No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

Harry Higgs joins the show to chat about Brooks Koepka's open to the tournament, patient major championship golf, trees, the Koepka/Woodland incident, and a lot more. We also check in with Kevin Van Valkenburg who followed Brooks today, TC's takes, Kira K. Dixon from Golf Channel, our usual jaunt down the leaderboard, some weather prognosticating, and a lot more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Wood from NBC joins the podcast as we chat through an eventful opening day at Augusta National. We also check in with Kevin Van Valkenburg on his day following Phil Mickelson, discuss the big names at the top of the leaderboard, the disappointment from Rory, Spieth's up and down day, odds going forward, and a lot more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have two preview shows, do you even have one? We went live with a special Wednesday preview on the eve of the 2023 Masters talking about developments on the week, Ridley's press conference, Phil's bizarre champion's dinner behavior, Tiger's comments, Bryson, and a lot more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2023 Masters is almost here and we fire up the preview pod to run through our favorite storylines and hot takes headed into the week at Augusta. From Scottie Scheffler's bid to repeat to Neil's plans for a Rory block party, potential LIV contenders and more - we have every angle covered ahead of the opening tee shots on Thursday morning. Draft Kings Disclaimersportsbook.draftkings.com/golfterms. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino & Resort (KS).Promotional offer period ends 09/30/2023 at 11:59:59 PM ET. See terms at tournament. Max $10 bet. Token expires 7 days (168 hours) after being awarded. Odds Boost Token valid only on a pre-tournament bet on any golfer to win a PGA redeemed $200 in bonus bets via OH or MA prelaunch offer. Min. $5 deposit. +1000 Odds Boost: Valid 1 per new customer. First-time depositors only who have not already restrictions apply. parishes)/MA/MD/MI/NJ/NY/OH/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Void in NH/OR/ONT. Eligibility 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/KS/LA(select 1-888-532-3500 (VA). (KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), visit OPGR.org (OR), or (CO/IL/IN/LA/MD/MI/NJ/OH/PA/TN/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral 8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), Gambling Problem? Call (800) 327-5050 or visit gamblinghelplinema.org (MA), Call 877- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a weekend. With Soly having the night off and TC running the show, there are lots of directions to go on this recap podcast.First up, Cody brings us his first-hand report from Rose Zhang's win at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. We have a thorough debrief of the fourth edition of the event and Cody's first visit to the grounds of Augusta (50:00). Then it's on to the PGA Tour where Corey Connors wins in San Antonio for the second time while on the LPGA Tour, Ruoning Yin wins for the first time as she claims the LA Open at Palos Verdes. Meanwhile the LIV boys prepped for the Masters in Orlando at Orange County National.We close the pod with Michael Wolf to recap our first Office Hours video about the origins of the Masters (1:36:00), some reactions to Gary Player's antics and Soly's interview with Patrick Cantlay. We end with DJ's visit with Rose Zhang to relive her win at the ANWA (2:10:20). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Masters almost here, Patrick Cantlay returns to the pod to talk about his recent visit to Augusta and the recent changes to the 13th hole as well as some other notable changes ahead of this year's tournament. We also get a sneak peak on what to expect at LACC for this year's US Open. We also get into Patrick's reaction to the recent USGA MLR golf ball announcement and his take on the distance debate in general. We also hear from Patrick about his experience as the Player Director on the PGA Tour's Policy Board and how the tour has reshaped itself over the last year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All eyes turn towards Augusta as the 4th annual Augusta National Women's Amateur kicks off a huge week-and-a-half of golf amongst the pine trees of Georgia. In today's episode, Cody and Randy are joined by Jordan Perez (@jrdnprz on Twitter) to discuss and preview what is surely the deepest, most talented field the ANWA has seen to date. Jordan is covering the ANWA on behalf of AmateurGolf.com and you can find all her writing this week there. Today's run of the show is as follows: Cody and Randy spend the first ~35:00 minutes recapping last weekend's Drive On Championship and touching on some LPGA odds & ends. At the 35:00 minute mark, Jordan joins to go over her favorite storylines at the ANWA, plus the trio reveals their favorite dark horses to contend and their five favorites to win. Finally, and certainly not to be missed, Cody and Randy interview (at the 1:37:05 mark) World Amateur #1, Rose Zhang, as she prepares to tee it up in her fourth ANWA. Rose talks about the state of her game, lessons learned from prior ANWAs, and her mental approach to this week. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The end of the WGC era closed down in Austin as Sam Burns defeated Cameron Young 6 and 5 to win the Match Play Championship. Both finalists needed extra holes to win their semifinal matches on Sunday morning as Burns defeated Scottie Scheffler while Young outlasted Rory McIlroy.  We show some appreciation for Austin Country Club, look back at the entire week's action and eulogize our favorite moments from the WGC era in professional golf.We also react to the audio from our interview with Rory on the MLR ball and his take on the distance debate (1:10:15). Plus our monthly Ryder Cup segment presented by BMW and some other news and notes from the past week in golf.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trevor Immelman returns to the pod to take an early look at the upcoming Masters and also offers some great insights from his win at Augusta in 2008. We also get Trevor's thoughts on the distance debate and how it affects pros, courses, amateur events, manufacturers and more. We also close the pod with some details from Trevor on the recent evolutions in golf TV coverage.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a two part pod on this Sunday night as Soly and KVV make sense of Taylor Moore's win at the Valspar as Adam Schenk, Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood come close at Innisbrook. We also offer some thoughts on LIV Tuscon, the guys who will be competing in the upcoming majors, and the lackluster tv ratings. Then in part two, (54:10) Billy Horschel joins KVV and Soly to offer his perspective on the distance debate in light of this week's announcement from the USGA and R&A. Soly and KVV also offer some reactions Billy's opinions after our conversation as well. Episode Notes:USGA Distance Insights report: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/advancing-the-game/distance-insights.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices