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Following the death of his son Jordan, Jim Hartsell recounts a lifetime of trips to Scotland and shines a light on the faraway people and places that helped him put his world back together. Presented by FootJoy.

Trailer: "When Revelation Comes" | A Film by No Laying Up

Tron's second stop in the Western Scotland series is Shiskine Golf and Tennis Club on the Isle of Arran. Watch as Tron tries to break par on this 12-hole gem Presented by Footjoy. 

Founded in 1896, Shiskine Golf and Tennis Club is a 12-hole links golf course located on the western side of the Isle of Arran and designed by the 1883 champion of the Open Championship, Willie Fernie. Originally a 9-hole layout, architect Willie Park Junior was brought in to expand it to an 18-hole design. World War I made its completion fall by the wayside, rounding it out to a 12-hole track heavily featuring par-3s and captivating cliffside views.

…for golf in any condition…any time…anywhere. 

NLU Film Room: Shiskine

In the first installment of our Western Scotland series, Tron explores the remote and rugged Machrihanish Golf Club in Western Scotland. We'll have plenty more content to come from this trip, which occurred in late April 2023. Presented by FootJoy.

NLU Film Room: Machrihanish

D.J. and Soly visit Rome, the Italian Open and play the 2023 Ryder Cup course Marco Simone.

NLU Film Room: Marco Simone

Hobbled at The Homestead by Kevin Van Valkenburg (in the style of iconic golf writer Dan Jenkins)

Stoop-shouldered and moderately handsome, looking like he’d slept last night on the floor of the laundromat of life, Kevin Van Valkenburg arrived at the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia in search of something.

Was it redemption? Or perhaps absolution?

That’s the problem when you have a golf swing that closely resembles an adult male gorilla trying to tune a Stradivarius. The search for answers only leads to more questions. You can marvel at the attempt, or you can look away in horror, and wonder why anyone would ever hand someone so oafish instruments so delicate and expect anything resembling music to emerge.

Despite those shortcomings, the irascible and pugnacious KVV came to the Old Dominion state looking for a match, his first as member of No Laying Up, and Dennis Piehowski, the company’s cagey match-play artiste, was happy to oblige.


Legend has it that the great Sam Snead used to make birdies by the bushel in these parts, with a backswing so fluid it might as well have been a sonnet.

I wish I could tell you these two boys played golf with Snead’s grace, but that would be a lie bigger than Van Valkenburg’s handicap. Folks, I saw pillow fights between Zeta sorority gals at TCU that had more animosity and athleticism than what I witnessed at the Homestead.


But the generous giving a putts did feel like a nod to Snead’s gentlemanly nature, and though it was clearly a tactical error by KVV to concede a 5 footer to DJ on the 4th hole when the Pie Man was taking on more water than the Edmond Fitzgerald, it was keeping with the spirit of day.

It was, after all, Virginian Woodrow Wilson who said friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. I wonder if ole Woodrow still would have felt that way if he’d have known he’d be canceled a century after he died.


As Piehowski often does, he found some magic in the middle of his round, kind of like the way a Grateful Dead song fills you with warmth and wonder just as you’re suspecting you’re about to be bored to death.


An artist, much like a tennis ball being hit against a wall, can’t make magic against an opponent who gives nothing in return.

But a true maestro like Piehowski knows how to create even when conditions are dire. His birdie on the Par 5 12th hole to take control of the match for good was as surgical as any of Tiger's various medical procedures, and meanwhile, KVV was busy splashing around in the sand like a husky Laurence Oliver.

The Cascades Course may have been the place where Van Valkenburg’s love of golf was born, but it might also go down as the place where his short game truly died. I like to think this was rock bottom, but I’ll instead focus on the three birdies Piehowski made after the match was over. The encore, it turns out, somehow exceeded the set list.

But in this land of country ham and oysters, no man is an island, entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away at sea, then Virginia is the less.

Piehowski, like any man of letters, knows this well, which is why there were hugs at the end of the match, and a promise to share a beer on what is, perhaps, the nation’s greatest front porch. Did he win 4&3? Or was it 5&4? It hardly matters.

There would be plenty of time, as the sun sank low in the sky, to gaze through the uneven darkness and begin to sort out the winners from the losers.

Dan Jenkins was a long-time writer for Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest.

You can read some of his most famous game stories 

(A couple of the lines in this piece are overt references to one of Jenkins most famous stories, a profile of Joe Namath. The theft — or homage — is intentional.)

Kevin Van Valkenburg is the Editorial Director of No Laying Up.

NLU Film Room: D.J. vs KVV at Omni Homestead Resort Cascades Course

Big Randy and Poosh Daddy from the band Iration play their first match on camera at Omni Barton Creek Resort Fazio Canyons Course. 

Located in some of the country’s most beautiful destinations, Omni’s collection of over 50 hotels and resorts includes 28 iconic golf courses designed by award-winning and iconic golf architects. Visit 

NLU Film Room: Big Randy vs. Poosh at Omni Barton Creek Resort

It's a battle in the Allegheny Mountains. Tron and Neil face off at the #1 Public Course in Pennsylvania. 


Located in some of the country’s most beautiful destinations, Omni’s collection of over 50 hotels and resorts includes 28 iconic golf courses designed by award-winning and iconic golf architects. Visit www.omnihotels.com/golf for more details.

NLU Film Room: Neil vs. Tron at Omni Resorts Bedford Springs

Randy and Michelle Wie West reunite for a walk around Pebble Beach Golf Links, site of this year's U.S. Women's Open. 

NLU Film Room: Randy and Michelle Wie West at Pebble Beach

This year's U.S. Open heads to the impeccable Los Angeles Country Club, a place we almost never get to see in professional golf. Get to know the course a bit better in this episode of Film Room, presented by 

NLU Film Room: Tron vs. Soly at Los Angeles CC

It is KVV's turn for a playing lesson with Justin Hueber. KVV is an 8 handicap and is looking to shave some strokes off his game.

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NLU Film Room: Playing Lessons (KVV)

In this edition of the NLU Film Room, Casey Landman gets a playing lesson from resident NLU Tour Pro Justin Hueber at Timuquana Country Club.

NLU Film Room: Playing Lessons (Casey)

The Gasparilla Invitational is Soly's Super Bowl of Mid-Am tournaments. This year, Soly has professional golfer Justin Hueber on the bag to see if Hueber can help guide him to a made cut at the Gasparilla.

NLU Film Room: 2023 Gasparilla Invitational with Justin Hueber

TPC Sawgrass is one of the most demanding "second shot" golf courses on the PGA Tour. So let's see what Tron can fire if we drop him in the middle of every fairway.

NLU Film Room: Playing from "Position A" at TPC Sawgrass

A lot of great content was left on the cutting room floor of the Film Room with Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas at Kapalua. This follow up video goes deeper into the 18-hole match with Jordan and Justin as the guys react to the stand-out moments of the day.

NLU Film Room: Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas at Kapalua Follow Up

Located on the island of Lanai, Cavendish Golf Club is one of the world's few free-to-play golf courses, which features some really interesting holes and a memorable experience.

NLU Film Room: Cavendish Golf Course

Team Schuster takes on Team Piehowski in a couples alternate shot match at Kapalua's Bay Course.

NLU Film Room: Kapalua Bay Course (Team Schuster vs. Team Piehowski)

What a world. Before the Sentry Tournament of Champions, Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth join Neil and Soly for an 18-hole alternate shot match on the Plantation Course at Kapalua.

NLU Film Room: Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas at Kapalua

, we break down Neil taking on the Hundred Hole Hike at Sweetens Cove to raise money for Youth on Course.