With the PGA Tour on its brief offseason hiatus, LIV took center stage over the weekend in Boston for its fourth tournament. We take stock of LIV's legitimacy as a competitive golf product, the successes and the shortcomings of the format, recent comments by various LIV players and more. In non-LIV news we also break down the latest results from the KFT finals.

NLU Podcast, Episode 597: LIV Boston Recap

Today's show is an NFL season preview of sorts. Tron, Randy, Kevin Van Valkenburg (ESPN) and Micah Pueschel (Iration) will be going through the entire league drafting eight teams each for a season-long competition based on the following scoring system:

1 point for each regular season win (0.5 points for a tie)

3 points for making the Conference championship

Please let us know on twitter what stakes we should play for, for both the winner and the loser. Our full teams will be listed out on twitter and you can decide who had the best draft amongst us. Enjoy!

Episode 202: NFL Team Draft

Cody takes the reins for this episode as he and TC are on location at Baltusrol for the 2022 Simpson Cup - an annual Ryder Cup style event featuring teams from the USA and Great Britain comprised of 13 injured Veterans. Cody sits down with John Simpson - the founder of the event - to discuss its origins, his own personal history with polio, the goals of his On Course foundation, introducing injured vets to the game, his career working at IMG, some thoughts on the current hot topics in the game and more. To learn more about the event - please visit 

NLU Podcast, Episode 596: John Simpson

Rory wins the Tour Championship at East Lake by a shot over Scottie Scheffler and Sungjae Im for his third FedEx Cup title. We close down the 2021-22 PGA Tour season with a cameo from The Pro, Max Homa, and do our best to put a bow on a truly wild season in professional golf. Then we dive into the latest round of reported LIV golf defectors, the role of agents in the recruiting process, more player feedback on the proposed PGA tour changes and more.

NLU Podcast, Episode 595: Tour Championship Recap

Nick Kimmel grew up in the small town of Moses Lake, WA. In 2008, Nick enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a Combat Engineer. He was stationed in Japan after training. His time in service includes two combat deployments to Afghanistan. In December 2011 during his second deployment, Nick's platoon was tasked with building two small patrol bases in the Sangin Valley in Northern Helmand Province. On day four of the mission, Nick jumped off the forks of a forklift and landed on 40lbs of homemade explosives. Somehow, only 1/3 of the charge detonated. The blast instantly took both legs above the knee and his left arm above the elbow. After a long road of recovery Nick found himself with a renewed interest in golf. Next week Nick will play on his second Simpson Cup event. His story is about passion, drive and determination. Enjoy!

Nick Kimmel, 2022 Simpson Cup

Keith Mitchell returns to the pod fresh off the heels of today's press conferences in Atlanta highlighting the upcoming changes to the PGA Tour. Keith gives us his take on how the changes detailed in today's announcements will be received among fellow pros, the impact of Tiger's involvement, how he views the guys who left the tour for LIV, his plans for the offseason and more.

NLU Podcast, Episode 594: Keith Mitchell

Tron and Randy are back this week with some unfinished business. They correct some mistakes from last week, unpack TC's trip to Delaware, highlight reading and listening subjects of note, and then get into the most important news stories from around the world. Enjoy!

Episode 201: TC & Randy Chop Session

Patrick Cantlay wins the BMW Championship for the second consecutive year while Scottie Scheffler will take the top starting spot in next week's Tour Championship. We dive into Cantlay's week, the course, Rory's unique fan interaction, who's trending heading to East Lake, and more from our experience in Delaware.

Then, a full debrief on our report from earlier today (45:00) 

https://nolayingup.com/blog/rory-tiger-top-players-agree-on-vision-for-pga-tour-changes

 concerning the proposed changes to the PGA Tour schedule and structure - spearheaded by Tiger and Rory - which would create more opportunities for the top players to play in more concentrated numbers during the year.

NLU Podcast, Episode 593: BMW Recap + Our Report on Tiger and Rory's Proposed Changes

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Two hundred episodes! What a world. On today's show Tron and Randy catch up on a bunch of news and items of interest, including recent airline experiences, Randy's trip to Iowa at the Field of Dreams, and so much more. Enjoy!

Episode 200: TC & Randy Chop Session

On the heels of a pro-am round with Tony Finau and JR Smith, Soly recaps his day at the BMW Championship with Tron and DJ before diving into the rumblings after Tiger's meeting with some of the top ranked guys on tour. Then it's back to the courtroom as Patrick Reed sues Brandel Chamblee and the Golf Channel for $750 million. DJ helps us take a gleeful look at the absurdity of the legal filing - as well as P's choice of representation - for some much needed laughs.

NLU Podcast, Episode 592: Tiger's meeting, Reed sues Brandel, Pro-Am w/ Tony Finau

Will Zalatoris is now a PGA Tour winner after claiming the FedEx St Jude in a wild three hole playoff over Sebb Straka. We review the week in Memphis, shout out the US Women's Amateur at Chambers Bay and - with the help of our friend and lawyer Job Fickett - do our best to make sense of the legal proceedings this week in the LIV-Tour lawsuit.

NLU Podcast, Episode 591: FedEx St Jude Recap

On this week's Trap Draw Tron is joined by Chris Dupuis - aka Astrodupes - to take a deep, deep dive into the world of astrophysics and astronomy. Chris helps us understand his research into galaxies as well as dark matter, working with modern telescopes and satellites, black holes, and a ton more. Put on your thinking cap for this one!

Episode 199: The Universe

Davis Love III joins Soly to expand on his recent comments on the LIV-PGA Tour lawsuit, his recollection of the failed breakaway attempt by Greg Norman in 1994, the Tour's plan to combat the LIV lawsuit and more. We also break down his work as a captain on US Ryder and Presidents Cup teams and the evolution of statistical analysis in captains picks, course setup and pairings for the team events.

NLU Podcast, Episode 590: Davis Love III

Lots to unpack on the recap pod tonight as Ashleigh Buhai wins the 2022 AIG Women's Open at Muirfield by defeating In Gee Chun in a four hole sudden death playoff. Meanwhile stateside in Greensboro, Tom Kim wins the Wyndham by five shots after a 61 on Sunday to close down the 2022 PGA Tour Regular Season - and Nick Faldo's CBS broadcasting career.

Off the course, eleven LIV players - including Phil and Bryson - have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour with three players seeking a temporary restraining order aiming to compete in this week's FedEx Cup Playoffs. We try to make sense of the lawsuit with Lauren Donahue, a Chicago based attorney who specializes in antitrust, competition and trade regulation and then have an extended chat with friend of the pod Will Bardwell who helps contextualize the legal implications and what's ahead in both short and long term scenarios.

NLU Podcast, Episode 589: AIG Women's Open, Wyndham Recap + LIV/PGA Tour Complaint

Sean Zak joins the pod for the first time to react to Tony Finau's second consecutive win and all aspects of the past weekend's LIV event. We also take stock of what LIV has gotten right and wrong, answer your questions, and hear from Sean on his month living in Scotland including his experience caddying for Joel Dahmen in the Scottish Open.

NLU Podcast, Episode 588: Sean Zak

Ahead of the AIG Women's Open at Muirfield we're pleased to be joined by Catriona Matthew. Catriona lives nearby in North Berwick and won the Women's Open in 2009. In addition to some great insight on the significance of the upcoming tournament we visited with Catriona about her OBE honor, competing in the Solheim cup as a player and captain, and some of the other memorable moments from her career.

NLU Podcast, Episode 587: Catriona Matthew

In honor of the USGA's US Senior Women's Amateur taking place in Anchorage, Alaska, Tron and Randy are bringing back the city preview. Today's guest is Nate Carr. Nate is a friend of the pod, an Alaskan by birth, and a proud resident of Anchorage. He tells us what life is like in the 49th state. From the long winters to the gigantic mosquitoes, and everything in between, Nate informs us on what it's like up there. Enjoy!

Episode 197: Alaska

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