320: Seamsters Hot Stove + Keith O'Brien's "Charlie Hustle"

The stove is hot! Baseball's winter meetings have come and gone and we've got plenty of new faces in new places. Randy and DJ talk ball in the first half of the episode, including their reaction to the biggest moves of the offseason thus far. In the second half of the show (at the 1:00:18 mark), Keith O'Brien stops by to discuss his new book, "Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball." Keith has written the definitive biography of the late Hit King, Pete Rose. Whatever your opinion of Pete we think you'll learn something about him and hopefully grab the book, either for yourself or the baseball fan in your life. It's the perfect read while biding time until pitchers and catchers report. Enjoy!

Back in June, KVV penned a piece for the NLU Website 

. For this pod, Soly and DJ join KVV to relive the decade-long dry spell, the near misses, the not-so-near misses, the changing approaches to Augusta and our best guesses if Rory will win another major before his career wraps up.

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936: The Lost Decade of Rory in Majors

319: Owners Series Part Eleven - The Jacksonville Jaguars

For this Owners pod, we head to Duuuuval and profile the ownership history of the Jacksonville Jaguars. We begin with the franchise's beginnings in the mid-90s NFL expansion and the original owner, Wayne Weaver. From there it's on to the Shahid Kahn ownership tenure, highlighted by the infamous Urban Meyer era, the flirtation with a potential move to London, stadium renovation plans in Jacksonville, and a ton more.

Soly makes a triumphant return to the weekend pod along with D.J. and Neil as Jake Knapp and Patty Tavatanakit win the Grant Thornton while tour cards are handed out at PGA and LPGA Q-School and LIV's promotion event.

We also offer some season-long mea culpas and offer an extended E-9 about PIF - PGA Tour deal rumors, Scottie's PGA Tour POY award win and upcoming documentary, TGL's ESPN broadcasting crew, our worst golf shots of 2024 and Neil's self-defense in the face of allegations of slow play at the Long Island Mid-Am.


935: Q-Schools, Soly's Return and "The Worst Shots We Hit This Year"

Cody, Randy, and TC start our recap of the 2024 LPGA Tour season with some thoughts on the recent announcement of the departure of LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan and the challenges and opportunities that her successor will face.


From there we dive into the past twelve months on tour - starting with the winners of the season-long awards, our favorite moments from the season, plus a look back at some of our preseason predictions and some player stock buy, sell, or hold questions to set the table for 2025.

934: 2024 LPGA Season Recap

In this NLU Special Project, we relive Vijay Singh's dominant 2004 season, which might be the most underappreciated in modern golf history. We also look back at Singh's unlikely ascension from the island of Fiji. Through various tours in far-flung locations around the globe, he ultimately challenged and briefly overtook Tiger Woods as the best golfer on the planet.

933: Vijay Singh Deep Dive 

The crew is back from Big Randy's wedding to recap Scottie Scheffler winning the Hero by six shots to repeat as champion in the Bahamas. We also cover the resignation of LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan and Montana's native son Ryggs Johnston winning the Aussie Open.

Plus, another edition of our E-9 as we talk Tiger's schedule, Kisner getting the NBC analyst gig, the USGA's gender policy update, NLU joining the PGA Tour's Creator Council and Jordan closes us out with One for the Road as we look at the rarest and most obscure golf video game of all time.

932: Scheffler defends at the Hero 

931: Luke Donald on 2023 Ryder Cup documentary "Una Famiglia"

Luke Donald joins D.J. and Tron for a thorough debrief on the 2023 Ryder Cup and his captaincy for the victorious European team, which was profiled in the newly released documentary "Una Famiglia."


931: Luke Donald on 2023 Ryder Cup documentary "Una Famiglia" 

Neil and Cody are back for a wide-ranging Booth episode of the TrapDraw as we look back at the college football games over Thanksgiving, deal with the breaking news of the South Korean president declaring martial law and other global conflicts, reflections on the NLU Census, audio and video podcast strategies, updates on what we're watching and reading and some merch updates as well.

318: The Booth Vol. 18

This weekend we go in a different direction on the pod with DJ hosting a Quiz Show on the past year in golf with Neil, Tron and Big Randy competing for NLU bragging rights.

930: The 2024 Golf Quiz Show

929: Exit interview with the R&A's Martin Slumbers on where golf is headed

D.J. catches up with Martin Slumbers, outgoing Chief Executive of the R&A, for a wide-ranging discussion covering his time as the head of golf's oldest governing body and the state of the game from both a professional and recreational perspective.


317: Ryan Nanni on Who Killed College Football

The long wait for another college football-focused Trap Draw episode is over as Ryan Nanni returns to the pod to discuss his latest content series - Who Killed College Football. Ryan partnered with Steven Godfrey for an all-encompassing look at the current state of college football and the impacts of various stakeholders in the game, including TV Networks, conference offices and commissioners, the NCAA, the NFL, and more.

928: Two Career Breakthroughs and the History of the 14 Club Rule

In this week's recap pod, we discuss the LPGA Tour Championship, where Jeeno Thitikul outduels Angel Yin, and the RSM Classic, where Mav McNealy wins his first career PGA Tour win. We also offer some thoughts on the standings bubble discussions. Then, it's onto our E-9 segment. Plus, a visit with NLU contributor Connor Belcastro about his time on the ground at the RSM and KVV closes us out with One for the Road, covering the origins of the fourteen-club rule.


Randy and Cody are back with another LPGA pod as we preview this week's LPGA Tour Championship.


927: LPGA Tour Championship Preview

926: How to plan a St. Andrews golf trip (Fife region)

Soly and Tron welcome friend of the program and native Scot Ru Macdonald to kick off a new series as we take a comprehensive look at all things Scotland golf travel. For this first episode, we focus on the area in and around St. Andrews and the larger Fife region on the east coast of Scotland.

926: How to plan a St Andrews golf trip (Fife region)

Tron and Randy are back to chop it up about all the most important current events going on across the world. Enjoy!

316: TC & Randy Chop Session

925: Rory ties Seve, Top 100 golf courses reaction, Zinger’s bass

We begin tonight's pod with a half-hour of competitive golf recap from this week on the PGA, DP World and LPGA Tours as Rafa Campos, Rory and Nelly emerge as winners this weekend. Then it's another eclectic array of off-course topics as we break down the Golf.com Top 100 Courses in the United States list and another E-9 segment discussing Ryder Cup compensation and ticket prices, DP and LIV schedule news, DT and Steamboat Jay teeing it up, Caitlin Clark's Pro-Am and more. We close with DJ giving us One for the Road with a look back at the 1977 edition of Golf Digest's list of America's 100 greatest courses with a very unique ranking system.

Big Randy and Cody turn over the keys for this LPGA pod to Tron and John Pond - husband and part-time caddie for Lauren Coughlin. John details the long road that LC has taken from early struggles as a professional to multiple LPGA Tour wins and a Solheim Cup appearance.

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Podcasts

320: Seamsters Hot Stove + Keith O'Brien's "Charlie Hustle"

936: The Lost Decade of Rory in Majors

319: Owners Series Part Eleven - The Jacksonville Jaguars

935: Q-Schools, Soly's Return and "The Worst Shots We Hit This Year"

934: 2024 LPGA Season Recap

933: Vijay Singh Deep Dive

932: Scheffler defends at the Hero

931: Luke Donald on 2023 Ryder Cup documentary "Una Famiglia"

318: The Booth Vol. 18

930: The 2024 Golf Quiz Show

929: Exit interview with the R&A's Martin Slumbers on where golf is headed

317: Ryan Nanni on Who Killed College Football

928: Two Career Breakthroughs and the History of the 14 Club Rule

927: LPGA Tour Championship Preview

926: How to plan a St Andrews golf trip (Fife region)

316: TC & Randy Chop Session

925: Rory ties Seve, Top 100 golf courses reaction, Zinger’s bass

924: The Journey of Lauren Coughlin