Crash Course

Wild World of Golf

The Mixed Bag

A Week in The Life:

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Strapped

A closer look at some of the unique golf courses No Laying Up visits.

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Lefty Tron sets up camp for a few days in Duluth, Minnesota, and explores the sprawling Donald Ross design at Northland Country Club. 

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Crash Course is a new podcast & video series from No Laying up that will offer unfiltered opinions on golf courses around the world.

NLU Crash Course: Northland Country Club

Strapped icon Young Neil finds himself in a unique position (or so he would have you believe) showing off the golf architecture powerhouse that is Southampton Golf Club in the Hamptons. 

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NLU Crash Course: Southampton Golf Club

TC and Ben travel to Austin, TX to check out Lions Municipal Golf Course “Muny”, Butler Pitch & Putt and Hancock Golf Course. 

For more information and ways to support The Muny, please visit: https://www.themunyconservancy.com/ 

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NLU Crash Course: Austin, TX

The Big Guy & The Narc take a crack at this bold, in-your-face Tiger Woods design at Big Cedar Lodge. 

NLU Crash Course: Payne’s Valley (Big Cedar Lodge)

As a perfect dichotomy to Payne’s Valley, D.J. walks us through this subtle and strategic Coore & Crenshaw design at Big Cedar Lodge. 

NLU Crash Course: Ozarks National (Big Cedar Lodge)

The proud new host of the 2021 WGC-Workday Championship, The Concession is notorious for being one of the sternest tests in Florida. How hard could it really be? Ben and Soly report back their findings in the latest edition of Crash Course. 

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NLU Crash Course: The Concession Golf Club

Golf ball masher and NLU Young Hitter Brandon Matthews shows the brothers Schuster around his home track -- Country Club of Scranton. 

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NLU Crash Course: Country Club of Scranton

Located 100 miles north of Atlanta, the newly finished Old Toccoa Farm sits perched in the Blue Ridge mountains. D.J. guides us through this bold and strategic mountain golf design.

NLU Crash Course: Old Toccoa Farm

Chris Harris has been working on beautifying his block of downtown Kansas City for more than 27 years. The result is 

, which consists of a free pitch and putt, basketball and volleyball courts and more. 

Enjoy this unique Crash Course episode produced by Ben Hotaling (Twitter: @someguysbackyrd)

Harris Park: A free pitch-and-putt 27 years in the making

Neil, Soly and Tron go to the legendary Palatka muni, designed by Donald Ross in 1925.

Crash Course: Palatka Golf Course

D.J. and Neil file a dispatch from the frontier, the rugged (and reversible!) Silvies Valley Ranch in Eastern Oregon.


They also did a podcast to accompany DJ's written profile of Silvies Valley Ranch in The Golfer's Journal: Volume 10.

Crash Course: Silvies Valley Ranch 

At the end of last season, D.J. headed up to the site of the 2017 U.S. Open, Erin Hills Golf Course in rural Wisconsin. 

 Gary D'Amato's series, "The Making of Erin Hills."

Crash Course: Erin Hills

Tron travels to Gearhart, Oregon, for a look at laid-back Gearhart Golf Links.


Crash Course: Gearhart Golf Links

In this edition of Crash Course, Soly takes you through the revamped Plantation Course at Sea Island, which was recently redone by Davis Love III and his brother Mark.

Crash Course: Sea Island (Plantation Course)

Opened in 2011 and built by Canadian architect Rod Whitman, Cabot Links is a resort gem in Nova Scotia.

Crash Course: Cabot Links

This past summer, we made the trip up to Nova Scotia to experience Cabot. The Cliffs course really resonated with Soly, and here's his take on it.

Cabot Cliffs

On his recent England trip, Soly visited Hollinwell GC, which was a perfect reminder of why golf in the British Isles is not all about links.

Hollinwell Golf Club

One of the best budget deals in Chicago is Ravisloe CC, a formerly-private Donald Ross in Homewood, IL that you can play for less than $50.