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No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

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The No Laying Up Podcast is a fresh, funny and informative conversation on all things golf. Founded in 2014, No Laying Up and its flagship podcast seeks to entertain and inform a community of avid golfers around the world. What started as a group text among college friends has now grown into one of the most popular podcasts in the game of golf, and our archives include appearances from the biggest names in the sport. Outside of the podcast, No Laying Up also produces multiple video travel series, best-in-class writing about the PGA Tour and LPGA, a robust social media presence, and a thriving community of friends and fans (The Nest).
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961: NLU Special Projects - Calvin Peete

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 Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying...

Feb 26, 20251 hr 2 minEp. 961

960: Power ranking the Masters, Ryder Cup check-in, Vidanta World, Tour/PIF negotiations in DC

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 latest rumblings on the PIF-PGA Tour meetings, the LPGA Thailand and DP World Tour's Magical Kenya ...

Feb 24, 20251 hr 41 minEp. 960

959: Yealimi Noh + LPGA Asian Swing Preview

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 to Titleist and Footjoy for their support of today's episode. If you enjoyed this episode, consider j...

Feb 20, 202545 minEp. 959

958: Courses To Play In 2025

We've often discussed courses we want to play one day and, for this pod, we decided to formalize our lists and see what can be accomplished in 2025. Soly, DJ, Tron and Neil all divided our individual lists into five categories: one hour from home, day trips (34:30), Golden Age (51:30), Wild Cards (1:01:30), and a personal top five Bucket List (1:12:00). Support our sponsors: Rhoback fanduel.com/nlu GolfPride Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpP...

Feb 19, 20251 hr 27 minEp. 958

957: Ludvig wins the Genesis at Torrey, Joaco at LIV Adelaide, Jeeno at Saudi Ladies

Ludvig Åberg wins the Genesis! Join us as we recap the week in golf: Ludvig's win at Torrey, Joaquin Neimann at LIV Adelaide, and Jeeno Thitkul at the PIF Saudi Ladies International. We will break down everything from Torrey Pines, talk LIV, news and notes, fun segments, and more. Presented by High Noon. Support our sponsors: High Noon - Sun's Up! FootJoy - New Spring line is out The Stack - code "nolayingup" for 10% off ServPro - Like it never even happened Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast...

Feb 18, 20252 hr 7 minEp. 957

956: Happy Hour, 2025 Genesis at Torrey

No Cat for the third Signature Event of the year as we roll back to Torrey Pines South. Join us as we run down some news and notes, One-and-Done picks, play some trivia, audience questions, and more. Presented by FanDuel. FanDuel x NLU: https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/pga?tab=no-laying-up-specials Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers...

Feb 13, 20251 hr 8 minEp. 956

955: 1999 Majors Deep Dive

KVV and Soly take us back to 1999 for another majors deep dive as we relive Jose Maria Olazabal winning his second green jacket, Payne Stewart's epic triumph at Pinehurst (52:30), Paul Lawrie's unlikely victory at Carnousite after Jean van de Velde's 72nd hole meltdown (1:41:00) and Tiger's duel with Sergio at Medinah (2:18:15). Support our sponsors: Rhoback GolfPride fanduel.com/nlu Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed thi...

Feb 12, 20253 hr 6 minEp. 955

954: Detry Dominates in Scottsdale

Today was a day for blowouts as, long before the Chiefs were taken to the woodshed by the Eagles, Thomas Detry lapped the field at the Waste Management to win by seven shots for his first career tour victory. We break down the action from Scottsdale and then make the turn for our Back 9 (54:00) to talk LIV Riyadh, Tiger's return, DT's potential involvement in the merger process, LPGA news, Charlie Hoffman's letter, Lucas Glover's aimpoint comments and more. Support our sponsors: Titleist The Sta...

Feb 10, 20251 hr 43 minEp. 954

953: 2025 LPGA Season Kickoff

Randy, Cody and Jordan are back with our first LPGA podcast of 2025. We take a look at the LPGA and women's amateur event schedules, play a few rounds of buy-sell-hold with some of the biggest names in women's golf, and then make our predictions for some of the biggest events in 2025. This LPGA-focused podcast is sponsored by Titleist. Check out the new 2025 Pro V1 and Pro V1x Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed this episo...

Feb 06, 20251 hr 35 minEp. 953

952: USGA CEO Mike Whan on US Open's LIV exemption, recent rollback comments, pace of play, and future USGA venues

USGA CEO Mike Whan makes his return to the pod on the heels of today's announcement about a LIV exemption into the field for the 2025 US Open. We start our discussion on recent comments from various stakeholders in pro golf around the golf ball rollback before getting into pace of play issues, the LIV - US Open announcement and the USGA's rationale for creating the exemption. We close with some thoughts on current and upcoming venues for USGA championships - including Cypress Point for this year...

Feb 05, 20251 hr 20 minEp. 952

951: Rory wins at Pebble, A Lim at Lake Nona, Ollie at DLF

Rory McIlroy wins the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, finishing two ahead of Shane Lowry. Join us as we break down the results across the world of golf, dig into our week at Pebble, run down the leaderboard, news and notes, and more! Presented by High Noon. Support our sponsors: High Noon - Sun's Up! Titleist - GT Driver AT&T - Connecting Changes Everything ServPro Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed this episode, consid...

Feb 03, 20252 hr 2 minEp. 951

950: Live at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Thur)

For the second year in a row, we’re live from Pebble Beach! Friends of the program AT&T CEO John Stankey and Masters Champion Trevor Immelman pop into the show, KVV joins for a special AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am trivia, news and notes, laughs and more. Presented by AT&T. Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us main...

Jan 31, 20252 hr 58 minEp. 950

949: Live at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Wed)

For the second year in a row, we’re live from Pebble Beach! Special guests, new segments, revived favorites (shoutout to Baluga's Big Board), news, notes, and much more! Presented by AT&T. Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast 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 ...

Jan 29, 20252 hr 53 minEp. 949

948: Joe Mayo

In a truly electric NLU podcast debut, Joe Mayo joins Soly and KVV to break down his working relationship with Viktor Hovland, the early days of using launch monitors to aid in his instruction, competing philosophies and misconceptions around what he teaches and a ton more. We really enjoyed having Joe on and know you'll enjoy our chat. Support our sponsors: Rhoback fanduel.com/nlu The Stack Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enj...

Jan 28, 20251 hr 31 minEp. 948

947: Harris English flushes it at the Farmers

Harris English comes out on top at Torrey on a week marred by slow play and sickness among the field - plus JT takes tour members to task over a need for more cooperation with TV partners to improve the tour telecasts after some less-than-ideal ratings numbers from the AmEx. Then it's on to the Back 9 (52:00) where we discuss Seth Waugh's interview with Eamon Lynch, comments on the rollback from new PGA of America CEO Derek Sprague, TC on the Cleeks rebrand and other LIV news from the week, feed...

Jan 26, 20251 hr 38 minEp. 947

946: NLU Personal Golf Spotlight - Neil

For this episode, we debut a new concept with the Personal Golf Spotlight - a biographical journey through the golf game of a member of our team. In this first episode, Neil takes center stage with DJ and Soly getting the Czar's WITB update, his story of learning to play as a kid while tagging along with TC, and his growth over recent years as his handicap has ticked towards the low single digits. We close the pod with Neil sticking his neck out with a personal list of the top ten courses he has...

Jan 23, 20251 hr 31 minEp. 946

945: NLU Special Projects - The Mystery Behind Why Bethpage is Always Booked

For our second edition of NLU Special Projects, we continue to look at the unbelievable difficulty of booking tee times at certain public golf courses as we head to Long Island and Bethpage State Park - the host of this year's Ryder Cup as well as the 2002 & 2009 US Opens and the 2019 PGA Championship. Support our sponsors: Rhoback The Stack GolfPride Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining T...

Jan 22, 20251 hr 8 minEp. 945

944: AmEx Reaction + TC’s return from Argentina

Sepp Straka wins at Mr. Dye's Stadium Course in La Quinta with JT coming in second by two shots. We talk all things Amex, some notable WDs, the Genesis moving from Riv due to the LA fires, Tyrrell winning in Dubai, Hovland's quotes, and the DP World Tour's viral social video from earlier this week. Then, it's on to our Back Nine of the episode highlighted by TC's trip to Argentina (49:00), LIV's TV deal and new CEO, a new segment highlighting someone in golf that Not Enough People Talk About, TG...

Jan 20, 20251 hr 52 minEp. 944

943: A TGL beat down, "Food on Tour" with Keith Mitchell

Tonight we break down Tiger's return in the second iteration of the TGL which saw the Cat, Kevin Kisner and Max Homa get wrecked by Team Rose, Morikawa and Sahith. Then TC and DJ are joined by PGA Tour resident foodie Keith Mitchell for an all-encompassing look at the best restaurants on tour, some of the less desirable stops on the calendar, and a special treat - Keith's Hall of Fame Caesar Salad List. Support our sponsors: Titleist and the new 2025 ProV1 and ProV1x Rhoback - code NLU for 20% o...

Jan 15, 20252 hr 1 minEp. 943

942: A fun finish in Hawaii and RIP to the PIP

On this weekend's recap pod we recap a sleepy start in Hawaii before a frantic finish that saw Nick Taylor win the Sony in a playoff. We also look at the 2024 PIP and eulogize the end of the program, plus some initial thoughts on the TGL and our own TGL inspired golf hole designs, Creator Classic changes, LIV schedule news and more. Support our sponsors: Titleist and the new 2025 ProV1 and ProV1x Foresight Sports Launch Monitors Whoop- join our group with code COMM-NLUNLU Subscribe to the No Lay...

Jan 13, 20251 hr 34 minEp. 942

941: LIVE Reaction to TGL Match #1 + Max Homa

LIVE Tuesday episode as we break down the inaugural match of TGL, New York vs The Bay. What worked and what didn't as we all followed along to watch The Bay beat NYGC 9-2. Plus, Jupiter Links star Max Homa joins us for his week 1 reaction and more! Support our sponsors: Rhoback - Best fit, Best feel! FanDuel The Stack - Use code nolayingup for 10% off Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The N...

Jan 08, 20251 hr 3 minEp. 941

940: Hideki wins The Sentry, TC visits Waffle House, and TGL

Hideki can putt! Matsuyama closed with an 8-under 65 to beat Collin Morikawa by three at The Sentry. Join us as we are LIVE and in person from TC's garage. We talk Kapalua, run down the leaderboard, talk some TGL and more. Presented by High Noon. Support our sponsors: High Noon - Sun's Up! Titleist - the new Pro V1 Whoop - Official fitness wearable of No Laying Up Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast If you enjoyed this episode, consider ...

Jan 06, 20251 hr 35 minEp. 940

939: Sentry Happy Hour

We are so back! Kicking off the 1st of 18 Happy Hour Live Shows of the year at The Sentry. We will run down some news, notes, and injury (LOL) updates before we do a special Buying or Selling segment to kick off the year. Plus, the start of our One-and-Done picks, audience questions, and more. Presented by FanDuel. 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 pe...

Jan 03, 202559 minEp. 939

938: TGL in person and 2025 Winners Draft

Tron kicks off our weekend pod with a recap of his trip to TGL media day and what we can expect when the new league starts up in January. Then it's Data Boys Award SZN as Soly recaps some data superlatives from the 2024 season. We close with the main event of this weekend pod as we draft our pick to win each event on the '25 PGA Tour schedule. 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...

Dec 30, 20241 hr 5 minEp. 938

937: Team NLU's highs and lows from the golf season

After a brief recap of the PNC, the Crypto Showdown, and the search for a PGA Tour CEO, we conduct a review of our personal golf games over the past year. We break down our GHIN app rewind data and look back at a number of topics including our favorite courses, shots, moments, and playing partners plus our lowest moment on the course and the worst shots we hit in 2024. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain ...

Dec 23, 20241 hr 54 minEp. 937

936: The Lost Decade of Rory in Majors

Back in June, KVV penned a piece for the NLU Website "The Lost Decade of Rory in Majors". For this pod, Soly and D.J. join KVV to relive the decade-long dry spell, the near misses, the not-so-near misses, the changing approaches to Augusta and our best guesses if Rory will win another major before his career wraps up. 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...

Dec 18, 20241 hr 56 minEp. 936

935: Q-Schools, PIF updates and "The Worst Shots We Hit This Year"

Soly makes a triumphant return to the weekend pod along with DJ and Neil as Jake Knapp and Patty Tavatanakit win the Grant Thornton while tour cards are handed out at PGA and LPGA Q-School and LIV's promotion event. We also offer some season-long Mea Culpas and offer an extended E-9 about PIF - PGA Tour deal rumors, Scottie's PGA Tour POY award win and upcoming documentary, TGL's ESPN broadcasting crew, our worst golf shots of 2024 and Neil's self-defense in the face of allegations of slow play ...

Dec 16, 20241 hr 35 minEp. 935

934: 2024 LPGA Season Recap

Cody, Randy, and TC start our recap of the 2024 LPGA Tour season with some thoughts on the recent announcement of the departure of LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan and the challenges and opportunities that her successor will face. From there we dive into the past twelve months on tour - starting with the winners of the season-long awards, our favorite moments from the season, plus a look back at some of our preseason predictions and some player stock buy, sell, or hold questions to set th...

Dec 12, 20241 hr 55 minEp. 934

933: Vijay Singh Deep Dive

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, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our ...

Dec 11, 202457 minEp. 933

932: Scheffler defends at the Hero

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 update, NLU joining the PGA Tour's Creator Council and Jordan closes us out with One for the Road as w...

Dec 09, 20241 hr 39 minEp. 932
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