No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

Live recording as we kick off the 2025 Masters week with our traditional preview podcast. We run down storylines and favorites, check-in on some Odds, run through some questions and more. Plus trivia, head-to-head match ups and a lot of fun. It's Masters Week! Support our sponsors: Rhoback - Best fit, Best feel! FanDuel - FanDuel.com/NLU AT&T - Connecting Changes Everything Subscribe to the No Lay...

Neil and Soly have arrived in Augusta for our coverage of the Masters and kick off tonight’s pod with some observations from their day at ANGC. Then it’s recap time as we’ve got four tournaments to digest with Brian Harman’s win in San Antonio, Carla Bernat Escuder at the ANWA, Madelene Sagstrom defeating Lauren Coughlin in an all-NLU Young Hitter Final at the LPGA Match Play, and TC’s surprise tr...

For this edition of NLU Special Projects, KVV canvassed Team NLU with a simple question: which Masters tournament is your favorite and why? Some of the answers are predictable. Some will surprise you. All are deeply personal and reveal a unique connection to this golf tournament held each April in Augusta, Georgia  Support our sponsors: Rhoback GolfPride Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter h...

We've got a busy week ahead in women's golf as the LPGA heads to Shadow Creek for the Match Play while we'll also get the sixth rendition of the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Randy, Cody and JP have you covered on both fronts and we close the pod with Jordan's chat with USC's Jasmine Koo (56:50) who'll be in the field this week in Augusta. Support our sponsors: Titleist fanduel.com/nlu Subscr...

Soly and DJ are ready to dine on tonight's pod as The Chef, Min Woo Lee, wins his first PGA Tour title, holding off Gary Woodland and Scottie Scheffler to win in Houston. We break down the weekend and sneak in a little lookahead to Augusta before an eclectic back nine (38:15) featuring the LIV Duels announcement, a review of TGL's inaugural season, Eugenio Chacarra winning on the DP World Tour, ou...

Soly and TC are joined by Steve Williams and Evin Priest of Australian Golf Digest to discuss their book "Together We Roared", a retrospective on the time Williams spent as Tiger's caddie from 1999 to 2011. From the stories you might have heard before to some new revelations on that famous partnership, this was a fantastic chat from start to finish. Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: h...

Soly and TC recently took a road trip north through the Carolinas to play several courses that have piqued our interest. We began in South Carolina with The Tree Farm, Camden Country Club (25:00), and Broomsedge (33:45) before finishing our trip in Pinehurst with The Donnybrook - an NLU Nest event - that provided us with a look at Tom Doak's Pinehurst #10 (49:30) and Pinehurst #2 (1:05:30). Suppor...

Neil, KVV and Randy run the show on this Sunday night as Viktor Hovland emerges from the wilderness to win the Valspar by a shot over JT. We break down the weekend, take some listener voicemails, critique the midweek podcast list of best players without a major and drop some personal golf updates before closing the pod with a chat with Angela Stanford - newly named Team USA captain for the 2026 So...

The NLU personal golf spotlight returns as Ben "Hollywood" Hotaling takes center stage. Ben takes us through his introduction to golf, his work starting his own backyard golf course - Brough Creek National - and his appreciation for golf course architecture through his NLU travels. NYT Article on Brough Creek National Support our sponsors: Titleist The Nest Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter...

Once considered the hottest debate in professional golf, we reheat the classic "Best Players Without A Major" conversation in two forms - an All-Time Top Ten and a Current Top Ten list as well (31:20) Support our sponsors: Rhoback Yeti Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLay...

Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun are set for a playoff to determine the 2025 Players Championship. Join us as we break down the rest of the week's action, cover some news and notes, Coldest Moment of the Week, and ask for a Mulligan or two. Presented by High Noon. Support our sponsors: High Noon - Sun's Up! Titleist Golf Pride Yeti ServPro Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newslett...

J.J. Spaun is your solo leader heading into the final round of the 2025 Players Championship. Saturday 66 for Bud Cauley puts him 1-shot back. Join us as we break it all down. News and notes, on-the-ground observations, and more. Presented by High Noon. Support our sponsors: High Noon - Sun's Up! The Stack - Biohack your golf game (code: NOLAYINGUP) Holderness & Bourne - Spring collection is now L...

