No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

With no PGA Tour event this week we've got a bit of a topical grab bag on this weekend's recap pod. We start with a look at the proposed changes to the PGA Tour qualification system or, as TC has named it, the Mule Replacement Program. We also cover Neil and TC's trip to the Titleist Performance Institute, a new rapid-fire E-9 segment with some assorted news and notes and we close with KVV digging into a rumored Gary Player story about an interaction with a young child at the Masters in honor of GP celebrating his 89th birthday. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Titleist Holderness and Bourne Pinehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Higgs is back on the pod and headed back to the PGA Tour! We talked with Harry about his year on the KFT and how he improved his game to earn his tour card back. We also cover his mental health and revisit his comments surrounding the passing of Grayson Murray, learning to take time off during the season, getting recognized abroad, and his view of the current state of the PIF negotiations. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Pinehurst The Stack System fanduel.com/nlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soly and DJ recap the Zozo as Nico Echavarria edges JT and Max Greyserman by a shot. We empty the notebook from the week in Japan plus the DP World Tour and LPGA events. Then it's time to talk TGL (41:30) as we refresh ourselves on the league's format and what we see as the potential positives and negatives of the venture. We close with some news and notes from off the course, updates on our games and Soly's recent encounter with the Blue Angels during a match in Jax. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Titleist Omni Generations Cup The Stack System Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the latest episode of NLU Special Projects, we take our first hard look at the state of public golf, and what is working and what needs to change. KVV talks to people about why tee times just stopped being available in Los Angeles, and what a group of fed up hackers did about it 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback The Stack System Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JT Poston wins the Shriners - making a four foot putt on the 72nd hold to hold off Doug Ghim by one shot. We talk TPC Summerlin and run down the leaderboard and Neil gives us a history on the Shriners event and one of the longest running sponsorships on tour. Then it's on to the controversy surrounding the 2025 Ryder Cup ticket prices (36:30) and the potential for reheating the controversy over players getting paid to participate in the event. We also hit on some news and notes and close with listener questions. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Titleist Rhoback Pinehurst Resort Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wyndham Clark makes his NLU podcast debut as he stops by to talk all things team golf after competing in the 2023 Ryder Cup and 2024 Presidents Cup. We also discuss his week at LACC winning the 2023 US Open, playing in the Olympics, and a ton more. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Blade and Bow Titleist fanduel.com/nlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start our Sunday night pod with Matt McCarty's win at the Black Desert Championship after earning a KFT battlefield promotion earlier this year. We also react to the French Open, some recent reporting on the upcoming Showdown and DP World Tour finances, Rory's comments, Digital Jack vs Real Jack - plus listener questions. Show notes: Money in Sport article on DP World Tour finances 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Titleist Holderness and Bourne NLU10 for 10% off your next order The Stack System Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you wanna swing the club faster, this episode is for you. The co-founder of The Stack System, Dr. Sasho MacKenzie, joins the show to chat about the program that’s allowed thousands of golfers (including Soly) make meaningful gains in their swing speed. He explains the science behind the system, and how they went about gamifying it for maximum user enjoyment and benefit. Soly will testify… it works! You can save ten percent off your order with code: NoLayingUp 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback fanduel.com/nlu Harry's Razors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soly and TC recap the weekend on both sides of the pond with Kevin Yu winning the Sanderson and Tyrrell Hatton's win at the Dunhill. We also get into the week in Scotland off the course with Jay and Yasir teeing it up together, Rob MacIntyre hating on the Road Hole as well as a look at the KFT Championship, the Golf Digest article on Tony Finau and more. On the back half of tonight's pod, Soly sits down with David Duval (56:30) for a chat covering his career, winning the Open Championship, close calls at Augusta, teaming up with Tiger and a ton more. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Titleist Rhoback Omni Hotels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Double barreled in-person interviews in today’s episode, as Soly spent the day at the Constellation Furyk and Friends interviewing a bunch of players in the field, First up is Thomas Bjørn on the Ryder Cup, the Ryder Cup, and then some more Ryder Cup. It should be no secret at all after this as to why Europe has the success that they do in this event. And up next is Boo Weekley (35:00) on Champions Tour life, how he got to be such a crazy good ball striker, never figuring out putting, how he adjusted to life on tour, and more. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback fanduel.com/nlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy and Cody look at the last couple of LPGA tournaments in Arkansas and Cincinnati, preview the upcoming Asian Swing, Tour Championship and Epson Tour Championship along with a look ahead to the 2025 schedule and some assorted news and notes. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Yeti Titleist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States wins the Presidents Cup (again), this time by a margin of 18.5 to 11.5. We go through the Sunday matches, grade each player's week, discuss the event as a whole, take a peek at the Ryder Cup team for Bethpage, and put a cap on a fun week at Royal Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Internationals threatened on Saturday, but the last hour was all US. We recap a wild afternoon highlighted by Si Woo Kim and Patrick Cantlay exchanging blows on the back nine in the dark. We talk about Weir's strategy, tomorrow's singles matches, highlights and lowlights of the day, and a ton more. We're also pumped to talk about our new partnership with The Stack System. Soly has been in the lab hunting speed gains, and the results have been astonishing. Hear all about it in the show, and visit www.thestacksystem.com and use code NLU for 10% off your bundle and starting hitting the ball farther. It's WILD how effective this has been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Presidents Cup is SO back. The Internationals rally to sweep the Friday Foursomes, and we breakdown the ass whooping that was laid upon the Americans at Royal Montreal. Where does Jim Furyk go from here? Is there a path to victory for the Internationals? We talk about Saturday's matchups, and what we expect to happen the rest of the way, on top of recapping the best moments of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a clean 5-0 sweep for Team USA to open the 2024 Presidents Cup. We break down the days events, cover some news, and set up tomorrows pairings. Presented by High Noon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The parings are out for the first day at the Presidents Cup. Join us for Happy Hour - presented by High Noon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2024 Presidents Cup begins Thursday at Royal Montreal with the International Team looking to win the event for just the second time ever. We look at the team rosters and potential pairings, the course, the captains, some favorite Presidents Cup memories and listener questions.. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Pinehurst Resort fanduel.com/nlu One Bars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this weekend's recap pod: Soly, TC and Randy break down Billy Horschel's playoff win over Rory at the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour. Plus some thoughts on the LIV Team Championship and TC's trip to LIV Chicago, Lydia Ko's win on the LPGA Tour and some other assorted news and notes. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Titleist OneBars Mizuho Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of the 2024 Presidents Cup next week, Soly and KVV take us on another Deep Dive pod as we go back to the origins of the event and relive the first two renditions of the competition in 1994 and 1996. We also profile the epic 2003 tie in South Africa and the equally epic beatdown delivered by the Americans at Liberty National in 2017. 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 receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback OneBars fanduel.com/nlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Team USA wins the 2024 Solheim Cup over Europe by a final tally of 15.5 to 12.5. We put a bow on the matches with our final live show of the week as Lauren Coughlin joins the show. We close the pod with another narrative essay from KVV on his week on site with his daughter (1:44:25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices