No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

Soly catches up with former PGA Tour pro Ken Green who has some amazing and hilarious stories about his career on tour, his numerous fines, sneaking his family into Augusta for the Masters and getting to play with the biggest superstars of his era.

We also hear about the traumatic events over the course of his life which he has detailed in his book Hunter of Hope: A Life Lived Inside, Outside, and On The Ropes. Soly has an editorial note at the 55:45 mark that introduces this portion of the podcast.

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Scottie Scheffler's final round 64 has us creeping into uncomfortable territory with some of the comparisons that we make. Plus, we discuss how Wyndham's putt stayed out, his last 12 months, who the top 5 players are in the world right now, what makes the Players special, and a ton more. Thanks to everyone who tuned in live all week, these are always a blast to do.

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Xander Schauffele leads by one heading into the final round of the Players, as we recap our day out at TPC Sawgrass, Wyndham's chunk, Harman's 65, Scottie's health, some course setup issues, and a lot more from Saturday at the Players.

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Wyndham Clark races out to a 4-shot lead. Will Soly's pre-tournament pick go on to win? We chat about a Friday out at TPC Sawgrass, Scottie's neck, what makes the Players experience special, Roger Maltbie, Rory, a fun trivia game, and a ton more.

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The first round of the Players is in the books, Rory, Xander, and Wyndham all shoot 65 to race out to the lead, Vik and Jordan confront Rory about a couple of drops, TPC Sawgrass plays benign, and everything else from our day on site at the Players.

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Our High Noon Happy Hour Preview show covers our week at the Players to date, reactions to Jay Monahan's press conference, Rory's comments, as well as Xander, Scottie, and others. We also make our picks for the week, what groups we want to follow, what hole at TPC Sawgrass we would tweak if we could, and a lot more.

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Soly is joined by DJ and Randy for a look ahead to this week's Players from TPC Sawgrass. After Soly sprinkles in a few nuggets from his day at the course we play 'Buy or Sell' on a number of topics around this week's event (the lack of a repeat winner, Monahan's presser and future as commissioner, the event's claim of the strongest field in golf) as well as the prospects for a number of the biggest names on tour who figure to be in contention on Sunday.

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Scottie Scheffler obliterates the field at Bay Hill, and we recap his ridiculous week, put his win into perspective, project his next month and a half, and more. We also chat Bay Hill, Zalatoris, Rory, Wyndham, Lowry, AK's 65, Matteo Mannesaro, and a lot more.

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Back with our High Noon Happy Hour Live Show, we preview the week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, chat about Bay Hill, some API trivia, and discuss field sizes. Plus news, comments, laughs and more. Cheers!

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As the second season of Full Swing gets released on Netflix this week, Soly, DJ and Neil hand out their reviews of the sophomore installment for the series. We touch on the episodes that we liked, the ones that were duds, improvements from season one, how we view the 2023 Ryder Cup differently in light of the final episodes, and the stories we wish would have been a part of the retelling of the 2023 year in professional golf.

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With the PGA Tour event at Palm Beaches pushed to a Monday finish we throw the audience a bit of a curveball to start tonight's episode with a modified Pro Golf Fantasy Draft.

From there it's on to Palm Beaches (25:00) for a look at the tournament where Austin Eckroat leads by a shot with just seven holes completed. We look at the rest of the contenders and the apparently softened course setup - plus Webb's interview and the notable sponsor's exemptions for this week's event at Bay Hill and the rumor mill surrounding Rory's LIV comments.

Then it's on to LIV Jeddah for the return of Anthony Kim to pro golf (51:00), Talor Gooch popping off again and the PGL lawsuit against LIV. We close with a look at Hannah Green's win on the LPGA (1:15:00), our reaction to The Match, a look at the Seminole Pro-Member tee sheet and more.

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Daniel Berger stops by to talk with Soly about his back injury and the road back to reclaiming his physical health and his place in the competitive golf landscape. We also cover his experiences in team competitions, playing money games with tour pros as a high school-aged kid, his mental approach to golf and his injury rehab, the changes on tour while he was away and a ton more.

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Jake Knapp wins the Mexico Open in his fifth start as a PGA Tour rookie and our three amigos of Soly, TC and Neil fire up the weekend pod to recap everything from Vidanta including Knapp, runner-up Sami Valimaki, and the decided lack of juice surrounding this week's event.

We also talk through the Masters special exemptions that were handed out this week (31:40), Bryson's bonkers interview, and Anthony Kim's rumored return to pro golf at LIV Jeddah.

Also on the pod this week: (1:02:00) Charlie Woods's pre-qualifier attempt, some assorted news and notes from around the globe, a look ahead to Monday night's edition of The Match and Soly's week at the Gasparilla.

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As the LPGA Tour's spring Asian swing kicks off in Thailand this week our LPGA pod crew of Randy, Cody and Jordan break down the Tournament of Champions and the Drive On, won by Lydia Ko and Nelly Korda, respectively. Then it's on to LET and the Saudi Ladies International (23:20) where Patty Tavatanakit won with a seven-under final round 65 and offered some candid thoughts on her recent struggles in her post-round interview.

We then look ahead to the weekend in Thailand and some of the notable names in the field (40:30) as well as a look ahead to the latest iteration of The Match involving Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang. Then, Jordan helps us get up to speed on the latest from the women's amateur golf scene before we close with a look at some of the notable rookies on the LPGA Tour this year (54:20) and some assorted news and notes.

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Hideki puts on a ball-striking clinic on Sunday to with the Genesis with a final round 62. We break down Matsuyama's win, the return of Will Zalatoris, Cantlay and Xander's Sunday struggles, Scottie Scheffler's adventures on the greens, Tiger's WD, Spieth's DQ and ton more from the week at Riv.

We also offer some thoughts on Mackenzie Hughes's interview during the third round on the state of pro golf, some Hamsterdam takes, results from elsewhere in pro golf and more.

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Back with our second High Noon Happy Hour Live Show, we preview the week at the Genesis, chat about what makes Riviera special, send some Valentines, make our picks for the week, discuss "Sun Day Red," our expectations for Tiger this week, and everything else you need to get hyped for the best PGA Tour event of the year.

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After an eventful weekend in Scottsdale, Billy Horschel returns to the pod to talk through his experience with the crowd at the WM and how the event has changed over the course of his career. We also get into the PGA Tour - SSG deal, PIF investment, differing opinions on the road back for LIV players, his interview after shooting 84 at the Memorial last year and a ton more.

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Nick Taylor survives a playoff with Charley Hoffman at TPC Scottsdale, as Soly, DJ, and Neil breakdown the week in Phoenix. What went right, what went wrong, Sahith, Scottie, Spieth, what makes TPC Scottsdale work, and a lot more. We also talk LIV Vegas, PGA Tour Enterprises equity grants, and more news and notes from the week in golf.

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1997 was a transformative year in men's golf. Soly and KVV dive into Tiger's dominant performance at the Masters, what this meant for golf, how it was covered at the time, and how it all happened. We also chat about Ernie Els at Congressional, Justin Leonard at The Open, and Davis Love's triumph at Winged Foot. Come for the results, and stay for the hilarious tidbits uncovered along the way.

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After the cancellation of the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am we look back at a pair of 54 hole tournaments with the PGA Tour's weather shortened weekend as well as the LIV season opener at Mayakoba.

We begin at Pebble where Wyndham Clark wins after a third, and final, round 60 - setting a new course record and beating Ludvig by a shot. We break down the finish and the decision making that led to the shortened format given the relative lack of options, and provide some context for how Clark's third round compares to other low rounds from recent years in pro golf.

We also look at the others on the leaderboard (19:00) including Ludvig, JT, Jason Day as well as the course setup, Clark's decision to turn LIV down and stay on the PGA Tour, Spieth and Rory's respective comments on the potential PIF investment into the Tour (40:00), off course rumblings, a review of Neil's top and bottom 10 from his pre-tournament power rankings, and some reflections from our time on-site at the tournament.

Then we turn our attention to Mayakoba for the LIV season opener (1:09:30) as Joaquin Niemann wins the individual title in a playoff over Sergio with Jon Rahm's team wins the team crown. As the only live golf broadcasted on Sunday, we take stock of the progress and remaining shortcomings of the league's team rosters, the broadcast product and upcoming tech advancements and more.

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We're back and live from the range again at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, chatting with Lucas Glover, Maverick McNealy, tournament director Steve John, Sahith Theegala, and Justin Thomas. The Beluga also gives us big board for the entire tournament, we make some picks, react to the Tour investment announcement, player quotes, and a ton more. Thanks a ton to AT&T for having us out to do a show from the range, it was an absolute blast.

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Live from the range at Pebble Beach for the first time, the guys chat about the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, welcome some guests including Kira K. Dixon and Max Homa, chat about their Australia trip, and what they've seen on the range here at Pebble. We'll be back for another live show from Pebble on Wednesday from 11PM ET to 2PM ET. 

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KVV remains in the captain's chair for tonight's pod along with Shane Bacon and Kyle Porter as Matthieu Pavon wins at Torrey Pines with a birdie on the 72nd hole to beat Nicolai Hojgaard by a shot. We break down the finish, the international leaderboard, the lack of French golfing success, the concept of non-Sunday finishes on tour plus Tom Whitney's week and which PGA pro we would trust (and not trust) with handling nuclear weapons.

We also have some fun with wondering why certain players didn't go to LIV (47:40), the abysmal pace of play this past week, the angst over sponsors exemptions at Pebble next week, the latest edition of The Match, and - with some help from Jordan Perez - we break down Nick Dunlap's decision to turn pro after his win last week (1:04:00).

On the back half of the pod we talk through the rumored PIF-PGA Tour deal, our hopes for what a reunified pro golf world could look like, the Anthony Kim rumors, a few musings on buddies trips, and more.

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In this, the first in a series of what we’re calling “NLU Special Projects,” Kevin Van Valkenburg dives deep into the curious life story of Gary Player, the son of a South African miner who would go on to win more than 160 global tournaments over the course of his storied career.

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KVV returns to the captain's chair tonight with Joel Beall of Golf Digest joining for this weekend's recap pod.

We start with the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour in over 30 years as Nick Dunlap wins the AmEx with a clutch five foot putt on the 72nd hole. We make sense of Dunlap's rise through the amateur golf scene and his performance today as he stared down seasoned pros with multiple wins on tour.

We also talk JT (24:00), Bezuidenhout, Burns, Xander, Scottie and Daniel Berger's return to the tour after a lengthy absence due to a back injury.

Then it's off to Dubai where Rory wins after a close call last week (39:40) with a one shot victory over Adrian Meronk and two clear of Cam Young - plus Joaquin Niemann's participation as a LIV player in the Euro Tour event (54:50).

We also cover Lydia Ko's win at the LPGA Tournament of Champions (1:04:00), Jay Monahan's trip to Saudi Arabia (1:16:45), and some other news and notes and with thoughts on the events at Sports Illustrated before we close with KVV reading his latest column "Lost in the Sauce of Golf Training Aids" (1:55:25) which can be found on our website: https://nolayingup.com/blog/lost-in-the-sauce-of-golf-training-aids

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As the LPGA season kicks off Thursday at Lake Nona we fire up the first of many LPGA focused podcasts in the new year.

Ahead of the Tournament of Champions, our crew of Randy, Tron, Cody and Jordan go 24 for (20)24 with two dozen questions to be answered over the course of the upcoming season, including:

• Our favorite venues and events on the 2024 schedule including a breakdown of the courses that will host the Women's PGA, US Open and Open Championships
• The season outlook for Lilia Vu, Nelly Korda, Linn Grant, Lexi Thompson, and several other big names on the LPGA Tour
• Our predictions for movement in and out of the Rolex Top 10, potential first-time winners in 2024, Player and Rookie of the year awards.
• Early thoughts on the 2024 Solheim Cup
• A look at the ANWA and NCAAs
• Off-course rumblings around the rumored LPGA-LET merger.

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The Champion Golfer of the Year, Brian Harman joins the pod to talk through his win at Royal Liverpool, how his life and playing schedule look after winning a major championship, his experience in Rome as a Ryder Cup rookie and a ton more.

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With the boys off filming the latest season of Tourist Sauce, KVV steps into the captain's chair along with our pal Shane Bacon for this week's recap episode.

After a special cameo in our show open, we start with the Sony where Grayson Murray wins in a playoff over Keegan Bradley and Ben An. We talk through Murray's play in Hawaii and his personal struggles in recent years, plus Carl Yuan's....... interesting...... TIO ruling on 18 (32:40) and Gary Woodland's emotional return to the tour after brain surgery in September (47:00).

Then it's on to Dubai (50:30) for Tommy Fleetwood's dramatic birdie-birdie finish to beat Rory McIlroy by a shot. We prognosticate on the rest of 2024 for both Tommy and Rory and then look at the off-course news of both Martin Slumbers and Keith Pelley stepping away from their respective roles at the R&A and the DP World Tour.

We wrap with some thoughts on the end of Tiger's Nike contract (1:21:00) and the numerous legends across other sports - players and coaches - who have recently retired or are reaching the end of their competitive careers.

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Golf course architect Beau Welling joins the pod to talk through his design career which began under Tom Fazio and how his business made it through the financial crisis of the late 2000s. Plus, we detail his views on the current golf boom and how much of a role the pandemic played in the rise in golf participation. We also cover his work at the new Omni Frisco PGA Resort, working with Tiger Woods on some of his design projects, designing short courses, his thoughts as an architect on the distance debate and a ton more.

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Chris Kirk kicks off the 2024 PGA Tour season by winning the Sentry at 29 under par after a bogey-free 65 on Sunday. We look at Kirk's week at Kapalua with a clip from his prior appearance on the pod - NLU Episode 326 - detailing his struggles with anxiety and alcoholism (8:10).

We also cover the close calls for Sahith and Spieth (21:00), what to make of Scheffler's week (30:00), Kisner's broadcasting debut (40:30), Rahm lurking on Maui (49:30) and Jason Day's new look (53:00).

In the final half hour, we look at the off-course news including the Rory interview from this week and various reactions to his comments, the curious schedule for the PGA Tour's rookie orientation, some early dubs for us in 2024, and more.

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We're back with new shows in the new year, kicking off our first "Happy Hour" presented by High Noon as we debrief on a Twitter spat with Brandel, hand out some more superlatives from 2023, revisit our 2023 predictions, make our predictions for 2024, catch up on Rory's interview, and of course, try to remember who won PGA Tour events in 2023.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in live. You can view the show in its entirety on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/RVqz2wfsd4k?si=BCYTq9e-9toCsWTX

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We are ten years into No Laying Up, a text thread among college friends that's turned into more than any of us could have imagined. Come along for a three hour conversation about the origins of that initial text thread, the website (21:30), the first podcast (35:00), Justin Thomas marking the first podcast appearance from a tour pro (55:30), the first detonation of golf television coverage (1:09:00), our Rory-DT news scoop (1:23:00), the first Tourist Sauce (1:50:30) and Strapped seasons (2:14:00), and a ton more.

A more extensive list of some of our favorite web posts, tweets, and other moments from the last decade will be available soon on the No Laying Up website.

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Our annual holiday tradition returns with a medley of clips from our 2023 podcasts. Thanks for supporting what we do at No Laying Up, and we hope you enjoy reliving some of our favorite moments from the past year. Guests featured on this episode include:

Jon Rahm, Lee Trevino, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, Will Zalatoris, Steph Curry, Lilia Vu, Padraig Harrington, Hunter Mahan and more.

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Tiger and Charlie Woods once again starred at the PNC while Bernhard Langer and his son Jason took the top spot in Orlando. We start this weekend's recap pod elsewhere with a recent ESPN report about the potential imminent private equity investment into the PGA Tour from a combination of US-based investors and the Saudi PIF. We also look back at some critical decisions from the tour over the last 3-4 years and play some revisionist history (17:00).

We also get into Rahm's public silence since his LIV move (52:00), the mule uprising (55:30), Finau staying put (1:02:45) and potential talent changes at NBC (1:04:45).

Then it's time for the on-course update portion of the pod (1:07:00) with the PNC, Q-School and then we close with a 2023 Superlatives game (1:13:15). Awards handed out include: Shot of the year, mule of the year, best major championship hole of the year and more.

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Randy, TC, Cody and Jordan are back with part 2 of our LPGA 2023 recap. In this episode we discuss the past twelve months on an individual basis for some of the biggest names in the women's game including Nelly Korda, Linn Grant, Rose Zhang, Leona Maguire and more.

(Editor's note: you'll find a thorough discussion on Lilia Vu's year in part 1 of our LPGA review podcast).

From there we delve into the off-course news (51:40) of potential Saudi PIF investment into the women's game and take stock of year two for LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan.

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It's time to put a bow on the 2023 LPGA season as Randy, Tron, Cody and Jordan gather to recap the last twelve months in women's professional golf. In part one, we relive the ascension of Lilia Vu whose two major wins catapulted her to the top spot in the world rankings, relive our most notable moments of 2023 (20:55), review our predictions from the start of the year that came true and those that most certainly did not (52:05), and take stock of the notable changes in the top ten over the course of the season (1:04:30).

Stay tuned for part 2 of our discussion on Thursday which delves into the potential Saudi-PIF involvement in the women's game, a review of 2023 from some of the biggest names on the LPGA tour, and a review of the first year in charge for LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan.

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We've got several different avenues to cover on this week's recap pod. First up, Soly, KVV and Tron react to the latest news on the PGA Tour's efforts to snag private investment dollars and do our best to make sense of how these negotiations dovetail with the potential PIF investment into the PGA Tour

Then it's on to the Grant Thornton (19:00) where Lydia Ko and Jason Day win the inaugural edition of the PGA-LPGA team crossover tournament. We also talk Rory's return to Twitter, the reactions to Jon Rahm's LIV announcement and some additional ramifications of a restructured PGA Tour (24:00) before we move to Soly's interview with USGA CEO Mike Whan and R&A CEO Martin Slumbers on this week's rollback announcement (44:30)

We close the pod (1:42:10) with KVV reading his recent column "Jon Rahm, The Rollback and an Entire Reevaluation" which you can read here: https://nolayingup.com/blog/jon-rahm-the-rollback-and-an-entire-reevaluation

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We rallied the crew to go live shortly after Jon Rahm officially announced that he would be joining LIV Golf. We talk about today's announcement, what it means, the ridiculous letterman jacket, how this all likely gets resolved, and where we go from here.

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Soly, DJ and Tron gather for our midweek pod fresh off the USGA / R&A announcement of a rollback of the golf ball beginning for pro golfers in 2028 and in 2030 for the recreational golfer. We offer our initial reaction to the announcement as well as some other reactions from around the game of golf, plus a look back to how we arrived at the announcement - particularly in light of the rejected Model Local Rule bifurcation proposal from earlier this year. We also sift through the various opposing points of contention around today's announcement, the responses from other organizations in pro golf, and much more.

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Scottie Scheffler wins the Hero World Challenge as Tiger returns to competitive golf, but we begin this week's pod with the latest on the Jon Rahm to LIV rumors, its impact on PGA Tour leadership and private equity negotiations, and the curious silence from Rahm and his camp.

Then it's on to this week's mule uprising (24:40), the forthcoming distance announcement from the R&A and USGA (49:00), Jay Monahan's recent appearances (1:08:30), and reactions to actual golf played this week, starting in the Bahamas with Scheffler's win, the Cat's potential 2023 schedule, Morikawa's penalty, and more (1:15:25).

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On the eve of his 84th birthday we are honored to welcome Lee Trevino to the pod for the first time. Over the course of two hours we cover Lee's unlikely story of overcoming poverty and hardship in his youth, his introduction to the game, military service in the Marine Corps, money game matches and introduction to the pro tour, winning majors, competing against Nicklaus, Palmer and Player and a ton more.

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Hunter Mahan returns to the pod to catch up on all things Ryder Cup and gives his take on what went down in Rome. Before the Ryder Cup discussion, Hunter shares his reasons for optimism concerning the professional game and offers some insight on the players' response to the communication from the Tour concerning the framework agreement.

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Ludvig Aberg dominates the RSM Classic, Rory leaves the board, Lanto Griffin has some quotes, the TGL roof collapses, and that's just a bit of what's discussed in this week's recap. We also talk DP World Tour, CME Group Tour Championship, LIV free agency, Azinger out at NBC, Tiger playing the Hero, and a ton more.

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Randy and Cody are joined by Jordan Perez ahead of this week's LPGA Tour Championship. On the pod this week:

• Jordan gives us a sneak peek at her profile of Angel Yin which will hit the NLU website later this week
• We recap the year for world no. 1 Lilia Vu as she reclaimed the top spot in the world rankings after her fourth win of the season last week at the Annika as well as some other notable performances during the tour's Asian swing (8:30)
• What to make of some of the notable players who did not make the Tour Championship (30:10)
• Who would win player of the year if the award was voted upon as it is on the PGA Tour? (44:00)
• Some of the other season-long awards up for grabs this week, assorted news and notes from across the women's game, and our picks to win this weekend in Naples (54:00)

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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

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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.

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