With the Masters almost here, Patrick Cantlay returns to the pod to talk about his recent visit to Augusta and the recent changes to the 13th hole as well as some other notable changes ahead of this year's tournament. We also get a sneak peek at what to expect at LACC for this year's US Open. We also get into Patrick's reaction to the recent USGA MLR golf ball announcement and his take on the distance debate in general. We also hear from Patrick about his experience as the Player Director on the PGA Tour's Policy Board and how the tour has reshaped itself over the last year.

A fresh, funny discussion of all things golf from the guys at No Laying Up. Episodes air twice a week and topics include tournament recaps, interviews, deep dive player profiles, golf travel, and more.

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NLU Podcast, Episode 661: Patrick Cantlay

All eyes turn towards Augusta as the 4th annual Augusta National Women's Amateur kicks off a huge week-and-a-half of golf amongst the pine trees of Georgia. In today's episode, Cody and Randy are joined by Jordan Perez (@jrdnprz on Twitter) to discuss and preview what is surely the deepest, most talented field the ANWA has seen to date. Jordan is covering the ANWA on behalf of AmateurGolf.com and you can find all her writing this week there. Today's run of the show is as follows: Cody and Randy spend the first ~35:00 minutes recapping last weekend's Drive On Championship and touching on some LPGA odds & ends. At the 35:00 minute mark, Jordan joins to go over her favorite storylines at the ANWA, plus the trio reveals their favorite dark horses to contend and their five favorites to win. Finally, and certainly not to be missed, Cody and Randy interview (at the 1:37:05 mark) World Amateur #1, Rose Zhang, as she prepares to tee it up in her fourth ANWA. Rose talks about the state of her game, lessons learned from prior ANWAs, and her mental approach to this week. Enjoy!

NLU Podcast, Episode 660: ANWA Preview + Rose Zhang Interview

The end of the WGC era closed down in Austin as Sam Burns defeated Cameron Young 6 and 5 to win the Match Play Championship. Both finalists needed extra holes to win their semifinal matches on Sunday morning as Burns defeated Scottie Scheffler while Young outlasted Rory McIlroy. We show some appreciation for Austin Country Club, look back at the entire week's action and eulogize our favorite moments from the WGC era in professional golf.

We also react to the audio from our interview with Rory on the MLR ball and his take on the distance debate (1:10:15). Plus our monthly Ryder Cup segment presented by BMW and some other news and notes from the past week in golf.

NLU Podcast, Episode 659: Match Play Recap + Rory Interview

Trevor Immelman returns to the pod to take an early look at the upcoming Masters and also offers some great insights from his win at Augusta in 2008. We also get Trevor's thoughts on the distance debate and how it affects pros, courses, amateur events, manufacturers and more. We also close the pod with some details from Trevor on the recent evolutions in golf TV coverage.

NLU Podcast, Episode 658: Trevor Immelman

DJ, KVV and Neil are joined by - yes you read the title correctly - Rory McIlroy for a review of the first three seasons of HBO's "Succession". As the fourth and final season premieres in a few days we go through our favorite moments, episodes and quotes from the Roy family so far. We also hold a draft of a golf partner from the show's characters, debate the timing of the show ending after four seasons, and we close with KVV assigning some make-believe country club memberships to various characters.

The No Laying Up collective chops it up with a wide variety of guests from all corners of the golf world, and more importantly, guests from the golf-adjacent world. 



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Episode 231: "Succession" Perfect Club with Rory McIlroy

The field is set, the games begin soon, so grab a bracket and let's pick a winner for the 2023 NCAA men's basketball tournament. Joining Randy to break down the teams, players and bracket is ESPN college basketball analyst, Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops on twitter). Coach is back this year with his insights and expertise to help you fill out your bracket (hint: he loves Alabama). Enjoy the pod, enjoy Coach, and enjoy the madness!

Episode 230: March Madness Bracketology with ESPN's Seth Greenberg

We've got a two part pod on this Sunday night as Soly and KVV make sense of Taylor Moore's win at the Valspar as Adam Schenk, Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood come close at Innisbrook. We also offer some thoughts on LIV Tuscon, the guys who will be competing in the upcoming majors, and the lackluster tv ratings.

Then in part two, (54:10) Billy Horschel joins KVV and Soly to offer his perspective on the distance debate in light of this week's announcement from the USGA and R&A. Soly and KVV also offer some reactions Billy's opinions after our conversation as well.

NLU Podcast, Episode 657: Valspar Recap + Billy Horschel on the distance debate

Great news! We're inching closer to the LPGA season unfolding in earnest! On today's show Cody and Randy kick things off by discussing their most compelling storylines of 2023 thus far. Then, two guests join the show. First up is Kate Burton, broadcaster and Singapore-resident, to breakdown and discuss the recently completed mini-Asian swing as well as a few other topics (begins at the 32:52 mark). After that, NLU Young Hitter and LPGA regular, Lauren Coughlin, joins the show to discuss how she goes about setting up her schedule. It's an insightful look into the hectic schedule of an LPGA player, including the difficult decisions of where to play, how often to play, when to rest, and how this season's schedule is a doozy (begins at the 1:13:16 mark). Enjoy!

NLU Podcast, Episode 656: LPGA Storylines + Asian Swing Recap with Kate Burton + How Pros Set Their Schedule w/ Lauren Coughlin

On the heels of today's announcement of a proposed modified local rule of the golf ball rollback for elite-level players, we're joined by USGA CEO Mike Whan to explain the position of the USGA and R&A and what lies ahead in the process. After our chat with Mike, we outline our reaction to the announcement, address some misconceptions about the proposed changes, and have some fun with listener questions as well.

NLU Podcast, Episode 655: Mike Whan on the USGA's proposed distance changes

Scottie Scheffler cruises to a five-shot win at the Players. We recap the day, compare Scottie to some tennis greats, what it's like watching him, other notable performances, setup for the week, the 12th hole, what the future of the Players looks like, who is on the outside of the designated events as of now, and a ton more. Thanks to everyone that tuned in live throughout the week, the shows have been a blast to do.

Video: Live from the Kill House: PLAYERS Championship (Sun)

NLU Podcast, Episode 654: Sunday Players Recap

Scottie Scheffler takes a two shot lead into Sunday after a buzzing day at TPC Sawgrass. We discuss what we saw out of Scottie on Saturday, Min Woo Lee, the rest of the leaderboard, Rory quotes, the easy setup, and a ton more.

Video: Live from the Kill House: PLAYERS Championship (Sat)

NLU Podcast, Episode 653: Saturday Players Recap

Round 2 of the Players is far from over, but we recap the day's happenings in our live show, presented by our friends at High Noon. We chat Chad Ramey, Morikawa, Svensson, more TPC Sawgrass, what we saw on the ground, who we're buying and selling at the (almost) halfway point, and Shane Bacon joins us on the back end. Enjoy!

Video: Live from the Kill House: PLAYERS Championship (Fri)

NLU Podcast, Episode 652: Friday Players Recap

It's Chad Ramey time! We go through our day at TPC Sawgrass for day one of the Players Championship, Morikawa, TPC Sawgrass, Spieth, JT, Max, down the rest of the leaderboard (of course), Ryan Armour's comments, and everything else from the day.

Video: Live from the Kill House: PLAYERS Championship (Thu)

NLU Podcast, Episode 651: Thursday Players Recap

Players week is here, and we discuss Jay Monahan's Tuesday press conference, discussions with players on the grounds at TPC Sawgrass, reaction to the news of the day, favorites this week, listener questions, how the tour should respond to LIV players that want to return, the role of the PGA Tour commissioner, and a ton more.


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NLU Podcast, Episode 650: Players Championship Preview

It's time for the 4th-annual Oscars extravaganza!! DJ Pie and Randy are joined once again by special guest (and Hollywood big-shot) Timothy Simons (@timothycsimons on twitter) to get you ready for the show Sunday night.

The first hour of the episode is a wide-ranging discussion of the year in movies, including favorite actors and actresses, worst movies of the year, and a few movies that should have received a Best Picture nomination. Beginning at 1:03:00, the guys reveal their personal Best Picture rankings, going from 10 down to 1. Following this exercise they discuss each Best Picture film in detail, beginning at the following minute marks:

1:52:25 - Everything Everywhere All At Once 

2:51:27 - All Quiet on the Western Front 

Note: This episode is chock-full of spoilers, so please be aware of that going in!

Episode 229: 4th Annual Oscars Extravaganza

A TrapDraw tradition is back! TC sits down with each member of NLU to discuss their air travel over the last twelve months including best and worst experiences, favorite new airport they've visited, our experiences with various airlines, airport dining recs and a ton more. We considered clipping the best bits of each section but decided to release the complete unabridged version for all of you air travel sickos. Our lineup for the pod:

Episode 228: Airports 3.0!

Kurt Kitayama holds off a star-studded leaderboard at Bay Hill to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational and claim his first career win on tour. We review the week for Kitayama and the rest of the leaderboard, evaluate our impressions the golf course, and a thought or two on the NBC coverage (or lack thereof).

We also check in on Jin Young Ko's win on the LPGA Tour in Singapore and offer some additional thoughts on the PGA restructuring announcement from earliest this week, plus a thorough response to James Hahn's Golfweek comments and more.

NLU Podcast, Episode 649: Bay Hill Recap

With the announcement earlier today unveiling the new PGA Tour structure starting next season, we fire up a midweek pod and are joined by Peter Malnati - the Player Director on the PGA Tour Policy Board - to get an inside look at the decision making process that led to today's announcement. Peter also details why he initially opposed many of the measures that passed today and what led him to change his mind.

After our chat with Peter we do our best to make sense of the new structure and offer our takes on what works and what still gives us pause at this point in the process. We also do our best to answer the LIV related questions, predict what comes next at PGA Tour HQ and what they can do the properly message their plans moving forward.

NLU Podcast, Episode 648: Reaction to the new PGA Tour designated events structure ft. Peter Malnati

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