868 - Open Championship Preview
16 July 2024 - 1 hour 17 mins explicitThe final countdown is on for the final major of the 2024 golf season as the 152nd Open Championship begins Thursday at Royal Troon on Scotland’s west coast.
We open the pod with some reflections on the oldest major in the game, a draft of our favorite storylines headed into this week’s tournament, a look at the odds sheet, our picks to win and not win, and share some of our favorite moments from previous Opens.
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Series Episodes
1185: Open Championship Preview Show
explicitThomson, Palmer, Trevino, Miller, Watson, IBF, O'Meara, and of course Spieth. We are back at Birkdale for the 2026 Open Championship. Join us as we run down Storylines of the Week, Course preview, players to keep an eye on, a rundown of the notebook, and a bit of trivia, and more! Presented by Titleist. Support our sponsors: Titleist - the #1 ball in Golf! Rhoback - code NLU for 20% off at https://www.rhoback.com Loch Lomond Whiskies - the Official Spirit of The Open Looking to travel this year, check out East Sands Golf Co.: https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: https://nolayingup.com/esf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 19 mins
13 July Finished
1184: Linksmaster Tom Kim and Haeran Ryu goes back-to-back
explicitTom Kim is the Scottish Open champ after a marathon Sunday at the Renaissance Club with a final round 64 which gave him a two shot win over Min Woo Lee. We assess Kim’s bounce back after a rough 2025, poke at TC with a Tom Kim v Ludvig comp before going down the leaderboard including Scottie’s missed cut and the Trackers getting in their feelings. From there, we head to France to recap the Evian where Haeran Ryu defeats Brooke Henderson in a playoff to win her second consecutive major. We close with some takes on Scott O’Neil’s latest interview as he looks to secure future funding for LIV, and some assorted news and notes headed into Open Championship week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro + Scottish Open Recap 49:30 - Evian Recap 1:13:00 - Reaction to Scott O’Neil Interview + News & Notes Support our Sponsors: Titleist AT&T Club Glove If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 29 mins
13 July Finished
1183: Best Open Championships Draft
explicitWe conclude our major drafts pods with The Open - as Randy, Soly, TC, DJ and Neil vie to draft the best foursome of Opens in the eyes of our three UK based judges. Support our Sponsors: Titleist Holderness & Bourne East Sands Golf Co If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 34 mins
10 July Finished
1182: Previewing Royal Birkdale
explicitOur preview content for next week’s 154th Open Championship begins with a look at Royal Birkdale, which hosts for the first time since Jordan Spieth’s win in 2017. Soly, Neil, TC and DJ discuss the changes to the course ahead of this year’s championship and their experience playing there a couple of months ago as a part of our video covering golf in Northwest England which premieres Wednesday night on our YouTube channel. Support our Sponsors: Titleist Rhoback Loch Lomond Whiskies If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 12 mins
8 July Finished
1181: Gotterup gets a 5th dub + a fun week in golf
explicitSoly, TC and DJ break down Chris Gotterup’s fifth career win - and third in 2026 - as he claims the John Deere with a final round 62. We also discuss Max Homa’s strong week and some of the other top finishers before we dive into a grab bag of topics including the Hollywood Reporter article on future PGA Tour media rights strategy. We also discuss Padraig’s win at the US Senior Open, the DP World Tour in Germany, Open Championship qualifying before closing with a look ahead to this week’s LPGA Evian Championship and Scottish Opens and some quick thoughts on the statement from Phil Mickelson’s lawyer earlier in the week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro / John Deere Recap 43:30 - News and Notes 59:30 - US Senior Open, DP World Tour, Open Qualifying 1:18:00 - LPGA Evian and Scottish Open look ahead, Lefty’s lawyer speaks Support our Sponsors: Footjoy AT&T Lagoon If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 26 mins
6 July Finished
1180: Story Time with Rich Lerner
explicitRich Lerner joins Soly to discuss his career broadcasting golf for NBC and Golf Channel and shares some of his favorite stories detailed in his book “Aren’t You That Golf Guy?: Doglegs and Detours from a Life in the Game”. From the early days of Golf Channel, the Tiger boom, working on “Life From” and a ton more, we really enjoyed having Rich on the pod for the first time. Support our Sponsors: Titleist Arccos Golf If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 23 mins
1 July Finished
