahalee for the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. We try to get over our U.S. Open hangover, catch up on some of the #discourse around Rory and Bryson since Sunday, talk about our picks for the weeks at both events, check in with Nelly, and more. Will Zalatoris a...