No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

Soly, TC and Randy offer some quick thoughts on Matt Fitzpatrick’s win at the Valspar and some of the other contenders at Innisbrook before we go through our Masters Power Rankings as we’re three weeks away from the first major of the year. From there we react to the NFL Films Chasing Sunday project, other tour news and notes (Jerry Tarde column link), the LPGA Founders Cup duel between Hyo Joo Kim and Nelly Korda, Bryson and Rahm at LIV South Africa, and more

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro + Valspar Recap

22:00 - Masters Power Rankings

41:00 - Chasing Sunday reaction, Tour News & Notes

59:45 - LPGA Founders Cup Recap

1:37:40 - LIV South Africa

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Soly and Cody visit with LPGA Commissioner Craig Kessler for a check-in on his first eight months in charge. We discuss the controversy at the season opening Tournament of Champions, some key staff additions, establishing relationships with some of the biggest stars on tour and key sponsors, scheduling and venue priorities and a ton more.

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Birdie on 17 and a closing 68, Cameron Young (-13) is your 2026 Players Champion. Matty Fitzpatrick (-12), Xander Schauffele (-11), Robert MacIntyre (-10), Sudarshan Yellamaraju (-9), Jacob Bridgeman (-9), and Ludvig Åberg (-9) rounded out the top of the leaderboard. What a day for Cam Young. We break down what this win means, what unraveled for Ludvig on Sunday, and what Matty Fitzpatrick let slip away. Plus, notable names further down the board and more. Elsewhere, Bryson DeChambeau won LIV Singapore in a playoff over Richard T. Lee, while the 4Aces ran away with the team title. Hannah Green captured the Women’s Australian Open, becoming the first Australian in 12 years to win her national open. Presented by Titleist.

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Ludvig Åberg (-13) leads by 3 over Michael Thorbjornsen (-10) going into the final round of the 2026 Players Championship. Cam Young (-9) sits at solo 3rd with Matty Fitzpatrick, Brian Harmon, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas, Corey Conners, and Xander Schauffele (-8) all at T5. We run through all of today's play, get TC's on-the-ground experience following Ludvig, run down the leaderboard, play HFBITFB, pick some winners, and more. Presented by Titleist.

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Ludvig Åberg leads by two over Xander Schauffele at the halfway point of this 2026 Players Championship. Cam Young! And surging Corey Conners and Justin Thomas make up the top 5. We break down the rounds of the day, talk on-the-ground experiences with Soly and TC, notable MCs, news & notes, a whole bunch more! Presented by Titleist.

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