Min Woo Lee and Askhay Bhatia are tied at -11 to lead halfway through The Players Championship. But today was more about JT. Join us as we break it all down. Is Rory coming? Will Z? Top 10 Tommy. All this plus news and notes, Who Said This?, and more. Presented by High Noon. Support our sponsors: High Noon - Sun's Up! Rhoback - Best fit, Best Feel! (code NLU) Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newslett...

Lucas Glover, J.J. Spaun, and Camilo Villegas are tied at -6 at the end of Day 1 of the 2025 Players Championship. We run down the leaderboard, spend too much time talking about Corey Pavin, cover some news and notes, and more! Presented by High Noon. Support our sponsors: High Noon - Sun's Up! Holderness & Bourne Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Su...

Our beautiful boy Soly Solomon is back, folks. It's a special edition Happy Hour following the Creator Classic at TPC Sawgrass, and we collected all of the perspectives: The Strapped boys from home, Tron the spectator, D.J. Pie as caddie, and Soly himself all convene to break down his big moment. Congrats to our boy for ascending into Wikipedia Yellow and getting Data Golf'd. We close the show by...

Ten years ago, Rickie Fowler won The Players in one of the most exciting finishes in the history of the PGA Tour. It seemed like he had arrived as the next great player. The fact that it didn't quite work out that way shouldn't lessen the magic of that Sunday, or how we feel about Rickie a decade later. Support our sponsors: Rhoback fanduel.com/nlu Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: h...

You woke up one hour closer to a live Sunday recap, and we delivered. His first in three years, Russell Henley clutched it out at Bay Hill, while Collin Morikawa struggled to close his lead out. We talk API, Ryder Cup, Keegan ire, and a little bit of Hamsterdam. Then it's onto the back nine as we go deep on Eamon Lynch's interview with Jay Monahan, some recent public commentary on the rollback, La...

Cody and Randy catch up with Sophie Walker of Sky Sports to recap the LPGA's Asian Swing and look to what lies ahead in the upcoming months in the women's game. Then, in part two, we're joined by LPGA Player President Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (1:03:00) to discuss the tour's new pace of play policy. This LPGA-focused podcast is sponsored by Titleist. Check out the new 2025 Pro V1 and Pro V1x Subscribe...

Bay Hill week. Join us as we run down news and notes, One-and-Done picks, play some trivia, answer audience questions, and more. Presented by FanDuel. Support our sponsors: FanDuel x NLU Rhoback Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed this episode,...

DJ, Soly, Tron and KVV were each given $200 to spend as they pleased on golf memorabilia that caught their eye - regardless of how unserious some of the items might be. We give a quick lament to the items that got away or wouldn't fit our budget constraints and then show off our purchases for all to enjoy. Support our sponsors: Rhoback fanduel.com/nlu Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here:...

DJ, Randy and Neil fire up the pod as we ask ourselves to come up with three things that thrill and delight us in pro golf and we fire up our listener voicemails line (33:30). On tonight's Back Nine (1:01:00) we recap Joe Highsmith's win at PGA National, the significance - or lack thereof - of Jake Knapp's 59, LPGA, DP World Tour, TGL, PGA Tour HQ Layoffs, and in honor of tonight's Oscars, Pro Gol...

We're back with the second installment of our personal golf spotlight series as Tron gives us his current What's In The Bag, relives his days as a junior golfer and details the process of learning and appreciating golf course architecture before and during his time with NLU. Then, for the main event, we pin TC down and force him to name his Top Ten Favorite Courses (subject to change, of course)....

On this edition of NLU Special Projects, KVV brings us a deep dive on the life and career of Calvin Peete. From the famous story of the fall that broke his arm as a boy to his career on tour where he won twelve times including the 1985 Players, we hope you enjoy this look at one of golf's most remarkable stories you might not have heard before. Support our sponsors: Rhoback Yeti The Stack Subscrib...

On this weekend's pod we recap a wild playoff in Mexico that saw Brian Campbell defeat Aldrich Potgieter after an incredible bounce to avoid out of bounds off the tee on the second and final playoff hole. Then we offer some early Masters picks as the Tour begins the Florida swing next week and an early guess at the US and Euro Ryder Cup team rosters. For our Back Nine segment tonight we review the...

Fresh off her win at the Founders Cup, Yealimi Noh joins Randy and Cody to recap the weekend battle with Jim Young Ko, her putting struggles and return to form over the past year, some recent equipment changes, her decision to skip college and turn pro and a ton more. Before our interview with Yealimi we preview the upcoming Asian Swing with some other news and notes from on tour. Special thanks t...