No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

Ahead of this week's BMW PGA Championship, Luke Donald joins the pod to discus the event, his ascension to becoming the top ranked player in the world, his style of game and his keys to achieving success on tour, plus a preview of his upcoming role as an assistant captain on the European Ryder Cup team.   

Team Europe wins the 2021 Solheim Cup at Inverness by a 15-13 margin. We recap the highlights of the singles matches, salute the victorious Europeans - particularly Leona Maguire's performance today, examine what went wrong for the US, and offer our biggest takeaways from the last three days. Plus some speculation on captain's picks for the upcoming Ryder Cup. 

Team Europe holds a 9-7 lead over Team USA and we recap a spectacular Sunday of golf at Inverness and preview the lineups for Monday singles. Then it's on to Atlanta where Patrick Cantlay wins the Tour Championship over Jon Rahm, plus our reaction to NLU Young Hitter Justin Lower locking up his PGA tour card at the KFT finals and much more.  

It was a thrilling Day 1 on the grounds at our first Solheim Cup. Soly, D.J. and Randy sit down (from the tunnel to the first tee) to talk through the controversy, the course, the players and more.

The 17th edition of the Solheim Cup begins this weekend and we're joined by Jen Corcoran of Grueter Golf to preview the upcoming matches, explore the origins and recent history of the cup and look ahead to all the action from the Inverness Club in Toledo. A big thanks to Jen for coming on the pod!

Patrick Cantlay beats Bryson in a six hole playoff in Baltimore to win the BMW Championship. Tron and Soly recap their week on the ground at Caves Valley, the energy around Bryson, Cantlay's stock after his third win on Tour this year, and a ton more. Plus a look ahead to the Tour Championship and the Solheim Cup and a special announcement about a new content partnership for NLU. 

USGA CEO Mike Whan joins to chat about his interview for the job, his role at the his USGA, how he views the USGA's role in the game, the distance debate, birfurcation, USGA venues, his management style, the future of women's majors, and a lot more. 

The day has come! Tony Finau wins the Northern Trust, and Soly is here to collect on some debts. We chat about his one shot victory, get a surprise guest appearance, and the rest of the group tries their best to downplay his win at every turn. We also discuss Anna Nordqvist's win at the AIG Women's Open, Madelene Sagstrom's runner up (with a guest appearance from Madelene calling in! (58:15) ), the Playing Through debacle, Carnoustie, and so much more from a wild week in golf. 

Harris English joins the pod to either confirm or deny that he is indeed flushing the ball, as well as detailing the final round of the WGC-FexEx St. Jude Classic, his bounceback in form in recent years, heckling at tour events, the differences between major championships and regular PGA Tour events, the Ryder Cup, and so much more. 

Kevin Kisner wins the Wyndham via a six man playoff in Greensboro to close down the PGA Tour regular season, James Piot claims the 121st US Amateur at Oakmont plus we'll break down the latest on potential Ryder Cup captain's picks, USGA future sites, OWGR formula adjustments and much more. 

From nuclear missile operations to the Korn Ferry Tour, Tom Whitney joins us to chat about the (lengthy) 2020-2021 Korn Ferry season, how much it means to have Korn Ferry status locked up for next year, his unique military background, personal tragedy, and so much more. 

This week's pod is a busy one: Abe Ancer's win in Memphis, Harris English's meltdown, Bryson, more Bryson comments, Nelly Korda's gold, what women's golf in the Olympics means, the new PGA TOUR schedule, and a ton more. 

He's back! Peter Kostis joins the pod for a wide-ranging discussion on the changes in the modern game including the economics on tour, equipment, course architecture, broadcast coverage and much more! 

We recap a wild weekend of Olympic Golf in Tokyo, discussing what this win means for Xander, Rory Sabbatini's wild route to a silver medal, C.T. Pan, South Korean military service, golf in the Olympics in general, Rory and JT's comments, format changes, and a lot more. 

Mark Broadie joins us to discuss the origins of his groundbreaking work in golf analytics research and the evolution of the strokes gained metrics.  Mark also breaks down some inefficiencies in the OWGR rankings system, how he would use his data to pick a Ryder Cup team, and some potential improvements in technology that could help refine the strokes gained metrics.

We recap Minjee Lee's win at the Evian, Cam Champ's win at the 3M, Bryson and Rahm out of the Olympics, golf in the Olympics in general, Evian's status as a major, Champ's ability to close, Grayson Murray's tweet, Ryder Cup, WITB, and a ton more. We also chat with Jose Maria Olazabal (1:04:00) about his new golf course in Greece, his career, and a lot more. 

Major championship appreciator Kyle Porter joins to chat about a lot of our favorite topics, how he consumes golf, how that's changed since we got into podcasting, as well as detailed looks back at each of the 2021 majors. We project Morikawa's future, appreciate Rahm's emergence, reflect on Spieth's year, take a bunch of listener questions, and cover a lot of ground in these two hours. Thanks as always to Kyle for the time. 

Collin Morikawa completes a historic and dominant week by winning the 149th Open Championship. We react, play the over/under major game for Collin, discuss another Louis close call, Spieth's run, Royal St. George's, Rory, Bryson, Hamsterdam, and a lot more. 

Saturday recap: Is it a 3 horse race? We chat Louis, Morikawa, Spieth, an awesome setup at St. George's, Louis' comments about the pins, Rahm, DJ, Rory, and everything else from an eventful day at the Open. 

Oosthuizen out in front, Morikawa and Spieth on his heels, DJ enters the conversation, Brooks loves his driver, and everything else from round 2 at Royal St. George's. We chat about Tyrell Hatton's day, Rahm's return, Rory's quotes, the contenders and pretenders, and of course, how far back is too far back.