No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

Bryson has entered the chat, Reed scrambles his way into a one shot lead, JT fades and then rebounds, Spieth and the Cat eject, Rory drifts, and everything else from Friday at the U.S. Open. We revisit our spirited debate on the course setup, and look forward to conditions continuing to ramp up as the weekend goes along. 

TC and Randy rail on the USGA for the soft setup while Soly and DJ try to calm them down, as the gang reacts to a mild day one at the 2020 U.S. Open. We talk about what makes a good setup, why it played easier than expected, and what we think is going to happen the rest of the week. We talk JT, Rory, Spieth, DJ, Rahm, Phil, and everything else from day one. This episode also aired live on our Periscope channel. 

Winged Foot is finally here, and we make our picks to win a rare fall US Open, our picks *not* to win, discuss Winged Foot and how it's going to play out, the significant factor the greens are going to play, debate what our favorite style of US Open is, and a lot more. 

It's a major championship week and 2003 US Open Champion Jim Furyk joins the pod to discuss his history in the event, Winged Foot, the transition to competing on the Champions Tour, preparing to host his own tournament, and plenty of Ryder Cup discussion as well.  

Almost a year after his first appearance on the pod, Harry Higgs returns!  We recap the past year on the PGA Tour, his favorite pairings, playing practice rounds at home with Bryson, his notable fashion choices, and more!

DJ triumphs at East Lake, and we breakdown the end of a peculiar season, take a bunch of listener questions, gross vs. net championship, the weird avoidance of the money discussion, East Lake, the upcoming sweepstakes of majors, Formula 1, and so much more. 

Success came to Mike Lorenzo-Vera quickly, but it was fleeting. Now it's back, and he walks us through a wild ride of tax issues, 400K of debt, from being #1 on the Challenge Tour to near the bottom, where the money went, how he got back, and now being in contention in major championships. 

Fireworks from Rahm and DJ, Olympia Fields absolutely bucks its head, Hideki, Niemann, Rory, and everything else from an exciting week at the BMW Championship. We look at how the FedExCup playoffs are shaping up, discuss Phil's win on the Champions Tour, LPGA, KFT, we settle the Pittsburgh debate, F1, and the usual segments. (Apologies of course for not getting into questions.)

2020 AIG Women's Open champion Sophia Popov joins us 48 hours after one her stunning performance at Royal Troon. She takes us through the nerves and emotion of the final round, her career development, overcoming Lyme disease, almost giving up the game, her Cactus Tour run, and a lot more. This one was a lot of fun.

The Evans Scholars Foundation has been sending caddies to college since 1930. Today's episode features three guests. First, we're joined by the president of the Western Golf Association, John Kackzowski to discuss the WGA's tie to the foundation, and background information on what it stands for and what it's accomplished. Second,  Evans Scholar alum and the founder of the Solich Caddie and & Leadership Program George Solich joins to discuss his humble beginnings, obtaining a scholarship through the foundation, the success he's found after college, and how he's developed his own caddie program. And lastly, a current Evans Scholar at Kansas University, Oscar Garcia discusses his ride from never setting foot on a golf course to being the co-chair of the Evans Scholars National Committee. No Laying Up is proud to support the Evans Scholars Foundation, and hope you find this episode as inspiring as we did. 

DJ runs away in Boston, Sophia Popov comes out of nowhere to win the Women's British Open, the annual "how do we fix the playoffs," DJ's career or Brooks' career, TPC Boston, Curtis Luck wins on the Korn Ferry Tour, and everything else from the week in golf. 

Data Golf co-founders Will and Matt Courchene join to talk about their statistical analysis, course history, form, how stats relate to golf, underrated players, betting, and a whole lot of hardcore golf nerd stuff. As someone who uses their site weekly, I especially enjoyed this conversation, and it will make you a smarter golf fan. 

Jim Herman comes out of nowhere to win the Wyndham, Si Woo makes a bizarre play, Koepka misses the cut, and everything else from the Wyndham with Golf Channel's Ryan Lavner. We also discuss the U.S. Am at Bandon (recorded before the finish of the championship match) as well as some bizarre controversies that emerged during the week, the current state of college and amateur golf and more.

He's back ! Jason Bohn joins to take us through the harrowing tale of surviving a heart attack, why he was concerned about his pension at the time, how pensions work on the tour, what the PAC does, some inner workings of the tour, an absolutely epic Tiger story, and so much more. Could talk to these guy for hours and hours. 

Collin Morikawa wins the 2020 PGA Championship in iconic fashion. We break down the win, the ridiculous shot into 16, a wild Sunday, Koepka, DJ, Finau, Bryson, Rory, Spieth, Wolff, and all of the other key players from the week. We talk Harding Park, course setup, the usual segments, and of course some coverage takes (we make it wayyyy deep in the show before this hits). This may be our longest ep yet. A lot to talk about! 

DJ rises, Haotong fades, Scottie makes a move, Cam Champ makes it look easy, and everything else from Saturday at the PGA. Of course we go deep on Phil putting Faldo in a body bag in the booth, rip into an especially poor telecast, ESPN, the Women's Am, tomorrow's F1 race, and a lot more. 

Has Haotong Li left the golf course yet? We break down an eventful Friday of golf discussing Brooks, Haotong Li, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Tiger, Rory, Spieth, DJ, Rickie's whiff, and a ton more. We make our picks going forward, talk how Harding Park is playing, and everything else you need to know before the weekend. 

This episode features our audio from our Thursday live show directly after coverage ended of the first round of the PGA Championship. We chat Jason Day, Brendon Todd, Bryson, Brooks, The Cat, Rory, Spieth, Rose, the rest of the leaderboard, Harding Park, ESPN+, CBS, and a ton more. More of these to come the rest of the week!

Major championship golf is back! We preview TPC Harding Park, who it's going to favor, who's going to win, who's not going to win, our DraftKings picks, the Big Cat, Rory, and so much more. On the back half, we chat with Curtis Strange who will be on the call this week for ESPN. We chat about major championships, his closest call at the PGA, and what he expects to see this week. A lot in this one, enjoy!

JT avenges the Workday, Brooks comes up short, Berger makes a run, some key action gets missed, and everything else from a busy week in golf. We talk about Bryson's ant situation, Bones' big week, the awkwardness with Phil, Danielle Kang winning on the LPGA Tour, and a ton more.