No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

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 (2:14:00), and a ton more.A more extensive list of some of our favorite web posts, tweets, and other moments from the last decade will be available soon on the No Laying Up website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 his LIV move (52:00), the mule uprising (55:30), Finau staying put (1:02:45) and potential talent changes at NBC (1:04:45).Then it's time for the on-course update portion of the pod (1:07:00) with the PNC, Q-School and then we close with a 2023 Superlatives game (1:13:15). Awards handed out include: Shot of the year, mule of the year, best major championship hole of the year and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 year two for LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 course of the season (1:04:30).Stay tuned for part 2 of our discussion on Thursday which delves into the potential Saudi-PIF involvement in the women's game, a review of 2023 from some of the biggest names on the LPGA tour, and a review of the first year in charge for LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got several different avenues to cover on this week's recap pod. First up, Soly, KVV and Tron react to the latest news on the PGA Tour's efforts to snag private investment dollars and do our best to make sense of how these negotiations dovetail with the potential PIF investment into the PGA Tour Then it's on to the Grant Thornton (19:00) where Lydia Ko and Jason Day win the inaugural edition of the PGA-LPGA team crossover tournament. We also talk Rory's return to Twitter, the reactions to Jon Rahm's LIV announcement and some additional ramifications of a restructured PGA Tour (24:00) before we move to Soly's interview with USGA CEO Mike Whan and R&A CEO Martin Slumbers on this week's rollback announcement (44:30) We close the pod (1:42:10) with KVV reading his recent column "Jon Rahm, The Rollback and an Entire Reevaluation" which you can read here: https://nolayingup.com/blog/jon-rahm-the-rollback-and-an-entire-reevaluation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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