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The No Laying Up Podcast is a fresh, funny and informative conversation on all things golf. Founded in 2014, No Laying Up and its flagship podcast seeks to entertain and inform a community of avid golfers around the world. What started as a group text among college friends has now grown into one of the most popular podcasts in the game of golf, and our archives include appearances from the biggest names in the sport. Outside of the podcast, No Laying Up also produces multiple video travel series, best-in-class writing about the PGA Tour and LPGA, a robust social media presence, and a thriving community of friends and fans (The Nest).
Recent Episodes
20 episodes1202: Scottie wins the '26 Tour Championship
Scottie Scheffler wins the 2026 Tour Championship after a final round 66 (-4) at East Lake. Join us as we recap the 2026 PGA Tour playoffs, discuss who made the biggest leap and who left us wanting more. We check in on Ronni Yin, the LPGA Tour in Boston for the FM, and more. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - the #1 ball in Golf! High Noon - Suns Up! Arccos - NLU15 for 15% off at https://www.arccosgolf.com/ Rhoback - code NLU for 20% off at https://www.rhoback.com Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1201: Match Play at the Tour Championship
It’s Tour Championship week in Atlanta, and we react live to PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp’s announcement of major changes coming to the Tour in 2028, including the return of match play. We break down the new season-ending format, the two-track event system, the Returning Members Program, his comments on LIV Golf, and much more. Plus, Max Homa joins the show to share his perspective on the changes and where he sees the PGA Tour heading. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - the #1 ball in Golf! Rhoback - code NLU for 20% off at https://www.rhoback.com Lagoon - code NLU for 15% off at https://www.lagoonsleep.com/nlu Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1200: Wyndham holds off Rory to win BMW Champ + LIV Indy
One of our favorite weeks of the year at our 10th BMW Championship! Join us as we break down a busy week: Wyndham Clark gets the dub in St. Louis, Scott Jamieson wins the Nexo Championship on the DP World Tour, Yuta Sugiura takes the AdventHealth Championship on the KFT, and Mike LaSasso and Legion XIII win LIV Indianapolis. All that, plus news and notes and more. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - the #1 ball in Golf! High Noon - Suns Up! Holderness & Bourne - NLU10 at https://www.hbgolf.com BMW - Proud title sponsor of the BMW Championship Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1199: 1995 PGA Tour Season Deep Dive
Neil, Soly and DJ are back for the second edition of our week by week review of a historical season on the PGA Tour. This time we flash back to 1995 and learn just how much time is truly a flat circle, with many familiar themes emerging that sound an awful lot like the current state of the game in 2026. Show Notes: Ed Dougherty - The Golf Engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNTSHRD_tMU 1994 PGA Tour Deep Dive - NLU Ep. 11117: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3XP_Oua8-g 1995 Majors - NLU Ep. 669: https://nolayingup.com/podcasts/no-laying-up-podcast/nlu-podcast-episode-669-1995-major-championships Support our Sponsors: Titleist Rhoback Pinehurst East Sands Golf Co. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1198: Scottie Wins in Memphis, US Am at Merion
Scottie Scheffler claims an 8-shot dub at TPC Southwind to get the playoffs started. Soly, Neil and Randy open up the show talking Scottie, TPC Southwind and general playoff format thoughts. They also pay their respects to those who fell outside the bubble. They then share their thoughts on the U.S. Amateur at Merion, the latest on LIV, Jeeno’s win Portland and other news and notes Support our Sponsors: Titleist High Noon AT&T NLU Pro Shop If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1197: Neil Learns How a PGA Tour Event Gets Built
Ahead of next week’s BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, we visit with Patrick Timson - Vice President of Tournament Operations for the Western Golf Association - and a number of members of his staff - to get an idea of everything that goes into the build out and staging of a tour event. Support our Sponsors: Titleist BMW USGA If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1196: Michael Brennan Breaks Through + Neil Goes to LIV Bedminster
Soly, DJ and TC start tonight’s pod with the action at the Wyndham where Michael Brennan is the champ in Greensboro - the former Wake Forest standout winning at Sedgefield for his second career PGA Tour title. After some thoughts on the Greensboro tournament’s future we look at the finalized playoff field and who’ll be missing next week in Memphis. Plus an updated Fedora Five from TC and some assorted news and notes including Blockie’s eventful Sunday. Then it’s on to LIV Bedminster with Neil popping in for some on the ground reporting in addition to our reaction to the LIV financing news from earlier this week. We close with a recap of Asterisk Talley’s win at the US Women’s Am, Solheim Cup Euro captain’s picks, a look at the current Presidents Cup standings and more. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro + Wyndham Recap 33:30 - TC’s Fedora Five + News and Notes 49:15 - Neil from LIV Bedminster, LIV Funding News 1:30:30 - US Women’s Am, Solheim Picks, Pres Cup Standings Support our Sponsors: Titleist The Stack Whoop If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1195: The Hidden Gems of Western Scotland with Jim Hartsell
Soly and TC are joined by our friend Jim Hartsell to discuss his new book “A Round of Scottish Courses” and his travels to Scotland to explore the hidden gem courses along the western coast. Support our Sponsors: Titleist Rhoback AT&T East Sands Golf Co. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1194: Kuwaki wins the AIG Women's Open, Thorbjornsen in Detroit
It's a wrap on the 2026 major championship season as Japan's Shiho Kuwaki defeats Esther Henseleit on the second playoff hole to win the AIG Women's Open. We break down Kuwaki's breakthrough, Henseleit's close call, and look back at the biggest storylines from this year's LPGA majors, including top-10 finishes from Nelly Korda and Jeeno Thitikul. Then we head to Detroit, where Michael Thorbjornsen captures his first PGA Tour victory at the Rocket Classic as we say goodbye to the newly restored Detroit Golf Club. We close the show with some personal golf updates, including TC's journey from London to Alaska and Randy's first time out to Rodeo Dunes. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Vokey - the #1 wedges in Golf! High Noon - Suns Up! Loch Lomond Whiskies - the Official Spirit of The AIG Women's Open Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1193: 12 Storylines for the AIG Women's Open
The final major championship of the year is here as we gear up for the 2026 AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes. We run through our 12 biggest storylines heading into the championship, draft our teams, make our final winner picks, and much more. Support our Sponsors: Titleist Rhoback Lagoon If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1192: The Koivun Era is here + Alex Fitzpatrick interview
The Jackson Koivun Era has officially begun after his first PGA Tour victory at the 3M Open. We have a lot to discuss from across the world of golf this week: Koivun's breakthrough, Jenny Shin's impressive win at the Women's Scottish Open, LIV JCB, and Big Tommy Morrison's first professional victory at the Korn Ferry Tour's Evans Scholars Invitational. Plus, Alex Fitzpatrick joins the show (59:24) to chat about his season, earning his PGA Tour card, his journey through professional golf, and plenty more. Presented by Titleist. Support our Sponsors: Titleist Arccos Rhoback If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1191: Golf Rules Q&A With The USGA’s Craig Winter
Soly and Neil caught up a couple of weeks ago with Craig Winter, USGA Sr. Director of the Rules of Golf and Amateur Status, for a Q&A focusing on a variety of topics surrounding the rules and their application. Now, after an eventful Open Championship with notable rulings involving Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler, we’re excited to share our chat with Craig which touches on many of the hot button issues in the rules that affect professional tournaments across the globe, plus some common misconceptions that impact everyday recreational golf. Support our Sponsors: Titleist Holderness & Bourne USGA If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1190: Ryan Fox wins The Open
Ryan Fox is your Champion Golfer of the Year! Join us as we break down the entire week at Royal Birkdale, discuss the biggest winners and disappointments, look ahead to future Open Championship venues, dive into Hamsterdam, cover some news, and more. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - and the entire GTS Metalwoods line! High Noon - Sun's Up! Holderness & Bourne - NLU10 at https://www.hbgolf.com Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1189: Saturday at The Open
Sam Burns (-10) leads the 2026 Open Championship by two going into Sunday. Ryan Fox (-8) and Si Woo Kim (-8) sit two back. Join us as we break down all the action: Down the Leaderboard, Lingering/Loitering, Rory's comments on Bryson, news and notes, and much more. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - and the entire GTS Metalwoods line! High Noon - Sun's Up! Rhoback - code NLU for 20% off at https://www.rhoback.com Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1188: Friday at The Open
Not so fast! Bryson's penalty controversy and more! Lucas Herbert (-8) and Sam Burns (-5) both post 62s, but that wasn't the biggest story of the day. Bryson DeChambeau was assessed a two-stroke penalty after his round, dropping from solo second to T5. And his third-round status is in question. We break it all down and react live. Plus, we discuss Cameron Young (-6), Scottie Scheffler (-4), Tommy Fleetwood (-4), and Jon Rahm (-4). Down the Leaderboard, news and notes, and much more. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - the #1 ball in Golf! High Noon - Sun's Up! Whoop - https://join.whoop.com/nlu Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1187: Thursday at The Open
The Detective Jackson Suber (-5) leads by one over Sungjae Im and Dan Brown after the first day at Royal Birkdale. Join us as we break down all the action from the 2026 Open Championship, including Down the Leaderboard, news and notes, and much more. Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: FootJoy - the #1 shoe in Golf! High Noon - Sun's Up! Golf Pride - 20% off with NLU20 at https://golfpride.com AT&T - Connection Changes Everything Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1186: Kicking off The Open at Royal Birkdale
Join us as we get you set up for the 2026 Open Championship: Course conditions, player reactions, news & notes, team draft, final picks, and a bunch more! Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - the #1 ball in Golf! Rhoback - code NLU for 20% off at https://www.rhoback.com Arccos - NLU15 for 15% off at https://www.arccosgolf.com/ Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1185: Open Championship Preview Show
Thomson, Palmer, Trevino, Miller, Watson, IBF, O'Meara, and of course Spieth. We are back at Birkdale for the 2026 Open Championship. Join us as we run down Storylines of the Week, Course preview, players to keep an eye on, a rundown of the notebook, and a bit of trivia, and more! Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - the #1 ball in Golf! Rhoback - code NLU for 20% off at https://www.rhoback.com Loch Lomond Whiskies - the Official Spirit of The Open Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1184: Linksmaster Tom Kim and Haeran Ryu goes back-to-back
Tom Kim is the Scottish Open champ after a marathon Sunday at the Renaissance Club with a final round 64 which gave him a two shot win over Min Woo Lee. We assess Kim’s bounce back after a rough 2025, poke at TC with a Tom Kim v Ludvig comp before going down the leaderboard including Scottie’s missed cut and the Trackers getting in their feelings. From there, we head to France to recap the Evian where Haeran Ryu defeats Brooke Henderson in a playoff to win her second consecutive major. We close with some takes on Scott O’Neil’s latest interview as he looks to secure future funding for LIV, and some assorted news and notes headed into Open Championship week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro + Scottish Open Recap 49:30 - Evian Recap 1:13:00 - Reaction to Scott O’Neil Interview + News & Notes Support our Sponsors: Titleist AT&T Club Glove If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1183: Best Open Championships Draft
We conclude our major drafts pods with The Open - as Randy, Soly, TC, DJ and Neil vie to draft the best foursome of Opens in the eyes of our three UK based judges. Support our Sponsors: Titleist Holderness & Bourne East Sands Golf Co If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices