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Scottie Scheffler's win streak is no more as Stephen Jaeger wins in Houston by a shot over Scheffler and four others for his first PGA Tour win. KVV, Randy and Cody make sense of Jaeger's win, Scheffler's putting down the stretch and the comps to Tiger. We also talk Alejandro Tosti and Memorial Park before we shift gears to the LPGA Tour (39:00) where Nelly Korda won for the third time this year. We look at the dominant start to the year for Nelly, Lexi's close call, and some other news and notes from Phoenix. We also touch on Chris DiMarco and Bryson making news this week(1:06:30), and wrap the pod with a fun exercise from the mind of KVV (1:21:00) - constructing our own golfer hoops squads based on personalities and athletic abilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Over recent months the phrase "improve the product" has become a crutch phrase for players, tour officials, TV executives, and virtually anyone with a stake in the health of professional golf. We try our best to actually define the phrase and it's various forms, the biggest hurdles standing the way of progress, and what we view as most important to actually making meaningful improvements for the benefit of golf fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Malnati is the Valspar champion - his second win on tour and first in over eight years. We break down Malnati's triumph, plus a look at the week for Cam Young, Keith Mitchell and JT, amongst others - plus some listener questions. Then it's time for a great deal of speculation around the meeting in the Bahamas between the Tour / SSG and the PIF (43:00). After a careful review of the flight tracking data and how close - or not close - a potential investment deal may be, we move on to Nelly Korda's win on the LPGA tour (53:00) and other news and notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Randy, TC and Cody are back with another LPGA check-in as we recap the tour's Asian Swing highlighted by a pair of wins for Patty T and some other notable performances from the last three tournaments. Then it's time for a look ahead to the upcoming event at Palos Verdes and beyond as the tour returns stateside for a three week run of events before a week off ahead of the first major of the year - the Chevron. We also touch on the rumors regarding a mixed event at the 2028 Olympics and some other assorted news and notes from the women's game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Check out the full range of NLU content on our website - including the Nest member section here: https://nolayingup.com/categories/nest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 and honest 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. For more narrative pieces like this, you can also visit us at NoLayingUp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
