Episode 100! What a world! In this one DJ and Randy unpack their trip last week to Branson, Missouri. Neither one had ever been to Big Cedar Lodge, let alone the Ozarks, but thanks to the fine folks at KemperLesnik were invited out to attend the grand opening of Payne's Valley, Tiger Woods' first public golf course design. To commemorate the occasion, the Payne's Valley Cup was contested between Team USA (Tiger and Justin Thomas) and Team Europe (Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy). This episode explores the three-day trip, from the match, to playing Ozarks National, Mountain Top and Payne's Valley, and finally some interesting happenings off the course. It was certainly an experience. Enjoy!

100: A Journey to the Ozarks

Professional tennis is rolling right from the US Open into the French Open. As such, there is no better time to catch up with ESPN's Grand Slam tennis host, Chris McKendry. Chris broke into television sports journalism in the early 90s, made her way to ESPN's Sportscenter a few years later and served as an anchor on that show for 20 years. She now hosts grand slam tennis. She discusses her love of tennis, breaking into sports media, hosting Sportscenter, and all of Randy's various inquiries into tennis and its stars. Enjoy!

99: Chris McKendry

Paul McGinley joins to talk about golf in England and Ireland, his first Ryder Cup, what Sam Torrance told him about his role on the team, the bits and pieces he learned from his captains, and how it molded him into the captain of the 2014. He gives great detail on how he managed egos, individual relationships, expectations, statistics, and everything else that goes into the complicated role of captain. Special thanks to BMW for their support of our Ryder Cup content, and we look forward to providing much more over the course of the next year.

359 - Paul McGinley

Gil Hanse joins us to discuss how the 2020 U.S. Open played out at Winged Foot, his reaction to what Bryson was able to do, how he restored Winged Foot, green firmness, how to test the best players in the world, regulation at the USGA level, a few of his ongoing projects, and so much more.

358 - Gil Hanse Recaps the U.S. Open

Welcome to the new age. Bryson obliterates the field at Winged Foot, and we try to place his performance, his future, Wolff, Rory, DJ, setup, NBC, and everything else from U.S. Open week.

357 - Sunday U.S. Open Recap

Wolff! A fun Saturday means some fun content from tonight's live show. We (of course) revisit the course setup debate, discuss how great Wolff's round was, how technology has played an enormous role in what we're viewing this week, how The Big Golfer is still in this, Reed getting ejected, and everything else from Saturday at the U.S. Open.

356 - Saturday U.S. Open Recap

Bryson has entered the chat, Reed scrambles his way into a one shot lead, JT fades and then rebounds, Spieth and the Cat eject, Rory drifts, and everything else from Friday at the U.S. Open. We revisit our spirited debate on the course setup, and look forward to conditions continuing to ramp up as the weekend goes along.

355 - Friday US Open Recap

TC and Randy rail on the USGA for the soft setup while Soly and DJ try to calm them down, as the gang reacts to a mild day one at the 2020 U.S. Open. We talk about what makes a good setup, why it played easier than expected, and what we think is going to happen the rest of the week. We talk JT, Rory, Spieth, DJ, Rahm, Phil, and everything else from day one. This episode also aired live on our Periscope channel.

354 - Thursday US Open Recap

The US Open is at Winged Foot in Westchester County so Tron and Randy brought on somebody that knows a thing or two about golf in the area--Wally Szczerbiak. Besides being a fellow alumnus of Miami University, Wally is an avid golfer, currently serving as commissioner of the hallowed Professional Leisure Tour. Before that, he enjoyed a 10-year NBA career, making the 2002 All-Star team. We picked Wally's mind about the best golf around metro New York City, where his passion for golf developed, and much more. Enjoy!

98: Westchester County, NY

Winged Foot is finally here, and we make our picks to win a rare fall US Open, our picks *not* to win, discuss Winged Foot and how it's going to play out, the significant factor the greens are going to play, debate what our favorite style of US Open is, and a lot more.

353 - US Open Preview

It's a major championship week and 2003 US Open Champion Jim Furyk joins the pod to discuss his history in the event, Winged Foot, the transition to competing on the Champions Tour, preparing to host his own tournament, and plenty of Ryder Cup discussion as well.

352 - Jim Furyk

The Evans Scholars Foundation has been sending caddies to college since 1930. Today's episode features three guests. First, we're joined by the president of the Western Golf Association, John Kackzowski to discuss the WGA's tie to the foundation, and background information on what it stands for and what it's accomplished. Second, Evans Scholar alum and the founder of the Solich Caddie and & Leadership Program George Solich joins to discuss his humble beginnings, obtaining a scholarship through the foundation, the success he's found after college, and how he's developed his own caddie program. And lastly, a current Evans Scholar at Kansas University, Oscar Garcia discusses his ride from never setting foot on a golf course to being the co-chair of the Evans Scholars National Committee. No Laying Up is proud to support the Evans Scholars Foundation, and hope you find this episode as inspiring as we did.

346 - Evans Scholars

Almost a year after his first appearance on the pod, Harry Higgs returns! We recap the past year on the PGA Tour, his favorite pairings, playing practice rounds at home with Bryson, his notable fashion choices, and more!

351 - Harry Higgs

96: Beth Ann Nichols

DJ triumphs at East Lake, and we breakdown the end of a peculiar season, take a bunch of listener questions, gross vs. net championship, the weird avoidance of the money discussion, East Lake, the upcoming sweepstakes of majors, Formula 1, and so much more.

350 - Tour Championship Recap

2020 AIG Women's Open champion Sophia Popov joins us 48 hours after one her stunning performance at Royal Troon. She takes us through the nerves and emotion of the final round, her career development, overcoming Lyme disease, almost giving up the game, her Cactus Tour run, and a lot more. This one was a lot of fun.

347 - Sophia Popov

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