No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

George Gankas makes his return to the pod to talk with Soly about swing mechanics and how intricate and varied the golf swing can be, his work coaching players of all skill levels, working with Matt Wolff through his recent struggles, how he observes his players from TV coverage, his own aspirations of playing competitively and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2023 Tour Championship finished with Viktor Hovland running away from the field with a five shot win over Xander Schauffele after a Sunday 63 to claim the $18 million first prize. We sing Viktor's praises after another dominant playoff performance and take stock of Xander's week in Atlanta, the confusing year for Scottie Scheffler and the need for official injury reports in golf. We also talk...

Big Randy and Cody are back with another LPGA-focused pod which kicks off with a review of Alexa Pano's first professional win at the co-sanctioned ISPS Handa World Invitational event in Northern Ireland. Then it's on to the upcoming Solheim Cup matches in Spain which are just inside of a month away (34:00). We recorded shortly after European captain Suzann Pettersen announced her captain's picks....

With just a little more than a month to go our foursome of Ryder Cup sickos are back to trade barbs ahead of the action at Marco Simone. For the stars and stripes, Soly pairs with Kyle Porter while the Euros are represented by Tron and Jamie Weir. We take the temperature of both sides and potential captain's picks, venue and setup concerns, the path to victory for each side, the shortcomings of th...

Viktor Hovland wins the BMW with a blistering back nine 28 en route to a course record 61 at Olympia Fields to claim the second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. We try to wrap our brains around Hovland's finish and the week for Scottie, Rory, The Pro, and some first hand reporting from TC and DJ who were both on location (just outside of Chicago). Then it's on to some fiery Ryder Cup discussion (37:...

Soly visits with legendary sports gambler Billy Walters ahead of the release of Billy's book Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk. In addition to the well publicized partnership Billy had with Phil Mickelson, we cover his upbringing in Kentucky, his first exposure to gambling, his road to becoming of the most famous sports bettors in the world and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

After a busy weekend on multiple fronts, we fire up the pod and begin with Cody and Randy from the Women's British Open where Lilia Vu won her second major of the year. Then it's on to Memphis where Lucas Glover wins for a second consecutive week - this time in a playoff over Patrick Cantlay at the FedEx St. Jude to kick off the first leg of the PGA Tour playoffs. We close with the latest on the P...

Big Randy and Cody report from Walton Heath with TC joining stateside for a Friday recap of the first two rounds of the Women's British Open where Ally Ewing leads by five shots. We break down Ewing's first two rounds, the rest of the contenders, those who we expected to contend that are heading home after two days, plus our experiences as members of the Women's Open Radio crew and a look ahead to...

Big Randy and Cody are on location at Walton Heath for this week's AIG Women's Open. After a brief recap of our jet-lagged experience at today's Pro-Am, we offer our thoughts on the course, our upcoming appearance on the tournament radio broadcast, and our picks to contend in the final major of the year in women's golf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The PGA Tour regular season has come to an end with Lucas Glover winning in Greensboro while Justin Thomas missed advancing to the playoffs by just one shot. We break down the weekend in Greensboro, look at how the playoff bubble shook out, the Ryder Cup chances for JT and Ludvig, and Bryson's 58 at LIV Greenbrier. Then it's on to the off-course news as Tiger joins the PGA Tour policy board and th...

Tron and Cody take the reins in this week's recap pod with Jordan Perez hopping on for our LPGA coverage of the Evian Championship. We begin with the 3M as Lee Hodges claims his first career tour victory with a seven shot victory at TPC Twin Cities. Then, we're on to some Ryder Cup discussions for both squads (12:50) with just one regular season event left on the tour schedule. We shift gears over...

Ahead of the fourth LPGA major of the year, Randy catches up with Grant Boone to talk all things Evian Championship and LPGA. Grant is a long time play by play voice on Golf Channel and brings a great perspective on the up and down history of the Evian and the debate around what makes a major earn that distinction on tour. We also get into some general discussion on this season thus far and some o...

