Presenting Office Hours with Michael Wolf (@bamabearcat).

Office Hours

Watch some of the highlight interviews from the No Laying Up podcast.

Interviews

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

Crash Course

Nine hole exhibition matches showcasing interesting golfers, golf courses, and competitive formats.

Wild World of Golf

All the other golf and golf adjacent videos from No Laying Up!

The Mixed Bag

In-depth features capture a week in the life of compelling personalities in golf.

A Week in The Life

No Laying Up’s original travel series exploring the history and beauty of golf around the world.

Tourist Sauce

Nest Podcast

Recap shows following events, presented by High Noon.

Live Shows

No Laying Up’s Big Randy and Neil search for budget golf, interesting people & the mega bonus all over the USA. 

Strapped

NLU Film Room

Weekly video series showcasing the guys making weekly bets on professional golf tournaments and more. 

Tournament Previews

Neil spent his week in Liverpool at The FootJoy Open Championship camping village. Check out this unique experience and his week of activities at the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

No Laying Up goes to a lot of places, near and far - here are a few one-off videos from our travels that don't fit into other series.

Mixed Bag: Travel 

Open Season: Neil's Week At The Open Championship

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

Soly visits with legendary sports gambler Billy Walters ahead of the release of Billy's book Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk. 

In addition to the well-publicized partnership Billy had with Phil Mickelson, we cover his upbringing in Kentucky, his first exposure to gambling, his road to becoming of the most famous sports bettors in the world and a ton more.

Watch highlight interviews from the No Laying Up podcast.

Billy Walters Podcast Interview

There is still plenty to be decided on both sides of the board with only two weeks to go, as Neil tries to tread water out in front. Presented by the Draftkings Sportsbook.

Bringing you another season of DraftKings Tournament Previews. Presented by DraftKings Sportsbook.

2023 DraftKings Season

Making Picks For The 2023 BMW Championship

The 2023 AIG Women's Open Championship/FedEx St. Jude Championship joint recap show presented by High Noon.

Live Shows 2023

Live from the Kill House: Women's Open & FedEx St. Jude Recap

No Laying Up Live Show recapping Round 1 and 2 of the 2023 AIG Women's Open Championship from Walton Heath Golf Club outside London.

Big Randy and Cody report from Walton Heath with TC joining stateside for a Friday recap of the first two rounds of the Women's British Open where Ally Ewing leads by five shots. We break down Ewing's first two rounds, the rest of the contenders, those who we expected to contend that are heading home after two days, plus our experiences as members of the Women's Open Radio crew and a look ahead to the weekend.

Live from the Kill House: 2023 AIG Women's Open Championship (Fri)

It's playoff time on the PGA Tour, and there are three weeks left to decide who gets their dream golf trip, and who gets an extended Waffle House experience. Presented By the Draftkings Sportsbook.

Making Picks For The 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship

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

It is carnage at the Vision Fund™️ as investors queue up to withdraw their cash; TC addresses the chaos with a half-hearted apology as we make picks for the Wyndham Championship. Presented by the Draftkings Sportsbook.

Making Picks For The 2023 Wyndham Championship

With most of NLU on vacation this week Neil calls in Mr. ChickPhilA, a.k.a Jon Landman, for this month's Nest podcast. After a quick events/awards update, Jon takes us through all aspects of his work in the business side of the music industry as well as the changes he's seen over the course of his career. We close with music themed editions of "over, under or properly rated" and the "dead or alive" game.

2023 Nest Podcast

Episode 45: July 2023 

The major season is over, and as we head to the 3M Open each pick feels vital in determining who will be getting familiar with the interior of a Waffle House. Presented By The DraftKings Sportsbook.

Making Picks For The 2023 3M Open

Live from the Kill House: The Open (Sunday)

Tommy disappoints, Harman surges ahead by five, Rahm re-enters the picture, and everything else from Saturday at the Open Championship. We chat about a day that started out exciting but lost juice, and Tron has a reveal that, and I cannot emphasize this enough, is well worth your time.

Live from the Kill House: The Open (Saturday)

Brian Harman surges ahead by 5 shots at the halfway point as Tommy Lad battles to join him in the final pairing on Saturday. We recap a lengthy day 2 at Royal Liverpool, discuss the bunker adjustments made by the R&A, assess some performances after two rounds, preview the weekend ahead, and a lot more.

Live from the Kill House: The Open (Friday)

The 2023 Open Championship Live Show presented by High Noon.

TOMMY LAD! TC's beautiful boy jumps out to the early lead, as we react to day one at Hoylake. We talk Tommy, Rory, internal OB, Royal Liverpool, other noteworthy rounds of the day, down the leaderboard, and a ton more.

Live from the Kill House: The Open (Thursday)

The Amateur Championship, John Ball Jr., Hoylake vs. Royal Liverpool. Wolfie and Neil cover it all in this edition of "Office Hours," 

Office Hours: The History of The Open at Royal Liverpool

It's the final 200 nuggie event of the year, as we head to Royal Liverpool to make picks for this year's UK British Open, presented by His Majesty The King. 

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