No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

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

No recap pod this weekend as we're all on the road after our Nest Invitational Tournament in Frisco, Texas. Instead, we bring you another calendar year majors deep dive with Soly and KVV as we turn the clock back to 1996. We start, of course, with the dramatic Sunday in Augusta as Greg Norman falters and Nick Faldo claims his third Masters.Then it's on to Oakland Hills (49:00) for Steve Jones's unlikely triumph at the U.S.st Open, Tom Lehman's lone major win in the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes (1:27:25), and we wrap with the PGA Championship at Valhalla (1:29:55) where Mark Brooks beats local favorite Kenny Perry in a playoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soly catches up with veteran swing coach Sean Foley to discuss his career coaching some of the best players on tour and lessons learned from mistakes over the course of his interactions tour pros (12:30). We also examine the different styles of coaching when it comes to professional players (20:30), the intersection of swing thoughts and relying on natural instincts (32:30), working with Tiger (44:00), adjusting his teaching methods for the next generation (57:00) and more.We're also bringing you something new after our chat with Sean as our own Kevin Van Valkenburg reads his recent essay "I Walk Alone: Embracing Solo Golf" (1:13:10) which you can also read on our website here: https://nolayingup.com/blog/i-walk-alone-embracing-solo-golf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soly and Ben bring you the weekly recap pod from down under where Aussie Jasper Stubbs wins the Asia-Pacific Amateur at Royal Melbourne's famed composite course.We start with our observations from the week and experiencing firm and fast sandbelt golf at one of the best courses in the world before breaking down the action from the 2023 tournament (14:00) culminating in Stubbs winning in a playoff and securing invites to the 2024 Masters, the 2024 Open Championship and the 2024 Amateur Championship.We also reflect on the purpose of the tournament (29:00) and some of the interesting stories and competitors we met during the week from all over this part of the globe including countries with little to no championship golf tradition.We close with Ben's impressions as a first-time visitor, of Melbourne's golf culture and sandbelt courses (42:30), our upcoming match on the composite course at Royal Melbourne, and (55:00) the need for more top-level professional golf in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Randy and Cody are back with a recap of the latest from the women's game including Lexi's performance on the PGA Tour, the last couple of LPGA tournament results, recent interviews featuring Rose Zhang and Mollie Marcoux Samaan, and more.Then in part two (45:00), we're joined by Gabi Ruffels to talk through her year on the Epson Tour, her transition from high-level junior tennis to golf (01:08:40)  and a look ahead to her upcoming year on the LPGA Tour in 2024. (01:12:23) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Ryder Cup recap content continues with Soly and TC interviewing European assistant captain and analytics guru Edoardo Molinari. We get into his first explorations into golf data and analytics during his own professional career, his experience helping Luke Donald form the partnerships that were so successful in Rome, how he viewed some of the decisions from the American team, the atmosphere in the team room after the heated ending to Saturday's matches and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil steps in as our substitute teacher on this week's recap pod as Collin Morikawa wins the ZoZo with a final round 63 for his sixth career PGA Tour win. We take stock of Morikawa's prospects headed into 2024 compared to some of the other big names on tour and other notable finishes from the week in Japan. We also recap Minjee Lee's win at LPGA BMW Ladies Championship in Korea, the LIV team championship and some of the rumblings around LIV's attempts at a big name signing and more (Note: We recorded our pod before the LIV team championship finished so there won't be any discussion about the results from Miami). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of the start of the 2023-24 NBA season, Soly catches up with Steph Curry who was just named the 2023 Charlie Sifford Award winner for his efforts in advancing diversity in the game of golf. We cover Steph's work with the Underrated Golf Tour and the Howard University golf teams plus his current competitive golf aspirations and his plans for golf when his basketball career comes to a close. We also get into his thoughts on the Ryder Cup and some comparisons to his experiences with USA Basketball.0:00 Steph Curry's golf game07:10 Underrated Golf Tour13:20 Howard University18:50 Life after basketball, The Match24:20 Ryder Cup and USA Basketball overlap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices