No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

What a week! Jordan Spieth gets his first win since 2017 at Valero, Patty Tavatanakit holds off Lydia Ko to win the ANA inspiration, plus we get Tron's first-hand account of Tsubasa Kajitani's playoff win at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.  

2018 ANA Inspiration champ Pernilla Lindberg joins the show to chat about her dramatic win over Inbee Park in the 8 hole playoff in 2018, growing up in Sweden, how competitive skiing shaped her golf career, Oklahoma State, becoming a major champion, how the men's game can help the women's game, and so much more. 

Pool play format, Horschel's performance, Scottie Scheffler, Victor Perez, and everything else from Austin, including the Na/DJ spat, aces galore, a really fun match play course, and a million ways that can make it better. Plus, Dahmen's win in Punta Cana, Campos' close call, Inbee Park, Spieth & Rory, Bryson's NFT's, and a lot more. 

Mav McNealy returns to reflect on his experience on the PGA Tour so far, his vicious club twirl at Pebble, his philosophy on trying to get the most out of his game, what he's learned, what he still needs to work on, and so much more. 

We recap the week in golf, including Matt Jones' win, thoughts on PGA National, the courses on tour we'd most and least like to play, LPGA setups, the match play format, DJ dropping out of the Olympics, and a lot more. 

Tremendous insight from Hunter Mahan on his recent struggles, his relationship with the game of golf, his ridiculously good run on tour, what changed, some insights into how decisions have been made in past Ryder Cups, the fallout from the 2010 Ryder Cup, his path back to playing great golf, and so much more. This one goes straight to the NLU podcast hall of fame. Thanks a ton to Hunter for the time. 

We recap JT's triumph at TPC Sawgrass, his incredible weekend ball striking display, Westwood's run, the incredible top/shank/queef sequence, Rory's comments, Bryson, course setup, every shot live, Brian Harman, and everything else from Players week. 

Soly sits down with Kevin Na and Marc Leishman to preview this week's Players Championship. First up, Kevin talks about his moment with Tiger Woods at the 2019 event, battling the yips while in contention at the 2012 Players, how he overcame that, how he sped up his pace of play, how he started converting top-10's into wins, walking in putts, and a lot more. Second up, Leish details a wild 2020 that saw some crazy highs and crazy lows. He chats about how he got his game back, what goes wrong when it goes wrong, and what it's like to tee it up in events when your best stuff isn't there. Thanks to both Kevin and Marc for the time. 

Bryson! We chat about the content king, the lines on 6, what makes him successful on these setups, Bay Hill, Spieth, Westwood, and everything else from an eventful week. We also chat more about distance as it relates to this weekend, some coverage takes, and look ahead to Players week. 

Former caddie and current NBC/Golf Channel broadcaster John Wood joins us to answer basically any question you could ever throw at a caddie, including hirings/firings, caddie pay, travel arrangements, best and worst advice he's given, and funny things he's heard tour pros complain about. He chats about being on the bag for the 2010 Ryder Cup with Hunter Mahan, how the Kuchar/El Tucan situation played out, moving on from Kuchar's bag, and so much more. Absolutely loved this one, and appreciate Woody's time. 

Morikawa flexes on the field, The Concession shows out, Koepka makes a run, and everything else from an eventful week. We reflect on Tiger's accident, the future of WGC's, Rory, Scheffler, Hovland, Nelly Korda's win at the Gainbridge, some Ryder Cup chat, and a lot more. 

Chip Beck joins us to chat about his career, shooting 59, his close calls, the 1993 Masters, losing his game, getting it back at the Champions Tour level, and a whole lot in between. This man can tell some stories. Really enjoyed this one, and appreciate Chip's time. 

Max Homa! The 2021 Genesis Invitational champ (briefly) calls into the show, and the boys react to his emotional win, Finau's incredible Sunday 64, a wild Saturday at Riviera, Mike Whan at the USGA, and a lot more from an action packed week. 

Justin Suh's professional golf career so far has been quite a journey. He details his experience chasing Monday qualifiers, traveling to places like Peru, Oman, Argentina, and many others, what encouraged him to donate half of his earnings from the Farmers Insurance Open, battling wrist injuries, his college success, and so much more. 

Daniel Berger wins at Pebble, Spieth comes close, Nate lashes out, and everything else from a fun week. We chat about Berger's closing ability, his suspicious alignment of putts, what to take away from Spieth's week, some rules issues, Patrick Reed's Ryder Cup future, and a lot more. 

Kamaiu Johnson joins the pod to update us on his recovery from a COVID-19 diagnosis that caused him to miss his PGA Tour debut at Torrey Pines. Fortunately, Kamaiu has received a sponsor's exemption to this week's tournament at Pebble Beach and we discuss his first exposure to the game of golf, the golf community's efforts to improve its racial diversity and much more. Best of luck to Kamaiu this week at Pebble!

We react to a wild week at the Waste Management, including Koepka's furious finish, Spieth's insane Saturday, his future (is he back?), TPC Scottsdale, Xander's Sunday struggles, and everything else from the desert. We also discuss DJ and Finau in Saudi Arabia, a tough Sunday of TV coverage, and this week's consequential report from the USGA & R&A. 

Geoff Shackelford joins to help breakdown the latest announcement from the USGA/R&A about potential rule changes and other areas of interest. Geoff has long been an advocate for distance limitations in golf, and has more knowledge on the topic that pretty much anyone in the game. We pick his brain with some common arguments we hear against rollback/bifurcation, take some listener questions, discuss what the new landscape might look like, and a lot more. 

A content bonanza this week! Our longest recap pod ever attempts to unpack the incredible Patrick Reed drama, how CBS handled it, how the tour handled it, the Rory situation, CBS' season debut, and everything else from the Farmers Insurance. We also chat about DL3 as a Presidents Cup captain, the PGA Tour building, gambling in golf, unpacking the Jerry Foltz podcast, and a lot more. 

Tommy Fleetwood joins to chat about spending winter months in Dubai, the 2018 Ryder Cup, narrowly missing out on a US Open, reflecting on a weird 2020, and a lot more. Catch Tommy at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic this week.