Lucas Glover, J.J. Spaun, and Camilo Villegas are tied at -6 at the end of Day 1 of the 2025 Players Championship. We run down the leaderboard, spend too much time talking about Corey Pavin, cover some news and notes, and more!

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970: Day 1 at the 2025 Players

969: Players Happy Hour (Creator Classic Reaction)

Our beautiful boy Soly Solomon is back, folks. It's a special edition Happy Hour following the Creator Classic at TPC Sawgrass, and we collected all of the perspectives: The Strapped boys from home, Tron the spectator, D.J. Pie as caddie, and Soly himself all convene to break down his big moment. Congrats to our boy for ascending into Wikipedia Yellow and getting Data Golf'd.

We close the show by sharing our picks of the week, throwing together some fun parlays, and breaking down some interesting trends in our FanDuel segment.

Two weeks in a row for the Chop Session! TC & Randy are back and have a lengthy list of stories and topics to cover. Last week was heavily into sports; this week is anything but. Get up to date and stay up to date with what's going on in the world around us. Enjoy!

332: TC & Randy Chop Session

968: NLU Special Projects - Rickie Fowler

Ten years ago, Rickie Fowler won The Players in one of the most exciting finishes in the history of the PGA Tour. It seemed like he had arrived as the next great player. The fact that it didn't quite work out that way shouldn't lessen the magic of that Sunday, or how we feel about Rickie a decade later.

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967: Russell Henley wins at Bay Hill, Ryder Cup talk, the rollback

You woke up one hour closer to a live Sunday recap, and we delivered. His first in three years, Russell Henley clutched it out at Bay Hill, while Collin Morikawa struggled to close his lead out. We talk API, Ryder Cup, Keegan ire, and a little bit of Hamsterdam.

Then it's onto the back nine as we go deep on Eamon Lynch's interview with Jay Monahan, some recent public commentary on the rollback, Larry Scott x LPGA, TGL, and more.

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Cody and Randy catch up with Sophie Walker of Sky Sports to recap the LPGA's Asian Swing and look to what lies ahead in the upcoming months in the women's game. Then, in part two, we're joined by LPGA Player President Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (1:03:00) to discuss the tour's new pace of play policy.

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966: LPGA Check-In Ft. Sophie Walker

Bay Hill week. Join us as we run down news and notes, One-and-Done picks, play some trivia, answer audience questions, and more. Presented by FanDuel.


965: Happy Hour: 2025 API at Bay Hill

D.J., Soly, Tron and KVV were each given $200 to spend as they pleased on golf memorabilia that caught their eye - regardless of how unserious some of the items might be. We give a quick lament to the items that got away or wouldn't fit our budget constraints and then show off our purchases for all to enjoy.


964: Scavenger Hunt

331: TC & Randy Chop Session (+ Bob Sturm on Luka!)

TC & Randy are chopping it up this week! They kick off the show discussing where and how to better find some joy in their personal day to days. They then hit on some recent travel, cooking items, and other life experiences. Finally, at the 1:10 mark, Bob Sturm (1310 The Ticket in Dallas) hops on to chat with Randy about the Luka trade and the fallout in the MetroPlex. Enjoy!

331: TC & Randy Chop Session (+ Bob Sturm on Luka!) 

963: Pro golf thrills and delights, plus Thomas Detry on the process of winning

D.J., Randy, and Neil fire up the pod as we ask ourselves to come up with three things that thrill and delight us in pro golf, and we fire up our listener voicemail line (33:30).

On tonight's Back Nine (1:01:00), we recap Joe Highsmith's win at PGA National, the significance - or lack thereof - of Jake Knapp's 59, LPGA, DP World Tour, TGL, PGA Tour HQ layoffs, and in honor of tonight's Oscars, Pro Golfers as Best Picture nominees.

We also hear from Soly who catches up with Thomas Detry (1:36:30) to relive his win in Phoenix and the challenge of closing out a PGA Tour tournament before we close out with some housekeeping (1:53:30) ahead of a busy week of #content.

We're back with the second installment of our personal golf spotlight series as Tron gives us his current What's In The Bag, relives his days as a junior golfer, and the process of learning and appreciating golf course architecture before and during his time with NLU. Then, for the main event, we pin TC down and force him to name his Top Ten Favorite Courses (subject to change, of course).


962: NLU Personal Golf Spotlight - Tron

In this edition of NLU Special Projects, KVV brings us a deep dive on the life and career of Calvin Peete. From the famous story of the fall that broke his arm as a boy to his career on tour where he won twelve times including the 1985 Players, we hope you enjoy this look at one of golf's most remarkable stories you might not have heard before.

961: NLU Special Projects - Calvin Peete

330: 6th Annual Oscars Extravaganza (with Timothy Simons)

D.J., Randy, and Tim Simons are back for one of the best TrapDraw traditions: the Oscars Extravaganza! Live from Los Angeles, the boys tackle a whole host of movie-related topics upfront before turning their attention to the Best Pictures. Beginning at the 1:24:00 mark, they reveal their consensus rankings of the ten Best Picture nominees, culminating with their choice for the industry's top honor. 

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960: Power ranking the Masters, Ryder Cup check-in, Vidanta World, Tour/PIF negotiations in DC

On this weekend's pod, we recap a wild playoff in Mexico that saw Brian Campbell defeat Aldrich Potgieter after an incredible bounce to avoid out-of-bounds off the tee on the second and final playoff hole.

Then we offer some early Masters picks as the Tour begins the Florida swing next week and an early guess at the US and Euro Ryder Cup team rosters.

For our Back Nine segment tonight we review the latest rumblings on the PIF-PGA Tour meetings, the LPGA Thailand and DP World Tour's Magical Kenya Open, TGL, the Rory vs. Johnson Wagner beef and more.

960: Power ranking the Masters, Ryder Cup check-in, VidantaWorld, Tour/PIF negotiations in DC 

959: Yealimi Noh + LPGA Asian Swing Preview

Fresh off her win at the Founders Cup, Yealimi Noh joins Randy and Cody to recap the weekend battle with Jim Young Ko, her putting struggles and return to form over the past year, some recent equipment changes, her decision to skip college and turn pro and a ton more. Before our interview with Yealimi, we preview the upcoming Asian Swing with some other news and notes from on tour.


329: The BallKnowers - Post Super Bowl Wrap Up

The Eagles are champs and the BallKnowers have convened to offer some Mea Culpas and have an open and honest discussion around Super Bowl LIX MVP Jalen Hurts. From there, we look ahead to the 2025 Regular Season and some early thoughts on the Eagles, Chiefs, AFC North and more. We close the pod with the BallKnowers Top 10 QB power rankings - a compilation of our own personal rankings - to see who we feel is the best signal caller in pro football.

We've often discussed courses we want to play one day and, for this pod, we decided to formalize our lists and see what can be accomplished in 2025. Soly, DJ, Tron and Neil all divided our individual lists into five categories: one hour from home, day trips (34:30), Golden Age (51:30), Wild Cards (1:01:30), and a personal top five Bucket List (1:12:00).


958: Courses To Play In 2025

957: Ludvig wins the Genesis at Torrey, Joaco at LIV Adelaide, Jeeno at Saudi Ladies

Ludvig Åberg wins the Genesis! Join us as we recap the week in golf: Ludvig's win at Torrey, Joaquin Niemann at LIV Adelaide, and Jeeno Thitikul at the PIF Saudi Ladies International. We will break down everything from Torrey Pines, talk LIV, news and notes, fun segments, and more. Presented by High Noon.

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Podcasts

970: Day 1 at the 2025 Players

969: Players Happy Hour (Creator Classic Reaction)

332: TC & Randy Chop Session

968: NLU Special Projects - Rickie Fowler

967: Russell Henley wins at Bay Hill, Ryder Cup talk, the rollback

966: LPGA Check-In Ft. Sophie Walker

965: Happy Hour: 2025 API at Bay Hill

964: Scavenger Hunt

331: TC & Randy Chop Session (+ Bob Sturm on Luka!)

963: Pro golf thrills and delights, plus Thomas Detry on the process of winning

962: NLU Personal Golf Spotlight - Tron

961: NLU Special Projects - Calvin Peete

330: 6th Annual Oscars Extravaganza (with Timothy Simons)

960: Power ranking the Masters, Ryder Cup check-in, VidantaWorld, Tour/PIF negotiations in DC

959: Yealimi Noh + LPGA Asian Swing Preview

329: The BallKnowers - Post Super Bowl Wrap Up

958: Courses To Play In 2025

957: Ludvig wins the Genesis at Torrey, Joaco at LIV Adelaide, Jeeno at Saudi Ladies