Presenting Office Hours with Michael Wolf (@bamabearcat).

Office Hours

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

Interviews

FanDuel Tournament Previews

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

Game Improvement

Tourist Sauce

Nest Podcast

Recap shows following events, presented by High Noon.

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City Tour

Strapped

NLU Film Room

Feature

The NLU crew receives playing lessons in this new series.

Playing Lessons

A fan favorite returns with our annual goals podcast as Soly, Tron, DJ, Neil and Randy pick our team's "Year of the _____" for 2024, review our individual goals from 2023 (27:00), and lay out our personal goals for 2024 (1:07:00).

Watch highlight interviews from the No Laying Up podcast.

TrapDraw Episode 270: 2024 Goals 

We close out the year with the December Nest pod featuring some spirited dental care discussion before a look back at some of our favorite trips, events, creations, rounds and more from 2023 plus a look at what we're #monitoring for 2024.

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https://www.amazon.com/Korean-American-Food-That-Tastes/dp/0593233492

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https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Ocean-Journeys-Untamed-Frontier/dp/0451492943

https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Bullfrog-Leadership-Made-Simple/dp/1538707942/ref=sr_1[…]books&sprefix=wisdom+of+the+bullfrog%2Cstripbooks%2C89&sr=1-1

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https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023349-juicy-tomatoes-with-parmesan-olive-bread-crumbs

2023 Nest Podcast

Episode 50: December 2023 

Editors Note: Timestamps originally built for audio only version. There could be a slight time shift for this video. 

We are ten years into No Laying Up, a text thread among college friends that's turned into more than any of us could have imagined. Come along for a three hour conversation about the origins of that initial text thread, the website (21:30), the first podcast (35:00), Justin Thomas marking the first podcast appearance from a tour pro (55:30), the first detonation of golf television coverage (1:09:00), our Rory-DT news scoop (1:23:00), the first Tourist Sauce (1:50:30) and Strapped seasons (2:14:00), and a ton more.

A more extensive list of some of our favorite web posts, tweets, and other moments from the last decade:

https://nolayingup.com/blog/murder-suspect-caught-pounding-balls-in-pga-superstore

https://patch.com/georgia/woodstock/woodstock-murder-suspects-plead-guilty-get-prison-time

https://x.com/NoLayingUp/status/621377723177533440?s=20

July 2017: The Sistine Chapel of Tourist Sauce: 

https://x.com/NoLayingUp/status/889533605273382912?s=20

NLU Podcast, Episode 777: 10 Year Oral History

Kevin Van Valkenburg joins host Michael Wolf to unpack the experimental history of made-for-TV golf events, which have produced some of the silliest moments in pro golf. 

Office Hours is presented by Holderness & Bourne: 

Office Hours: Made-For-TV Golf Events

When Ben was crowned "best golfer at NLU" by KVV, Soly took that personally. Soly, sitting at a 0.2 handicap, challenged Ben, a +2.4, to a grudge match at the Composite Course at Royal Melbourne right after the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. Who really is the best golfer at NLU? Watch along with commentators Neil and TC to find out.

To hear more about Ben and Soly's week in Australia, check out the recap 

they recorded after the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.

NLU Film Room: Ben vs. Soly at Royal Melbourne Composite Course

After a full year with new gear, the whole NLU squad got together to talk about what is in each of their bags. Thanks to our friends at Titleist, FootJoy, Vokey and Scotty Cameron for all the support in 2023!

All the golf adjacent videos from No Laying Up!

Mixed Bag: Golf Adjacent

What's in the Bag: Full No Laying Up Team

This month's Nest pod features Cody, Neil and KVV as we recap the NIT, provide an update on the future of the Killhouse, and a look ahead to navigating the holidays with young children.

Episode 49: November 2023 

Probably the top name on our bucket list of podcast guests, Lee Trevino joins the pod to tell as many stories as you can fit into two hours. Over the course of two hours, we cover Lee's unlikely story of overcoming poverty and hardship in his youth, his introduction to the game, military service in the Marine Corps, money game matches and introduction to the pro tour, winning majors, competing against Nicklaus, Palmer and Player and a ton more.

Lee Trevino Tells All

Armchair architecture experts Tron and Office Hours host Wolfie walk through their lists of their five favorite clubhouses in the world, spanning across the U.S. and far beyond.

 Myopia Hunt Club, Shoreacres, Valley Club of Montecito

Office Hours: Top Five Clubhouses In The World

Each year, the members of Royal St. George's, Royal Cinque Ports and Prince's GC get together to play for the "Hagen Hoof," a trophy commemorating Walter Hagen's now-famous 1920 Open Championship practice round that stretched over parts of each course. Members battle the elements to play all three courses in a single day to see who is the last club standing.

"The Hagen Hoof" – An annual 54-hole tribute to the 1920 Open Championship

It's time to review the NLU Census for 2023 as Randy, Casey, Cody and Neil handle the October edition of the Nest Podcast. Before the breakdown of the census we look at the upcoming NIT and a call to update your member profiles before the Nest member gift gets sent out.

We start our review of the census (12:30) with some thoughts on its structure and participation numbers. Then each of us weigh in on the following topics:

(53:45) - Demographics breakdown + equipment, gear and travel preferences and feedback on NLU content

Then it's Funktank time for Casey (1:30:30) to close us out with "Dead or Alive" and some hot seat questions.

Episode 48: October 2023 

We've all seen the stacks of books behind Michael Wolf in previous Office Hours. Today we asked him to pull his 10 favorites off the shelf and talk about what he loves (and how to find them). From books in Japanese to the rarest of reads, his vast library covers nearly every part of the golf world.


Check out the Holderness & Bourne x No Laying Up fall collection at the 

Office Hours: Wolfie's 10 Favorite Golf Books

A closer look at Iona Golf Course which is located on a tiny island off Scotland's rugged west coast. The course is maintained by the locals (+ the sheep) and is free to play. The land on which it is situated is remarkable and has many natural green sites which are the envy of many golf course designers on the mainland.

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 

Iona Golf Course: Golf On The Edge Of The World

Ahead of the start of the 2023-24 NBA season, Soly catches up with Steph Curry who was just named the 2023 Charlie Sifford Award winner for his efforts in advancing diversity in the game of golf. We cover Steph's work with the Underrated Golf Tour and the Howard University golf teams plus his current competitive golf aspirations and his plans for golf when his basketball career comes to a close. We also get into his thoughts on the Ryder Cup and some comparisons to his experiences with USA Basketball. 

24:20 Ryder Cup and USA Basketball overlap

Here’s a sneak peek of the convo with Steph... (Note: Full answers edited for clarity and conciseness.)

Is there no golf during basketball season? You gotta get some stuff in while you're on the road. I know you got a favorite course in each city when the weather permits.

Yeah, it is kind of hit or miss. I would say it probably averages like twice a month during the season. You're dealing with daylight, obviously, with practice. Like you can't get outta the gym early enough to go out and make it worth it. Then we're hitting east coast cities most of the winter. So yeah, I'd say probably twice a month. But spring and then come playoff time, I actually play a lot more. It's great. Kind of a balance of the intensity and the pressure of the season and being able to get away for a little bit when I can fit it in and not wear myself out either.

Somebody's gotta get into your Wikipedia page. They have you as a five-handicap in there. What is the actual index these days?

So after every handicap disclaimer, you gotta have a whole kind of essay before I actually say the number. I had played the best golf in my life this summer. I had to put in a bunch of tournament scores this year, so I actually got down to a plus-three at one point. So obviously I wasn't winning too many bets after that. Definitely a nice vanity handicap, but it's tough when, I'll probably play to it for probably three weeks in the summer and then the closer you get to the season, you gotta carry it, but we'll see what happens.

Steph Curry Interview: Golf And Life After Basketball | No Laying Up

Fresh off his debut Ryder Cup appearance we welcome The Pro, Max Homa, back to the pod for the first of undoubtedly several postmortem episodes recapping the events at Marco Simone. Max takes us through the emotions of the week and during the American rally on Sunday, his partnership with Brian Harman, the mood in the team room after Friday and Saturday, his reaction to the narrative around Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, and the path forward for the US Ryder Cup team in Bethpage and beyond.

Here’s a sneak peek of the convo with Max... (Note: Full answer edited for clarity and conciseness.)

 The thing that's on my mind is the six-seven footer on 18 during the singles match. And for anybody who didn't see, it's kinda a shortish par five. You hit your second shot down in the eyelash of the bunker down there on 18. Just take me through from there until the time that the putt hit the bottom of the cup.

 Well it's actually funny you start at the end because I was convinced the first tee would be the most nervous I've ever, ever, ever been. And I was so wrong. On the first tee to that moment, I thought I got better as the week went on about like controlling my nerves. It was laughable how nervous I was on the first tee. I felt so calm until right when I stepped into the tee shot, my left leg went nuts. I told Joe, it's like when you're doing a wall sit and you do it a little too long. And he always jokes, he goes, "It's so funny what you feel, 'cause you look so like poised and calm." And I'm like, "Dude, I just like lost control of my body, but I hit the fairway." So I was like, "I'm gonna take that with me."

Fast forward that to the last three holes. That last hole is such a blur to me. When we got home, I nerded out and I told Lacey, I have to watch the last hole in real-time 'cause I don't remember a lot of it. Like I remember what I felt like, I don't remember -- just a lot of it was so blurry. I remember little things. Matt made me putt a 12-inch putt -- it was probably longer than that, but 18 inch put on 17. And I was nervous but I was never missing it.

...and in college, I missed the putt. I three putted my last hole of my collegiate career to lose to Thomas Poeters in match play of the team event. And I was so despondent for like 40 hours. I remember flying to the U.S. Open qualifier and I remember being on the plane saying, I don't know if it will be tomorrow a week from now, a month from now or 10 years from now. I want that putt again.

Like please let me have that putt again. I do not want to end my golfing career without getting an opportunity to show that I can do that. I know I can do that. It just so happened that the next day I had seven feet to get into a playoff or to keep a playoff going to get into the U.S. Open and I made it. And I remember being over that putt saying, "Bubba, you asked for this. Like you could be nervous, but you asked for this exactly. So you better at least relish the opportunity." And I remember Matt missed and I had seven feet and I remember saying, "You asked, you wanted this, so like flip the nerves. You're, you're nervous but you're not scared. Like you asked for this exact moment and you're getting it in the biggest way." But it was just crazy.

I was basically telling everybody you dream your whole life as every single golfer ever has of making a putt to win the Ryder Cup or making a putt to win the Masters or the U.S. Open. I have never dreamt of making a putt to not lose the Ryder Cup. That was a very different feeling. And I had such a good week personally on the golf course that I knew I would be labeled the choker and it just didn't feel like a fair thing. But I remember I really turned my brain on: You, you wanted this, this is a very cool opportunity.

But I lost full control of my body. I can't believe watching it that you can't see my legs shaking. I couldn't feel anything, like my legs were like full-blown vibrating. Like I had 50 phones tied to my legs and everyone was calling me.

It was a wild. And I, I, I watched it like, like I said last night, I just don't know how I made it. And that motherf***er was right in the goddamn middle. Like it was the best putt ever. It was crazy.

Max Homa Podcast on the 2023 Ryder Cup

After a too little too late rally from the USA in singles, Europe reclaims the Ryder Cup by a final margin of 16.5 to 11.5 to extend the American winless drought on European soil. Settle in for a lengthy review of the matches at Marco Simone, the off course drama, what lies ahead for both teams as we look ahead to Bethpage and the 2025 Ryder Cup, our grades for each player and a ton more.

 for a written breakdown of the guys' chat. 

Live from the Kill House: 2023 Ryder Cup (Sunday)

What a day at the 2023 Ryder Cup! TM USA finally got a full point on the board and battled back in some tough matches this afternoon. We sit at 10.5 to 5.5 in favor of a strong TM Europe as we look ahead to Sunday singles. What went right? What went wrong? A Rory fight! And a lot more!

Live from the Kill House: 2023 Ryder Cup (Saturday)

Day 1 of the 2023 Ryder Cup live from Rome! An absolute European beating as we close Day 1 6.5 to 1.5 in favor of TM Europe. Join us as we break down Foursomes and Four-ball results from today and gear up for Day 2's matches. What went right? What went wrong? And a lot more! 

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