Brian Harman is the Champion Golfer of the Year with a six-shot victory at Royal Liverpool in the 151st Open Championship. It's an all-hands-on-deck recap pod tonight as we cover the week at Hoylake. We'll start with the champ and take stock of Harman's dominant performance for his first major championship and his potential spot on the Ryder Cup team. Then it's time to hear from TC who joined KVV...

Tommy disappoints, Harman surges ahead by five, Rahm re-enters the picture, and everything else from Saturday at the Open Championship. We chat about a day that started out exciting but lost juice, and Tron has a reveal that, and I cannot emphasize this enough, is well worth your time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Harman surges ahead by 5 shots at the halfway point as Tommy Lad battles to join him in the final pairing on Saturday. We recap a lengthy day 2 at Royal Liverpool, discuss the bunker adjustments made by the R&A, assess some performances after two rounds, preview the weekend ahead, and a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOMMY LAD! TC's beautiful boy jumps out to the early lead, as we react to day one at Hoylake. We talk Tommy, Rory, internal OB, Royal Liverpool, other noteworthy rounds of the day, down the leaderboard, and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a very special bonus midweek episode as Randy speaks with Jane Park. Jane left the LPGA Tour in 2021 after her ten month old daughter, Grace, experienced a series of seizures which left her with permanent brain damage. This week Jane will return to the tour along with Paula Creamer at the Dow Great Lakes Invitational - the LPGA's team event - in Midland, Michigan. In addition to enjoying a...

The Open Championship (presented by his majesty the king) returns to Royal Liverpool this week for the latest edition of the game's oldest major. We break down the course, the changes since the last time it hosted the Open, the weather forecast and a quick scan of the betting favorites. Then it's time for us to make our picks for the week (24:00), and our traditional picks not to win. We close wit...

Rory wins the Scottish Open and we're left wondering if that's a good thing for his chances in next week's Open Championship. We take stock of McIlroy's win, Big Shot Bob MacIntyre's incredible shot into 18 in his home open, Tommy-lad, Scottie, Lord Tyrrell and everything else from the week at the Renaissance Club. After some Hamsterdam on the CBS sports app coverage, we take a sneak peek at the c...

Ahead of the Open Championship we're joined by Martin Ebert, a UK based golf course architect who helped Royal Liverpool through several major changes to the course ahead of next week's tournament. We cover all the changes to the course including the brand new 17th hole and get an in depth perspective on the challenges of renovating a seaside links course. We also discuss the effects of modern tec...

After the events of the day in DC we fire up the pod and call upon Jim Newell, Senior Political Writer at Slate Magazine, to help us make sense of today's proceedings in front of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. We examine what was (and wasn't accomplished) over the course of the three plus hour hearing, plus the documents that were released about the communications between the...

Ahead of the PGA Tour's hearing in DC on Tuesday, Soly is joined by Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin who serves as the ranking member of the Senate's permanent sub-committee on investigations. Senator Johnson gives us his perspective on the proposed agreement between the Tour and the Saudi PIF, the purpose and goals of a public congressional hearing, the trends of sovereign wealth funds investing...

We begin tonight's live show recap pod with Randy, Tron, KVV, Cody and Jordan from Pebble Beach where Hawaii's Allisen Corpuz won the US Women's Open at Pebble Beach for her first professional win. After that, Soly takes the wheel and we're on to the PGA Tour where Sepp Straka fired a final round 62 to win the John Deere Classic. We also touch on all the action from LIV London, the DP World Tour,...

Nasa Hataoka is your leader through 3 rounds of the U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach. TC runs down the prix fixe leaderboard menu as we gear up for Sunday's final round. How far back is too far back, worst case scenario winners, and winner picks as we wrap up the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Randy has some explaining to do as Bailey Tardy leads the U.S. Women's Open through 2 rounds at Pebble Beach. TC cooks down the leaderboard, some Team Rose chatter, and a farewell to Michelle Wie West. Plus a special interview with Michelle's former caddie Matthew Galloway to close out the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices