We rallied the crew to go live shortly after Jon Rahm officially announced that he would be joining LIV Golf. We talk about today's announcement, what it means, the ridiculous letterman jacket, how this all likely gets resolved, and where we go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soly, DJ and Tron gather for our midweek pod fresh off the USGA / R&A announcement of a rollback of the golf ball beginning for pro golfers in 2028 and in 2030 for the recreational golfer. We offer our initial reaction to the announcement as well as some other reactions from around the game of golf, plus a look back to how we arrived at the announcement - particularly in light of the rejected Model Local Rule bifurcation proposal from earlier this year. We also sift through the various opposing points of contention around today's announcement, the responses from other organizations in pro golf, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scottie Scheffler wins the Hero World Challenge as Tiger returns to competitive golf, but we begin this week's pod with the latest on the Jon Rahm to LIV rumors, its impact on PGA Tour leadership and private equity negotiations, and the curious silence from Rahm and his camp.Then it's on to this week's mule uprising (24:40), the forthcoming distance announcement from the R&A and USGA (49:00), Jay Monahan's recent appearances (1:08:30), and reactions to actual golf played this week, starting in the Bahamas with Scheffler's win, the Cat's potential 2023 schedule, Morikawa's penalty, and more (1:15:25). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the eve of his 84th birthday we are honored to welcome Lee Trevino to the pod for the first time. Over the course of two hours we cover Lee's unlikely story of overcoming poverty and hardship in his youth, his introduction to the game, military service in the Marine Corps, money game matches and introduction to the pro tour, winning majors, competing against Nicklaus, Palmer and Player and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunter Mahan returns to the pod to catch up on all things Ryder Cup and gives his take on what went down in Rome. Before the Ryder Cup discussion, Hunter shares his reasons for optimism concerning the professional game and offers some insight on the players' response to the communication from the Tour concerning the framework agreement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ludvig Aberg dominates the RSM Classic, Rory leaves the board, Lanto Griffin has some quotes, the TGL roof collapses, and that's just a bit of what's discussed in this week's recap. We also talk DP World Tour, CME Group Tour Championship, LIV free agency, Azinger out at NBC, Tiger playing the Hero, and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy and Cody are joined by Jordan Perez ahead of this week's LPGA Tour Championship. On the pod this week: Jordan gives us a sneak peek at her profile of Angel Yin which will hit the NLU website later this week We recap the year for world no. 1 Lilia Vu as she reclaimed the top spot in the world rankings after her fourth win of the season last week at the Annika as well as some other notable performances during the tour's Asian swing (8:30) What to make of some of the notable players who did not make the Tour Championship (30:10) Who would win player of the year if the award was voted upon as it is on the PGA Tour? (44:00) Some of the other season-long awards up for grabs this week, assorted news and notes from across the women's game, and our picks to win this weekend in Naples (54:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soly catches up with Michael Kim for a true golf nerd discussion covering:His social media presence and embracing his role as one of the Mules on tour.(7:15) His opinion on the decision makers on potential outside investment into the tour and how important the effects on his level of player will prove to be in the decision making process.(16:10) The depths of the struggles he dealt with in his game, working to find a way out of those struggles and the search for the right swing coach to help in that process.(37:10) A more thorough explanation of some of his tweets regarding how pros approach their swing thoughts, the distance debate, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start tonight's pod with an NLU tradition, a Max Homa cameo after another win for The Pro. Max hops on for a quick recap of his win in South Africa at the Nedbank and we offer some thoughts on the fall season thus far and enjoy some laughs thanks to some... interesting... comments from Mr. Player (21:45).Then it's on to Bermuda where Camilo Villegas wins on the PGA Tour for the first time since 2014 (24:00). We give Camilo some well-deserved praise battling back from the pro golf abyss amidst heartbreaking personal tragedy, offer our thoughts on the setup, and enjoy a nice rant from TC on some of the last few entrants into this week's field.After a couple of final notes from the Butterfield we dive into the latest news and rumors from the PGA Tour's future investment (44:00), some follow ups to our midweek TGL pod, and a recap of this week's LPGA event in Tampa (57:20) and TC and DJ's trip to see the new Pinehurst no. 10 golf course, designed by Tom Doak (1:00:45), a Tiger sighting as Charlie's caddie and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As news about the forthcoming TGL (Tomorrow Golf League) has trickled out in recent weeks, we gather to try and compile what we know, and what we don't know, about the venture.First up, the basics of the league: the competition format, the rosters, who's investing in the league, etc.We also examine:Our big picture feelings about the state of the TGL venture and how legitimate the competition will feel to viewers (20:20).The viability of the league long term in light of the non-Tiger players who are participating and the cringe-worthy Morikawa video (45:30).Rahm's absence from the league after initially committing and other notable players who are not participating (56:50).Our best guesses on how the league will do in its initial season (1:04:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices