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Ahead of the LPGA's first major of the year, Soly catches up with Danielle Kang to talk all things LPGA and major championship golf as well as her lessons with Butch Harmon, her career goals and more.

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.

NLU Podcast, Episode 672: Danielle Kang

The first major of the LPGA season begins this week in Houston with the Chevron Championship. Big Randy, Tron and Cody recap some of the recent storylines across the LPGA before diving into the week ahead with the questions we'd like to see answered and a draft of our picks to hoist the trophy on Sunday. We also get into the event moving from its longtime home in Palm Springs, plus our best (and worse) case scenarios for the tournament champion.

NLU Podcast, Episode 671: LPGA Chevron Championship Preview

Matt Fitzpatrick wins at Hilton Head in a playoff over Jordan Spieth to claim the RBC Heritage. We recap a busy week at Harbour Town including Spieth's close call, the slow play controversy surrounding Patrick Cantlay, the tournament's profile and designated event status, Rory's absence and a ton more.

NLU Podcast, Episode 670: Heritage Recap

We're back with another major championship recap, and this time, it's 1995. Soly and KVV take you through Ben Crenshaw's triumph at Augusta, Corey Pavin at Shinnecock Hills, John Daly at the Old Course, and Steve Elkington at Riviera. We recount some of the more important and entertaining moments in each championship, discuss what golf looked like in 1995, who had close calls, and a ton more.

NLU Podcast, Episode 669: 1995 Major Championships

Jon Rahm wins at Augusta National after an extended Masters Sunday. Rahm claimed his second major by passing third-round leader Brooks Koepka and then withstanding an unexpected charge from Phil Mickelson to ultimately win by four strokes.

Soly, Neil, DJ and Cody recap a hectic and crazy week at Augusta along with guest appearances from KVV - who spent the week on-site - as well as Randy and Tron for their reaction to the first major of the season.

NLU Podcast, Episode 668: Sunday Masters Recap

We are joined by Scott Van Pelt, Wright Thompson, and Iona Stephen as we recap a rainy Saturday at Augusta National. We preview the final Rahm/Koepka showdown, discuss Phil's resurgence, Tiger, and everything else from the day that was.

NLU Podcast, Episode 667: Saturday Masters Recap

Harry Higgs joins the show to chat about Brooks Koepka's open to the tournament, patient major championship golf, trees, the Koepka/Woodland incident, and a lot more. We also check in with Kevin Van Valkenburg who followed Brooks today, TC's takes, Kira K. Dixon from Golf Channel, our usual jaunt down the leaderboard, some weather prognosticating, and a lot more.

NLU Podcast, Episode 666: Friday Masters Recap

John Wood from NBC joins the podcast as we chat through an eventful opening day at Augusta National. We also check in with Kevin Van Valkenburg on his day following Phil Mickelson, discuss the big names at the top of the leaderboard, the disappointment from Rory, Spieth's up-and-down day, odds going forward, and a lot more.

NLU Podcast, Episode 665: Thursday Masters Recap

If you have two preview shows, do you even have one? We went live with a special Wednesday preview on the eve of the 2023 Masters talking about developments on the week, Ridley's press conference, Phil's bizarre champion's dinner behavior, Tiger's comments, Bryson, and a lot more.

NLU Podcast, Episode 664: Wednesday Masters Happy Hour

The 2023 Masters is almost here and we fire up the preview pod to run through our favorite storylines and hot takes headed into the week at Augusta. From Scottie Scheffler's bid to repeat to Neil's plans for a Rory block party, potential LIV contenders and more - we have every angle covered ahead of the opening tee shots on Thursday morning.

NLU Podcast, Episode 663: Masters Preview

What a weekend. With Soly having the night off and TC running the show, there are lots of directions to go on this recap podcast.

First up, Cody brings us his first-hand report from Rose Zhang's win at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. We have a thorough debrief of the fourth edition of the event and Cody's first visit to the grounds of Augusta (50:00).

Then it's on to the PGA Tour where Corey Connors wins in San Antonio for the second time while on the LPGA Tour, Ruoning Yin wins for the first time as she claims the LA Open at Palos Verdes. Meanwhile, the LIV boys prepped for the Masters in Orlando at Orange County National.

We close the pod with Michael Wolf to recap our first Office Hours video about the origins of the Masters (1:36:00), some reactions to Gary Player's antics and Soly's interview with Patrick Cantlay. We end with DJ's visit with Rose Zhang to relive her win at the ANWA (2:10:20).

NLU Podcast, Episode 662: ANWA and Valero Recap with Rose Zhang and Michael Wolf

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.

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

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.

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