Soly is joined by DJ and Randy for a look ahead to this week's Players from TPC Sawgrass. After Soly sprinkles in a few nuggets from his day at the course we play 'Buy or Sell' on a number of topics around this week's event (the lack of a repeat winner, Monahan's presser and future as commissioner, the event's claim of the strongest field in golf) as well as the prospects for a number of the biggest names on tour who figure to be in contention on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 802
Scottie Scheffler obliterates the field at Bay Hill, and we recap his ridiculous week, put his win into perspective, project his next month and a half, and more. We also chat Bay Hill, Zalatoris, Rory, Wyndham, Lowry, AK's 65, Matteo Mannesaro, and a lot more. You can find the full show notes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 801
Back with our High Noon Happy Hour Live Show, we preview the week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, chat about Bay Hill, some API trivia, and discuss field sizes. Plus news, comments, laughs and more. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 06, 2024•55 min•Ep. 800
As the second season of Full Swing gets released on Netflix this week, Soly, DJ and Neil hand out their reviews of the sophomore installment for the series. We touch on the episodes that we liked, the ones that were duds, improvements from season one, how we view the 2023 Ryder Cup differently in light of the final episodes, and the stories we wish would have been a part of the retelling of the 2023 year in professional golf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 799
With the PGA Tour event at Palm Beaches pushed to a Monday finish we throw the audience a bit of a curveball to start tonight's episode with a modified Pro Golf Fantasy Draft. From there it's on to Palm Beaches (25:00) for a look at the tournament where Austin Eckroat leads by a shot with just seven holes completed. We look at the rest of the contenders and the apparently softened course setup - plus Webb's interview and the notable sponsor's exemptions for this week's event at Bay Hill and the ...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 798
Daniel Berger stops by to talk with Soly about his back injury and the road back to reclaiming his physical health and his place in the competitive golf landscape. We also cover his experiences in team competitions, playing money games with tour pros as a high school-aged kid, his mental approach to golf and his injury rehab, the changes on tour while he was away and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 28, 2024•50 min•Ep. 797
Jake Knapp wins the Mexico Open in his fifth start as a PGA Tour rookie and our three amigos of Soly, TC and Neil fire up the weekend pod to recap everything from Vidanta including Knapp, runner-up Sami Valimaki, and the decided lack of juice surrounding this week's event. We also talk through the Masters special exemptions that were handed out this week (31:40), Bryson's bonkers interview, and Anthony Kim's rumored return to pro golf at LIV Jeddah. Also on the pod this week: (1:02:00) Charlie W...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 796
As the LPGA Tour's spring Asian swing kicks off in Thailand this week our LPGA pod crew of Randy, Cody and Jordan break down the Tournament of Champions and the Drive On, won by Lydia Ko and Nelly Korda, respectively. Then it's on to LET and the Saudi Ladies International (23:20) where Patty Tavatanakit won with a seven-under final round 65 and offered some candid thoughts on her recent struggles in her post-round interview. We then look ahead to the weekend in Thailand and some of the notable n...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 795
Hideki puts on a ball-striking clinic on Sunday to with the Genesis with a final round 62. We break down Matsuyama's win, the return of Will Zalatoris, Cantlay and Xander's Sunday struggles, Scottie Scheffler's adventures on the greens, Tiger's WD, Spieth's DQ and ton more from the week at Riv. We also offer some thoughts on Mackenzie Hughes's interview during the third round on the state of pro golf, some Hamsterdam takes, results from elsewhere in pro golf and more. Learn more about your ad ch...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 794
Back with our second High Noon Happy Hour Live Show, we preview the week at the Genesis, chat about what makes Riviera special, send some Valentines, make our picks for the week, discuss "Sun Day Red," our expectations for Tiger this week, and everything else you need to get hyped for the best PGA Tour event of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 14, 2024•56 min•Ep. 793
After an eventful weekend in Scottsdale, Billy Horschel returns to the pod to talk through his experience with the crowd at the WM and how the event has changed over the course of his career. We also get into the PGA Tour - SSG deal, PIF investment, differing opinions on the road back for LIV players, his interview after shooting 84 at the Memorial last year and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 14, 2024•57 min•Ep. 792
Nick Taylor survives a playoff with Charley Hoffman at TPC Scottsdale, as Soly, DJ, and Neil breakdown the week in Phoenix. What went right, what went wrong, Sahith, Scottie, Spieth, what makes TPC Scottsdale work, and a lot more. We also talk LIV Vegas, PGA Tour Enterprises equity grants, and more news and notes from the week in golf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 791
1997 was a transformative year in men's golf. Soly and KVV dive into Tiger's dominant performance at the Masters, what this meant for golf, how it was covered at the time, and how it all happened. We also chat about Ernie Els at Congressional, Justin Leonard at The Open, and Davis Love's triumph at Winged Foot. Come for the results, and stay for the hilarious tidbits uncovered along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 08, 2024•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 790
After the cancellation of the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am we look back at a pair of 54 hole tournaments with the PGA Tour's weather shortened weekend as well as the LIV season opener at Mayakoba. We begin at Pebble where Wyndham Clark wins after a third, and final, round 60 - setting a new course record and beating Ludvig by a shot. We break down the finish and the decision making that led to the shortened format given the relative lack of options, and provide some context fo...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 789
We're back and live from the range again at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, chatting with Lucas Glover, Maverick McNealy, tournament director Steve John, Sahith Theegala, and Justin Thomas. The Beluga also gives us big board for the entire tournament, we make some picks, react to the Tour investment announcement, player quotes, and a ton more. Thanks a ton to AT&T for having us out to do a show from the range, it was an absolute blast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
Jan 31, 2024•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 788
Live from the range at Pebble Beach for the first time, the guys chat about the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, welcome some guests including Kira K. Dixon and Max Homa, chat about their Australia trip, and what they've seen on the range here at Pebble. We'll be back for another live show from Pebble on Wednesday from 11PM ET to 2PM ET. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 30, 2024•2 hr 53 min•Ep. 787
KVV remains in the captain's chair for tonight's pod along with Shane Bacon and Kyle Porter as Matthieu Pavon wins at Torrey Pines with a birdie on the 72nd hole to beat Nicolai Hojgaard by a shot. We break down the finish, the international leaderboard, the lack of French golfing success, the concept of non-Sunday finishes on tour plus Tom Whitney's week and which PGA pro we would trust (and not trust) with handling nuclear weapons. We also have some fun with wondering why certain players didn'...
Jan 28, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 786
In this, the first in a series of what we’re calling “NLU Special Projects,” Kevin Van Valkenburg dives deep into the curious life story of Gary Player, the son of a South African miner who would go on to win more than 160 global tournaments over the course of his storied career. For more narrative pieces like this, you can also visit us at NoLayingUp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 24, 2024•51 min•Ep. 785
KVV returns to the captain's chair tonight with Joel Beall of Golf Digest joining for this weekend's recap pod. We start with the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour in over 30 years as Nick Dunlap wins the AmEx with a clutch five foot putt on the 72nd hole. We make sense of Dunlap's rise through the amateur golf scene and his performance today as he stared down seasoned pros with multiple wins on tour. We also talk JT (24:00), Bezuidenhout, Burns, Xander, Scottie and Daniel Berger's return to ...
Jan 22, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 784
As the LPGA season kicks off Thursday at Lake Nona we fire up the first of many LPGA focused podcasts in the new year. Ahead of the Tournament of Champions, our crew of Randy, Tron, Cody and Jordan go 24 for (20)24 with two dozen questions to be answered over the course of the upcoming season, including: Our favorite venues and events on the 2024 schedule including a breakdown of the courses that will host the Women's PGA, US Open and Open Championships The season outlook for Lilia Vu, Nelly Kor...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 783
The Champion Golfer of the Year, Brian Harman joins the pod to talk through his win at Royal Liverpool, how his life and playing schedule look after winning a major championship, his experience in Rome as a Ryder Cup rookie and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 782
With the boys off filming the latest season of Tourist Sauce, KVV steps into the captain's chair along with our pal Shane Bacon for this week's recap episode. After a special cameo in our show open, we start with the Sony where Grayson Murray wins in a playoff over Keegan Bradley and Ben An. We talk through Murray's play in Hawaii and his personal struggles in recent years, plus Carl Yuan's....... interesting...... TIO ruling on 18 (32:40) and Gary Woodland's emotional return to the tour after b...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 781
Golf course architect Beau Welling joins the pod to talk through his design career which began under Tom Fazio and how his business made it through the financial crisis of the late 2000s. Plus, we detail his views on the current golf boom and how much of a role the pandemic played in the rise in golf participation. We also cover his work at the new Omni Frisco PGA Resort, working with Tiger Woods on some of his design projects, designing short courses, his thoughts as an architect on the distanc...
Jan 10, 2024•59 min•Ep. 780
Chris Kirk kicks off the 2024 PGA Tour season by winning the Sentry at 29 under par after a bogey-free 65 on Sunday. We look at Kirk's week at Kapalua with a clip from his prior appearance on the pod - NLU Episode 326 - detailing his struggles with anxiety and alcoholism (8:10). We also cover the close calls for Sahith and Spieth (21:00), what to make of Scheffler's week (30:00), Kisner's broadcasting debut (40:30), Rahm lurking on Maui (49:30) and Jason Day's new look (53:00). In the final half...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 779
We're back with new shows in the new year, kicking off our first "Happy Hour" presented by High Noon as we debrief on a Twitter spat with Brandel, hand out some more superlatives from 2023, revisit our 2023 predictions, make our predictions for 2024, catch up on Rory's interview, and of course, try to remember who won PGA Tour events in 2023. Thanks to everyone who tuned in live. You can view the show in its entirety on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/RVqz2wfsd4k?si=BCYTq9e-9toCsWTX Learn ...
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 778
We are ten years into No Laying Up, a text thread among college friends that's turned into more than any of us could have imagined. Come along for a three hour conversation about the origins of that initial text thread, the website (21:30), the first podcast (35:00), Justin Thomas marking the first podcast appearance from a tour pro (55:30), the first detonation of golf television coverage (1:09:00), our Rory-DT news scoop (1:23:00), the first Tourist Sauce (1:50:30) and Strapped seasons (2:14:0...
Dec 26, 2023•3 hr 4 min•Ep. 777
Our annual holiday tradition returns with a medley of clips from our 2023 podcasts. Thanks for supporting what we do at No Laying Up, and we hope you enjoy reliving some of our favorite moments from the past year. Guests featured on this episode include: Jon Rahm, Lee Trevino, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, Will Zalatoris, Steph Curry, Lilia Vu, Padraig Harrington, Hunter Mahan and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 23, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 776
Tiger and Charlie Woods once again starred at the PNC while Bernhard Langer and his son Jason took the top spot in Orlando. We start this weekend's recap pod elsewhere with a recent ESPN report about the potential imminent private equity investment into the PGA Tour from a combination of US-based investors and the Saudi PIF. We also look back at some critical decisions from the tour over the last 3-4 years and play some revisionist history (17:00). We also get into Rahm's public silence since hi...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 775
Randy, TC, Cody and Jordan are back with part 2 of our LPGA 2023 recap. In this episode we discuss the past twelve months on an individual basis for some of the biggest names in the women's game including Nelly Korda, Linn Grant, Rose Zhang, Leona Maguire and more. (Editor's note: you'll find a thorough discussion on Lilia Vu's year in part 1 of our LPGA review podcast). From there we delve into the off-course news (51:40) of potential Saudi PIF investment into the women's game and take stock of...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 774
It's time to put a bow on the 2023 LPGA season as Randy, Tron, Cody and Jordan gather to recap the last twelve months in women's professional golf. In part one, we relive the ascension of Lilia Vu whose two major wins catapulted her to the top spot in the world rankings, relive our most notable moments of 2023 (20:55), review our predictions from the start of the year that came true and those that most certainly did not (52:05), and take stock of the notable changes in the top ten over the cours...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 773
