No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

After a 4-0 sweep by the Americans in morning foursomes, the Europeans have clawed back to a 5-3 deficit after the first day of the 2023 Solheim Cup. Randy, Cody, Tron and Neil are on site with their reactions to the first two sessions and to get your set for the weekend in Spain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of the release of NLU's film about our friend Jim Hartsell and his book When Revelation Comes, we recorded a podcast with Jim, the film's editor Matt Golden, DJ and Tron. We get Jim's reaction to viewing the film for the first time, reminisce about the trip and the memorable courses and moments from our journey and Jim's experiences since the book's publishing. We hope you enjoy the film and this complimentary podcast and we encourage you to consider purchasing a copy of When Revelation Comes - available via Back 9 Press or wherever you get your books: https://back9press.com/pages/when-revelation-comes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy and Cody are on location in Spain as we close in on the start of the 2023 Solheim Cup matches which begin on Friday morning. For our preview episode we bring in Sophie Walker - former LET player and current broadcaster for Sky Sports Golf - to preview our favorite holes at Finca Cortesin, the potential parings and matchups, plus our predictions for the final score, top point scorers for each side, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sahith Theegala is a PGA Tour winner after an eventful Sunday that saw him claim a two shot victory in Napa. We start our recap by celebrating Sahith's win and making sense of the new fall series. Then, it's time to go across the pond to Wentworth where Ryan Fox wins the DP World Tour's BMW Championship as the entire European Ryder Cup team appears to be trending heading to Marco Simone. On the back half of tonight's recap we get into the USGA Mid-Am, the KFT, Full Swing not getting access to the US Ryder Cup team room and some other miscellaneous news and notes. Plus an equipment update from Soly and a look ahead to our upcoming content plans for the Solheim and Ryder Cups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of her Solheim Cup debut in Spain next week, Cheyenne Knight sits down with Randy to talk about her selection to the team as well as her amateur and collegiate career at Alabama, her initial struggles in professional golf, the distance and technology debate from an LPGA perspective, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With no PGA Tour golf this week we go across the pond for a recap of the Irish Open where Vincent Norrman wins at The K Club while we get an on the ground report from Randy at this week's LPGA Kroger Queen City Championship where Minjee Lee defeated Charley Hull in a playoff. We also get into the US Ryder Cup team's trip to Marco Simone, an update on our own golf games headed into the fall, paying off our season long picks contest, Ryder Cup TV coverage and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Randy is on location at this week's LPGA Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati. Ahead of the tournament he catches up with Angel Yin to talk about her road back from a difficult patch in her career, learning to coach herself and own her swing, her close calls at notching her first win during the 2023 season and the upcoming Solheim Cup matches in Spain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each of the twelve man teams are set for Marco Simone - time for another Ryder Cup roundtable with Soly and Kyle Porter vs. Tron and Jamie Weir. We begin with Soly and Tron trading haymakers on Ludvig's inclusion on the European team and their respective histories of opinions on the Swedish Ryder Cup rookie. After the Ludvig shouting match concludes (28:00), we settle down for some additional thoughts on the makeup of the rosters, those who were considered and not selected, potential pairings and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for another deep dive from Soly and KVV - this time we look back at the last four Ryder Cups on European soil. From the blowout win at the K Club in 2006 to Le Golf National in 2018, we examine every detail in each of the home European victories from the most memorable moments to the many shortcomings from the Americans, the controversies, the fashion.... or lack thereof, and a ton more. Settle in for this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Gankas makes his return to the pod to talk with Soly about swing mechanics and how intricate and varied the golf swing can be, his work coaching players of all skill levels, working with Matt Wolff through his recent struggles, how he observes his players from TV coverage, his own aspirations of playing competitively and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2023 Tour Championship finished with Viktor Hovland running away from the field with a five shot win over Xander Schauffele after a Sunday 63 to claim the $18 million first prize. We sing Viktor's praises after another dominant playoff performance and take stock of Xander's week in Atlanta, the confusing year for Scottie Scheffler and the need for official injury reports in golf. We also talk Ryder Cup picks and our biggest winners and disappointments from the 2023 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Randy and Cody are back with another LPGA-focused pod which kicks off with a review of Alexa Pano's first professional win at the co-sanctioned ISPS Handa World Invitational event in Northern Ireland. Then it's on to the upcoming Solheim Cup matches in Spain which are just inside of a month away (34:00). We recorded shortly after European captain Suzann Pettersen announced her captain's picks. We debrief on the European team before moving on to the Americans and the upcoming decisions facing captain Stacy Lewis. We close with some hypothetical head-to-head matchups based on the Rolex rankings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With just a little more than a month to go our foursome of Ryder Cup sickos are back to trade barbs ahead of the action at Marco Simone. For the stars and stripes, Soly pairs with Kyle Porter while the Euros are represented by Tron and Jamie Weir. We take the temperature of both sides and potential captain's picks, venue and setup concerns, the path to victory for each side, the shortcomings of the points systems, underrated players on both teams, and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Viktor Hovland wins the BMW with a blistering back nine 28 en route to a course record 61 at Olympia Fields to claim the second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. We try to wrap our brains around Hovland's finish and the week for Scottie, Rory, The Pro, and some first hand reporting from TC and DJ who were both on location (just outside of Chicago). Then it's on to some fiery Ryder Cup discussion (37:30) before some reactions to the US Am, LPGA-LET and Euro events this week (1:10:30). We wrap with some hard hitting analysis of Blockie's round at Valhalla, our interview with Billy Walters and some personal life updates on our way out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soly visits with legendary sports gambler Billy Walters ahead of the release of Billy's book Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk. In addition to the well publicized partnership Billy had with Phil Mickelson, we cover his upbringing in Kentucky, his first exposure to gambling, his road to becoming of the most famous sports bettors in the world and a ton more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a busy weekend on multiple fronts, we fire up the pod and begin with Cody and Randy from the Women's British Open where Lilia Vu won her second major of the year. Then it's on to Memphis where Lucas Glover wins for a second consecutive week - this time in a playoff over Patrick Cantlay at the FedEx St. Jude to kick off the first leg of the PGA Tour playoffs. We close with the latest on the PGA Tour HQ dysfunction, the US Women's Amateur at Bel-Air CC, LIV Bedminster and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Randy and Cody report from Walton Heath with TC joining stateside for a Friday recap of the first two rounds of the Women's British Open where Ally Ewing leads by five shots. We break down Ewing's first two rounds, the rest of the contenders, those who we expected to contend that are heading home after two days, plus our experiences as members of the Women's Open Radio crew and a look ahead to the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Randy and Cody are on location at Walton Heath for this week's AIG Women's Open. After a brief recap of our jet-lagged experience at today's Pro-Am, we offer our thoughts on the course, our upcoming appearance on the tournament radio broadcast, and our picks to contend in the final major of the year in women's golf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The PGA Tour regular season has come to an end with Lucas Glover winning in Greensboro while Justin Thomas missed advancing to the playoffs by just one shot. We break down the weekend in Greensboro, look at how the playoff bubble shook out, the Ryder Cup chances for JT and Ludvig, and Bryson's 58 at LIV Greenbrier. Then it's on to the off-course news as Tiger joins the PGA Tour policy board and the players attempts to take back control of Tour decisions. We close with a quick look at the LPGA Scottish Open and the upcoming Women's British Open, plus the KFT in Utah, college athletics conference realignment in the scope of college golf and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tron and Cody take the reins in this week's recap pod with Jordan Perez hopping on for our LPGA coverage of the Evian Championship. We begin with the 3M as Lee Hodges claims his first career tour victory with a seven shot victory at TPC Twin Cities. Then, we're on to some Ryder Cup discussions for both squads (12:50) with just one regular season event left on the tour schedule. We shift gears over to the Evian (22:15) as Jordan joins us to dissect Celine Boutier becoming the first French woman to win the event. There's also Solheim Cup implications to discuss after several strong showings from the European side, the slow pay penalty assessed to Carlota Ciganda during Friday's second round, plus a quick recap of the US Junior Am. We close the pod with some off-course PGA Tour news (1:01:30) as Jay Monahan's memo confirms the PGA Tour will not support the MLR roll back, plus some additional details in the memo on the potential process for LIV players returning to the Tour, communication from the tour to the players on the negotiations with the PIF and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices