No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

Thomas Detry celebrates his first tour victory with a dominating performance at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, winning by seven shots. The conversation pivots to Tiger Woods’ anticipated return and the potential merger impacts on the sport. Controversies over sponsor exemptions are debated, as well as the recent dynamics in the LPGA. The hosts also highlight unique player performances and discuss the evolving challenges faced by golfers today, both on and off the course.

The hosts kick off the LPGA 2025 season with excitement about upcoming tournaments and venues. They delve into Alim Kim's standout performance at the first event and discuss Titleist's new golf balls. The conversation includes an analysis of media rights challenges in women's golf and a spotlight on rising stars like Hannah Green. A new initiative offers amateur players a chance at LPGA Tour exemption. Finally, they touch on the urgent search for the next LPGA commissioner to promote women's professional golf.

USGA CEO Mike Whan makes his return to the pod on the heels of today's announcement about a LIV exemption into the field for the 2025 US Open. We start our discussion on recent comments from various stakeholders in pro golf around the golf ball rollback before getting into pace of play issues, the LIV - US Open announcement and the USGA's rationale for creating the exemption. We close with some thoughts on current and upcoming venues for USGA championships - including Cypress Point for this year's edition of the Walker Cup.Support our sponsors:Rhobackfanduel.com/nluThe StackSubscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcastIf 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rory McIlroy wins the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, finishing two ahead of Shane Lowry. Join us as we break down the results across the world of golf, dig into our week at Pebble, run down the leaderboard, news and notes, and more! Presented by High Noon. Support our sponsors:High Noon - Sun's Up!Titleist - GT DriverAT&T - Connecting Changes EverythingServPro Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcastIf 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the second year in a row, we’re live from Pebble Beach! Friends of the program AT&T CEO John Stankey and Masters Champion Trevor Immelman pop into the show, KVV joins for a special AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am trivia, news and notes, laughs and more. Presented by AT&T.Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcastIf 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the second year in a row, we’re live from Pebble Beach! Special guests, new segments, revived favorites (shoutout to Baluga's Big Board), news, notes, and much more!Presented by AT&T.Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcastIf 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Mayo, a golf performance coach celebrated for his work with Viktor Hovland, joins to share insights from his innovative use of TrackMan technology. He delves into his instructional philosophies, dispelling common misconceptions around swing mechanics. The conversation highlights the critical role of spin loft and launch angles in improving short game performance. Mayo also emphasizes the importance of mentorship in professional golf, advocating for data-driven approaches while maintaining a candid and relatable teaching style.

Harris English comes out on top at Torrey on a week marred by slow play and sickness among the field - plus JT takes tour members to task over a need for more cooperation with TV partners to improve the tour telecasts after some less-than-ideal ratings numbers from the AmEx. Then it's on to the Back 9 (52:00) where we discuss Seth Waugh's interview with Eamon Lynch, comments on the rollback from new PGA of America CEO Derek Sprague, TC on the Cleeks rebrand and other LIV news from the week, feedback on KVV's podcast on Bethpage tee times, and a ton more.Support our sponsors:TitleistAT&Tfanduel.com/nluSubscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcastIf 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode, we debut a new concept with the Personal Golf Spotlight - a biographical journey through the golf game of a member of our team. In this first episode, Neil takes center stage with DJ and Soly getting the Czar's WITB update, his story of learning to play as a kid while tagging along with TC, and his growth over recent years as his handicap has ticked towards the low single digits. We close the pod with Neil sticking his neck out with a personal list of the top ten courses he has played.Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcastIf 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our second edition of NLU Special Projects, we continue to look at the unbelievable difficulty of booking tee times at certain public golf courses as we head to Long Island and Bethpage State Park - the host of this year's Ryder Cup as well as the 2002 & 2009 US Opens and the 2019 PGA Championship. Support our sponsors:RhobackThe StackGolfPrideSubscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcastIf 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices